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F2 CONTROL LINE WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS ROUND UP
Perth skies were a glorious
backdrop for the prestigious
2016 F2 World Championships for
Control Line Model Aircraft in May
with Australia taking top team
honours thanks to a world record
performance.
The World Championships are the
pinnacle of competitive flying for
control line model aircraft and
Australia was honoured to play host
to this prestigious event in May
2016.
More than 1000 competitors,
officials and supporters from 32
countries including China, Great
Britain, France, USA, Singapore,
Israel, Spain, Brazil as well as
Australia and New Zealand took
part in this spectacular event, held
at the WA Model Aircraft Sports
Centre at Whiteman Park.
Australia’s Rob Fitzgerald and Mark
Ellins took top honours in the F2C
Team Race, completing 200 laps in
a world record time of six minutes
22.8 seconds. Australian team of
Murray Wilson and Mark Poschkens
took second place with the French
team coming third.
First and second place in the F2A
Speed competition went to Great
Britain’s Paul Eisner and Peter
Halman, with Italy’s Luca Grossi
coming third. The F2B Aerobatics
competition was won by Orestes
Hernadez from the USA ahead of
2014 World Champion Igor Burger of
Slovenia and third placed Richard
Kornmeier of Germany.
Russia and Ukraine battled it out
in the final of the F2D Combat
competition with honours going to
Ukraine’s Illia Rediuk, a junior pilot
who was also crowned Junior World
Champion.
The standard has been set for
the next World Championships in
France in 2018.
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