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Created on: Saturday 28 July 2018
Posted on: Sunday 29 July 2018
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1st place Clubman Graham Gooch

1st place FAI Garry Peacock

1st place Intermediate Mick Broad

1st place Masters Mark Allen

2nd place Clubman Paul Day

2nd place FAI George Drever

2nd place Masters Al Williams

3rd place Clubman Richard Clouting

3rd place FAI Eugene Anker

3rd place Masters Eddy Scott

Checking the box

Clubman 4 - Richard, Graham, Paul and Dennis

Dennis Lambe and Olympus

Eddy Scott with Chris Bond calling

Judges and scribes - Graham, Garry, Eugene and David

Richard Clouting and Axiome BP

Mark Allen with Spark

Mick Broad and Caelus

Paul Day and Olympus

Judges tent used to shade models in practice.

Marc Rubin's Galactika+

Robin Trumpp's 'Karat' soon to b a available.

Gernot Bruckman's Pandora

An English country garden in Belgium

Site looking good

The boss of a fantastic team

In the pilot's car park

Judges tent used to shade models during pratice

Practice on the compeition site

Gerhard is next

Keith going out or practice on the competition site

Zonda from Serdar Salta, Grease

Looks as though you could get serveral models in this Pandora

Practice on the competition site fpr Garry

Practice on the competition site

Practice on the competition site

Practice on the competition site

Practice on the competition site

Practice on the competition site

Practice on the competition site

The sun sets over Hull.

Marc Rubins Galactika + from Switzerland

Mat finish on Ignace Pawlenko's model Belgium

Servral SebArt bipes around

$Ignace Pawlenko, Belgium Silver Medal Junior. Wing fractured during practice flight$

Louvoril about 40 minutes from the competition site.

The centre of Louvoril

Still lots to be done at the field.

That Pandora again

Our first practice site away from the contest site

Those turbines look close but they were not a problem

One of the first flights away from the competition site

Good shaded area at Estinnes

Setting up the box

Gerhard at Estinnes

Keith ready to fly

I think they want a photograph of the turbines really

Lunch around a banana cake

Back at the main site with Derk ready to fly

Sound check area

Processing in the 'big tent'

A YS being tested in a quiet corner.

Awaiting sound checks

... and the next team

Keith preparing in the parking area.

Garry getting ready across the other side of the car park

Team GBR ready for practice then processing

Official practice over for Keith

No 22 on the flight line, Official practice.

CPLR takes a moment

Garry's No2 model in the sound chack

Another batch of models waiting the sound check

The 2 metre box - Keith's model was a tight fitl

the other models awaiting to be processed

Garry about to step in the box

Gerhard's in the box now

Outside processing

B J Park checking Garry's model

Team Bruckmann and Pandora

Gerard, Contest Director being interviewed for local TV

J B Park's contra

and the man himslf, B J Park

Pandora in ready box 3

Richard Van Wijk (Netherlands) official photographer and daily news editor.

What it takes to run a Euopean Championship

Team Czech Republic

Team Luxembourg

Team Netherlands

Team Switzerland

Team China Inernational entry.

Team Korea International Entry

Judges and FAI Jury

Team San Marino

It rained but the band moved under one of the tents

Rain and the band played on

Four F16s on their run in low cloud and rain

so we all moved inside

The clouds are gathering

Just before the opening ceremony

It is getting darker

Team GBR Sunday morning

Gerhard moves into ready box 3

Quite a paint job - lost his second flight due to a loose prop on take off

Voltage check for Gerhard

Who picked the black ball then?

Voltage check for Keith

Garry in ready box 1

and after his flight in discussion with Keith and Eddy

Danny van Vliet, Netherlands.

Gerhard in ready box 3

Christophe in ready box 3

Keith In ready box 3

All looking calm

Christophe in ready box 3

Voltage check for Keith

Eurtpean Individual Trophy, Team Trophy and Junior trophy

Nice to see Margaret and Peter

9am Monday morning

Kwik Fli as flown by Phil Kraft World Champion in 1967

Sabastiano Silvestry San Marino

Practice at Havay

Mixing with Champions at Havay

Enjoy fron Ukraine

Sandro Matti Switzerland

Italian entry in ready box 2

You passed processing when you have one of these stickers

We changed ready boxes due to the wind but still flew R to L.

Gerhard tries to avoid picking the black ball

Sabastiano still attracts attention.

Dinner at the 'Crocodile' in the 'Crocodile'

Random picking of the semi flight order

Garry and B J Park ready for the judges warm up flightd

The two judges warm up pilots

The demonstration Cub flown after dark with lights

Waiting for food at the club evening

Team UK and guests

Moon rises over the competition site

Gerhard with his certificate

The 10 finalists

A pair of Galactick+

With a future Champion?

Junior, Team and Individual trophies

gathering for the closing ceremony

Waiting for the closing ceremony to begin

Still wating one of two half size models flown as demonstrators

The triplane hovering into the strong wind

It could start any time now.

just being patient

The individual podium.

Never seen Christophe so happy to win.

and the flags are raised

Wonderful conclusion

The Team podium

The Junior podium

Thanks to all from Perter Uhlig, the Chmpionship is now closed

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