Saturday, August 2, 2008

Opening Ceremony

Today we had the mandatory pilot's meeting at 11 am where all the teams were introduced. There are 130 pilots from 34 different countries. 36 in Open Class, 50 in 18 m class and 44 in 15 m class.

This afternoon we all go to nearby Belzig for the opening cermony where the teams will be paraded across a stage and introduced. On the stage will be a number of former World Champions who have all been invited for the ceremony.

Today, Philip Neuman from South Carolina dropped by after the meeting to say hi to Virginia and me. Philip flew in the Sports Class at Waynesville (Region 6) a month ago with us. He is in Germany on a school exchange program and has a couple of open days before he has to go home so decided to camp out at the contest.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

Hi Dave:

Good luck in the competition. I hope the weather will continue to be as good as it has been and you can make that -27 zoom.

Ulli

Alpha Tango said...

Hi Dave (and Virginia),

Best wishes from team Alpha Tango. Your blog updates are great!
Go get'em...

Lucile, Sonia & Roger