Fwd: European Champs, Alcochete, Portugal 2004

[Bill Glaze]

Ron:
As you may know, I lived in Las Vegas for some 28 years.  Out there, we 
used to say, "the Fix is In!"<G>  And, some of the time, we were wrong 
there, too.
Sure will be interesting to see how it plays out. 
Bill Glaze

Ron Van Putte wrote:

> 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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