Following the invitation from Roberto Rabina Simon, we departed on the 20th of July from Frankfurt-Hahn to Santiago de Compostela to attend the 10th Spanish F3A World Cup in Cerceda.
\nCerceda is 30km inland from La Coruna \u201cup the mountains\u201d and is famous for its small but nice WorldCup competition.
\nBesides my coach Heiko and Albert Wamsler as a judge, my parents spontaneously accompanied us as well.
\nOur initial concerns with Ryanair were unfounded. Their service, and especially the handling of my large model box, was phenomenal. Fast, trouble-free, careful and cheap. Compliments to Ryanair!
\nAfter our arrival Thursday night, we went to the Cerceda field Friday morning for the first time. There were already a few other pilots practicing.
\nAfter organising my batteries (they were sent before the event directly from Hacker Motor to Spain), we also started our practice flights and preparation for the competition on Saturday.
\nIt was planned that the competition would start very early Saturday morning. Sadly we had a delay of 3 hours due to low cloud and fog. But despite this, we were able to finish all 4 rounds of P17. After the first round, I was close behind Sebastiano Silvestri, but won the remaining 3 rounds.
\nA very interesting point was that they changed the flying box after 2 rounds by 180\u00b0 due to the sun.
\nOn Sunday morning we had the same problem as Saturday: low cloud and fog. But it also rained this time, and finally lead to a premature ending of the competition after 4 rounds of P17, with no final.
\nThe result was that I won the competition against the tough opposition of Sebastiano Silvestri from San Marino and Christian Paradela from Spain.
\nOn Monday we flew back home, after a brief visit to the old city and a part of the cathedral of Santiago de Compostela.<\/p>\n
We had a fantastic 4 days in Spain, and enjoyed spending time with many friendly people. \n\t\t
\nI especially liked seeing again my old friend Andres Leoni and his wife!
\nMany thanks Roberto for the invitation; it was our pleasure!<\/strong>
\n Special thanks also to Hacker Motor GmbH for the battery support!<\/strong><\/p>\n