F3B WC 2011 update #6

AFC (Aerosports Federation of China) is strongly evaluating changing location of F3B WC airfield to less hilly area. Good message. Lu Zheng (active Chinese F3B pilot) is now in Beijing. Consulting with OC (Org. Committee) many details. I already mentioned nearest Laiwu civil airport is in Jinan. Name of airport is YaoQiang. There will […]

F3B WC 2011 Update #5

German team checked-in; I guess it wasn‘t easy decision… Website still not working, no idea why. I’d have it ready within one day. I got email from Chinese F3B team member Lu Zheng. He was in last period very active at S8EP (Rocket Glider Duration). Other members are Jianhua Li, Anzhong Su, Yunhui Liu. […]

F3B WC 2011 Update #4

Already checked-in teams; Australia, China, Czech Republic, Hong-Kong, France, Japan, Russia, South Africa and USA. Hopefuly I didn’t miss anybody. I was asking organizer to provide exact GPS coordinates, complete picture set from airfield area and near surroundings. I insist on this and they are aware. I was asking organizer to send personal letter […]

F3B WC 2011 update #3

Trying to carefully evaluate what from “behind curtain” to publish here. Hopefully text of this letter will give you another feeling of whole matter. Seems to me Chinese org. team made huge mistake when underestimating communication to all involved people. As I already mentioned, this substantially changed.

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F3B WC 2011 update #2

Another 4 hours net session. When Yiwen got my 1328 points To-Do List, for long 10 minutes no response from Beijing. No wonder, I would be also perplexed.

Lei Wang (COC and Chinese FAI delegate) is leaving this weekend to Laiwu, we should have detailed information next week. GPS coordinates of airfield are not yet […]

Awakening? F3B WC 2011 update

If anything else, my resignation led to big communication storm. Twister started last Friday (18-th February) and was initiated by FAI CIAM president Bob Skinner and continued by FAI General Secretary Stéphane Desprez. Other VIPs were involved.

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