Small Flying Arts

his second peanut entry was this Latecoere 28.3, finished 5th overall

(my apologies for the quality of the pictures, using a smartphone is not the best option, but I had no camera with me)

The table of Jiří Doležel from the Czech Republic



his Airco d.H.2 for F4E, rather difficult to trim, achieved 7th place



his Bell P-39 L Airacobra peanut, got 6th place

Martin Lambert from Germany, his second participation. Had a new model in F4D, a big Steartman, that could have qualified with slightly more available triming time. Sorry, no photos of the model from close, or his other models.

and the man himself...

beautifully finished and weathered Piper L4 by Mauri Tuure, also of Finland. F4D open rubber, made very good flights to 5th place, 8th overall



his Nieuport 11 in peanut scale



his Lacey N10 in peanut scale

20161113_150154.jpg d.H. 5 peanut of Tommy Westlin from Finland. finished 4th place, but got 3rd award in peanut scale, since 1st and 2nd models were by the same modeler (Antonin Alfery, who else...) 20161113_150204.jpg his other peanut, Viima II Finish trainer 20161113_150215.jpg and Tommy at his ...

Peter Brecker, aka Staubkorb




Michael Gasparin, son of Stephan Gasparin, who again photographed all flights. He must have made a few thousand shots...



Pete, launching his Gourdou Leseure

No problem, Bernard... Rather than wait for a well prepared report, which I will not manage, I 'll start uploading photographs, with short comments where applicable. I was not able to photograph everything, because I started taking pictures afte my flying was over, so I have missed quite a few. On t...

Peter Brecker of course. .. Our staubkorb...He may live in Germany but is an American.

A day after the competition, everybody should be home by now. It will be some time though, before photographs start pouring in, I imagine. A very enjoyable weekend and a very successful event, which is not a big surprise, since the Dutch organising team had already established itself as a very compe...