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18 th World Spacemodeling Championships (WSMC) (9 th WSMC for Juniors) Vrdnik/Irig, Serbia, August 2010 August 21 Arrive Hotel Termal in Vrdnik August 22 Engine testing, practice flying, opening ceremony August 23 S8 (R/C Rocket


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18th World Spacemodeling Championships (WSMC) (9th WSMC for Juniors) Vrdnik/Irig, Serbia, August 2010

August 21 – Arrive Hotel “Termal” in Vrdnik August 22 – Engine testing, practice flying, opening ceremony August 23 – S8 (R/C Rocket Glider) & S6 (Streamer) August 24 – S1 (Altitude) & S9 (Gyrocopter) August 25 – S5 (Scale Altitude) & S4 (Boost‐Glider) August 26 – S3 (Parachute) & S7 (Scale) August 27 – Closing Banquet

Assembled by Trip Barber Photos by George Gassaway, John Langford, and the Serbian and Russian rocketry organizations

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US Team arrives at the hotel in Vrdnik with all of

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Sorting through our registration material while waiting for our hotel rooms

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Eating our “chicken bone” soup for dinner – every night

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Opening ceremony with all the national teams and their flags

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The 2010 US International Spacemodeling Team

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James Duffy and Tony Reynolds with their S5C (Scale Altitude) models

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Matt Steele with his S5C (Scale Altitude) model

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Chris Flanigan with his S7 (Scale) N1 model

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Scale and Scale Altitude models at turn-in

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Scale models at turn-in

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James Duffy and Tony Reynols with their S5C (Scale Altitude) models

Scale Soyuz model at turn-in

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US Team working on models in our tent on the field as John Langford does some Team Manager work

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Souvenir and food sales tent on the flying field

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The 2010 WSMC flying range

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Keith Vinyard and Chris Flanigan watching and waiting for thermals

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US Team members in a quiet moment on the flying field with Senior Team Manager John Langford and Junior Team Manager Bill Stine on left

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Russian flier Grigoriy Sergienko clears check-in with his S8E models

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FAI Silver Medal winner Alyssa Stenberg with her S8D (Radio-Control Rocket Glider) model

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US Junior S8D team member Matthew Berk test-flies his model

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US Junior S8D (Radio-Control Rocket Glider) team during competition (L to R) Matthew Berk, Alyssa Stenberg, Craig Vinyard

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Silver medalist Alyssa Stenberg and Russian gold medalist Alexey Lutiy at the end of the S8D competition

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Serbian girls dressed for the award presentation ceremony

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Individual and team awards ready for presentation

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Officials ready to present the awards to winners at the end of the flying day Srdjan Pelagic on far left, WSMC CD Andrija Ducak (green shirt)

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S8D Junior individual winners, Alyssa Stenberg (Silver) on left

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Award presentation ceremony for the winning S8D Junior teams

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Junior S8D team winners, US Team (Gold) in center, during US national anthem

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Junior S8D Team Gold winners: Alyssa Stenberg, Matthew Berk, Craig Vinyard, Junior Team Manager Bill Stine

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Chris Kidwell prepares to fly his S6 (Steamer Duration) model

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European S9 (Gyrocopter) model in flight

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Rod Schafer prepares to fly his S9 (Gyrocopter) model

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Keith Vinyard prepares to fly his S9 (Gyrocopter) model

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US S9 team members Rod Schafer and Todd Schweim preparing to fly

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Magda Moses S9 (Gyrocopter) model lifts off as she and Caleb Boe watch

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Checking out an Adrel electronic altimeter prior to flying S1B (Altitude)

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Trip Barber showing his S1B (Altitude) model prior to its flight

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Junior Team member Caleb Boe working on his flying-wing S4 (Boost Glider) model before flight

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Rod Schafer holding his “Hummingbird” S4 (Boost Glider) model prior to its flight

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Trip Barber launching his S4 (Boost Glider) model during the competition

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Two of the US Junior Team’s “Space Grant” S5B (Scale Altitude) models prior to their flights

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Katie Steele launches her S5B (Scale Altitude) model during the competition

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James Duffy prepares his S5C (Scale Altitude) model for its flight

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James Duffy ‘s S5C (Scale Altitude) Bumper WAC model in flight

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Team Canada (Taras Tataryn and Fritz Gnass) prepares Fritz’ S5C Scale Altitude model for flight

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US Junior S1 (Parachute Duration) team: (L to R) Manager Bill Stine, John Moses, Emma Kristal, Magda Moses

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John Hochheimer launches his S1 (Parachute Duration) model during the competition

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Russian Junior team member loads his S7 (Scale) model on the pad

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Results of a catastrophic motor failure in a Scale flight

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Serbian Junior S7 (Scale) team that won the team Gold loads

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Polish flier loads a beautiful Saturn 1B model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event

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Bulgarian team loads a Soyuz model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event

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Chris Flanigan prepares his N1 model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event

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Chris Flanigan’s N1 model in flight

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Chris Flanigan with his N1 model after flight, with Mary Roberts

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Alexander Levikh of Russia, the Gold medal winner, loads his Soyuz model on the pad

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Alexander Levikh’s Soyuz in flight

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Alexander Levikh’s Soyuz stages

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Polish team prepares an Ariane model on the pad

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Ariane model in flight

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Ariane model stages

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Antonio Mazzarachio of Italy (an NAR member) receives trophy as the best flier at the 18th WSMC from Andrija Ducak

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US Junior Team dances the night away at the closing banquet

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Flags of the participating nations at the closing banquet of the 18th World Spacemodeling Championships