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18 th World Spacemodeling Championships (WSMC) (9 th WSMC for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
18 th World Spacemodeling Championships (WSMC) (9 th WSMC for - - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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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US Team arrives at the hotel in Vrdnik with all of
- ur stuff; local convenience store in background
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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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