Czech Republic, Airfield Benešov, 18. - 24.8.1996
AERO CLUB OF CZECH REPUBLIC
CZECHMORAVIAN CLUB OF AEROMODELLERS
Address: World Championships F5, p.s. 48, 170 00 Praha 7, Czech Republic
Fax: (42 2) 37 59 91 E-mail: minfo@bsdi.infima.cz
Information Bulletin Number Three
Invitation:
Aeroclub of Czech Republic and Association of Modellers of Czech Republic are pleased to invite all National Aeroclubs affiliated with the Federation Aeronautique Internationale to participate in the Electric Flight World Championships for F5B and F5D classes and the Electric Flight Festival.
Date: August 18th to 24th, 1996
Location:
Sporting airfield Benešov, which is near the town Benešov, approximately 45 km south from Prague on the road from Prague to Linz.
Climate:
Temperate continental climate, temperature average 18o C to 28o C.
Events:
The events are to be World Championships for the classes F5B and F5D, individual and team classification for juniors and seniors. A competitor is considered to be a junior throughtout the year in which he attains the age of 18.
There will also be the Electric Flight Festival prior to the World Championships.
Rules:
The World Championships classes will be flown to the rules of the FAI Sporting Code (1993), sections 4b and 4c. For the local rules see Appendix A.
Participation:
Every FAI affiliated national aeroclub may enter a team of three competitors and a team manager for each event. The helper for F5D class will not be considered to be a team member, will not be required to pay the competitor entry fee and will not be eligible for an award.
The individual World Champions, Jerry Bridgeman (F5B) and Florian Schambeck (F5D), are also invited to participate.
Each competitor, official helper and team manager must have a valid FAI Sporting Licence, which must be presented during registration.
Prelimiary entries:
At the time of writing we have the following preliminary entries for the F5B and F5D World Championships:
F5B:
1 Australia (3), 2 Austria (3), 3 Belgium (2), 4 Czech Republic (3), 5 Demark (3 seniors), 6 France (3), 7 Germany (3/1 junior), 8 Italy (3), 9 Japan (3), 10 Kazakhstan (3), 11 Netherlands (3), 12 Slovakia (3), 13 Sweden (3), 14 Switzerland (3), 15 United Kingdom (3), 16 USA (3), F5D:1 Australia (3), 2 Austria (3), 3 Czech Republic (3), 3 France (3), 4 Italy (3), 5 Germany (4 seniors/1 juniors), 6 Kazakhstan (3), 7 Netherlands (3), 8 Sweden (3), 9 Switzerland (1), 10 USA (3),