17th WSMC in Lleida, Spain August 22- 26, 2008

Panorama of flying site. Junior Teams to left, Seniors Teams toright. U.S. Senior Team at far right

Notable Links: 2008 WSMC Video by James Duffy (Director's Commentary, on Vimeo) WSMC article (pdf file) by George Gassaway in Nov/Dec 2008 Issue of LAUNCH Magazine. LAUNCH Magazine Website

George's near-daily reports for LAUNCH Magazine during the trip: WSMC Report #1 WSMC Report #2 WSMC Report #3 WSMC Report #4 WSMC Report #5 WSMC Report #6 WSMC Report #7 WSMC Report #8 WSMC Report #9 WSMC Report #10 WSMC Report #11 WSMC Report #12 Thoughts on Deep Recovery - By Mike Rangitsch

Tuesday - August 19th Most Team members flew in to Barcelona, many of those on a Continental flight from Newark.
	The plane we flew on.	NAR President Trip Barber, Ed Pearson, and Nick Rivieccio at the Newark Airport

Wednesday - August 20th Thursday - August 21st Arrived in Barcelona, where we spent 2 days.
	At the Hotel, gathering to go out as a group		Some of the group at lunch
Columbus Monument	Plaque for monument	Some spacey street art	"Euro Store" (like a Dollar store, everything one Euro)

Friday - August 22nd Travel to Lleida, unpack models, static test engines
		Program for the WSMC	Outside the hotel in Lleida
John Hoccheimer gluing on fins	First Team Briefing	Static Test Firing of a D or E	Mike Humphrey and Steve Humphrey
Discussion during testing	Interesting Range Box during an A test	Motor Impound boxes

Saturday - August 23rd Practice Day
	Bus to the field	Field was a dirt airfield, whose runway was open on Practice Day	A view back toward Leeida from the field
Junior Team member Matthew Berk's S8D R/C Rocket Glider launch	Greg Stewart's S8E-P model used spoilerons for descent	Kevin Kuczek used Flaperons to control descent	Jennifer-Ash Poole, John Hoccheimer, and Trip Barber watch a Parachute model drift away
George's S8E-P model (left), Steve Humphrey, & Greg Stewart's model (right)	John Langford watches as Greg Stewart flies	Kevin Kuczek flying as Nick Riviccio watches

Saturday - August 23rd (night) Opening Ceremonies (at a local sports arena)
	U.S. Team photo	Chinese Team

Sunday - August 24th S9A Helicopter S6A Streamer
	At Dawn, at the field	Keith Vinyard with his S9A Copter model	George's S9A Copter model
Esther Clark readies her S6A Streamer model		A contestant signals ready for launch	Crews on close recovery
S3A Streamer model descent	Pat Butler with his vellum S3A models	Juniors tossing a football at Lunch
Results of Senior S9A Copter George took the Bronze Medal	Greg Stewart hunting thermals, using a Kestrel unit graphing temperature	A flop-rotor type S9A model	Tony Reynolds and Pat Butler shortly before a flight in S6A Streamer
Junior Team pad area		Junior Team, as Katherine Humphrey flies her S9A Copter model	Junior S9A Copter and Senior S6A Streamer models share a thermal.
	Tony Reynolds & S6A	Tony, Pat, & John H.	A short range recovey crew
US Team Manager John Langford with models returned to the U.S. Team	Sun-SET	Awards and medals	George (right) wins Bronze Medal in S9A Copter

Wednesday - August 27th Port Aventura Amusement Park
Many of the U.S Team members went on the excursion to the Port Aventura Amusement Park.
Wednesday - August 27th Banquet
	Ian Dowsett of the U.K. and NAR President Trip Barber	George, Nick, and Kevin	Days ran too long to give awards at the field, so they did it before the Banquet
	Female Chinese Sr. Team member Zhang Li won the Gold in S3A	George awarded the Silver Medal in S8
Most of the U.S. Junior Team at the banquet		Jon Langford and Ed Pearson

Thursday - August 28th Leave Lleida, for Barcelona
	Greg Stewart, George Gassaway, & Kevin Kuczek with S8 models. Lleida in background	George with S8 and S9 models he medalled with
In Barcelona Subway, with Nick	Nick at the Gaudi La Sagrada Familia Church		Nick and Kevin

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