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WC 2001

Club : MACI

Location : Malow racecourse, north of Cork on Ireland.

Weather : Mostly very good (the locals told us that it was NOT normal),  some rain and some morning-mist that delayed the start on some days.

Results : A record total of 103 pilots from 38 countries all around the world fought first for one of the 30 spots in the semi-finals.  The best 10 there reached the finals.  For full results, visit the official site of the organizers, Model Aeronautics Council of Ireland.

Individually :

# Nat. Pilot Total
1 FRA C. Paysant Le Roux 2000.0
2 ARG Quique Somenzini 1984.7
3 USA Gordon (Chip) Hyde 1974.2
4 USA Jason Shulman 1911.0
5 LIE Roland Matt 1909.8
6 JPN Yoichiro Akiba 1883.9
7 LIE Wolfgang Matt 1802.7
8 GER Bernd Beschorner 1789.2
9 JPN Hajime Hatta 1781.3
10 ITA Sebastiano Silvestri 1768.5
       
33 NOR Ola Fremming 2546.2
46 SWE Robert SUndström 2349.9
49 DEN Finn Lerager 2409.2
55 NOR Kjell Tore Pettersen 2377.9
61 DEN Peer Hinrichsen 2348.6
62 SWE Bernt Olsson 2345.1
73 NOR Knut Frantzen 2191.7
77 SWE Inge Norberg 2133.2
73 DEN Erik Toft 2088.8

Teams :
# Country Score
1 Japan 8391.7
2 USA 8287.8
3 Germany 8146.5
     
18 Norway 7115.9
19 Sweden 6918.2
21 Denmark 6846.5

Pictures :

The best 3 teams, USA(2), Japan (1), Germany(3) The best 3, Chip Hyde (3), Christophe P.LeRoux (1), Quique Somenzini (2). The Norwegian team, Ola Fremming, Knut Frantzen and Kjell Tore Pettersen. Christophe Paysant LeRoux and his Synergy. Quique Somenzini with Smaragd and caller/wife. Chip Hyde and helper, together with Hydeaway and Hydeout. Bernd Beshoner and his SuperTucano.  Extremely quiet at 84db's. Jason Schulman and Angels Shadow. Sebastiano Silvestri's Katana S with stick model on hood. Jason Schulman and helper is practicing the unknown schedule. The OS 140RX in Kusama's plane, with big dual plug head and 70b carb. Airbrakes in Hatta's planes, extended at idle. Akiba used an OS 160FX-FI prototype engine. From the Irish evening in Maquires pub in Cork, Danes and Swedes. Nice Korean model, with owner. Japanese team.