Fwd: European Champs, Alcochete, Portugal 2004

[Ron Van Putte]

All - I just got the forwarded e-mail from Bengt-Erik Soderstrom, who 
is a Swedish F3A judge.  I met him at the 1995 F3A World Championships 
in Kasaoka, Japan.  We hung out together throughout the event.  We 
renewed our acquaintance at the 1999 F3A World Championships in 
Pensacola, FL.  In fact, his return flight was out of New Orleans, so I 
took him over there a day early and we spent the afternoon/evening at 
the French Quarter.

You will note that he refers to Bob Noll as THE U.S. judge for the next 
F3A World Championships.  This despite the fact that the list of the 
top five U.S. judges is just now being sent to the 2005 F3A World 
Championships organizing committee and Bob Noll is the fourth-ranked 
judge.

This all started when Bob announced to me at the 2003 F3A Team 
Selection Finals that he was to be the U.S. judge in 2005.  He paid his 
own way to Poland and announced there that he was to be the U.S. judge 
in 2005.  He managed to get into all the judging functions and did 
practice judging with the actual judges.   This is a very curious 
situation.  How Noll can be so sure that he will be the 2005 U.S. judge 
is beyond me, unless he has a high-level AMA official as a sponsor 
(read Dave Brown).

Here's Bengt-Eric's e-mail:

Ron Van Putte



Begin forwarded message:

> From: Bengt-Erik Soderstrom <bes at wll.swipnet.se>
> Date: September 5, 2004 1:50:59 PM CDT
> To: vanputte at cox.net
> Subject: European Champs,  Alcochete, Portugal  2004
>
> Hi there Ron, long time, no see...
>
> I think it would be interesting for you to get a small report from the 
> 2004 EU Champs in F3A, just recently held, all seen through a judge's 
> eye
>
> Winner this time was Roland Matt  - Wolfgangs son
> 2nd was Christophe Paysant-Le Roux
> 3rd was Wolfgang Matt
> It was during the whole competition very close between Roland and 
> Christophe. It was a tie in the finals, so then the semi finals 
> results needed to be used.
>
> The Matts were flying their latest: the Lazulite and this time the 
> electric version.  Weight of their models were 4950 grams incl 
> battery.
>
> It looks like that this event was really the breakthrough for the 
> electric power-plants. Many pilots in spite of the very high pricetag 
> flew electric models.
> (Electric engine incl regulating electronics, gearbox etc.: About 
> 1.000 US$, Battery pack about 800 $.
>
> I heard that in the next year's World Champs, to be held in St-Yan in 
> France.  Bob Noll has been chosen as the U.S judge. I met him in 
> Poland last year, he is a good guy and he is very welcome into the 
> club.  St-Yan is a small town not easily found on the maps, but it is 
> situated about half way between Paris and Lyon, right in the center of 
> the best wine districts in France.
> If you happen to met him, please give him my regards.
>
> Word goes around that the 2007 World champs will go to Canada, we will 
> see.
>
> I hope everything is well with you, Ron. I wish you and your wife all 
> the best.
>
>
> Bengt-Erik Soderstrom
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