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Team Canada F3A 2013: Day #5 Worlds "Rain Day"

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Thursday, August 22, 2013. Day #5 Worlds "Rain Day". FYI This day is used in case we had a rain delay during the contest and had to make up some flying. We had smoke, haze, wind and dust. but no rain :-) Trust me, every pilot that made the semi-finals was out practicing F-13 and some unknowns. A relaxing morning as there are no major commitments today. No flight lines to be at or any rushing around. After the last four days this is most welcome. Practice session at Henley field.

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Team Canada F3A 2013: Day #2 Worlds

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Sunday, August 18, 2013. I have added pictures to the Team Gallery. link is to the right. Colin and Ethan were first up and headed out to the Henley airfield for some early practice. Michi and Will followed shortly after breakfast. We were slightly more leisurely and arrived around 8:30 to check on the guys. They had already left for the main flying site so we headed up to Site 2 in preparation of Ethan's second P-13 round. Colin, Ethan, Will and Chad watch the action. Michi was nex...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: July 2013

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Tuesday, July 30, 2013. Just testing things out in anticipation of this blogs future use as the "go to" source for team information and updates :-). Both Chad Northeast and Michi Akimoto were in action in Cloverdale, BC this past weekend. Also in attendance was helper Will Gross from Red Deer, Alberta as well as helper Kelly Reaville and the myself from Brentwood Bay, BC. Subscribe to: Posts (Atom). Just testing things out in anticipation of this bl. Team USA Shutterfly Album.

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Team Canada F3A 2013: South African Safari Day 1

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Sunday, August 25, 2013. South African Safari Day 1. Now that the Worlds are over Agnes is getting her dream vacation. She has always wanted to go on a safari so we arranged for a 5 day safari to the Sabi Sands reserve at the Idube Game Lodge. Dave granted me permission to contribute to his blog so since I will use it as this is still part of my worlds trip :). Shanty town on the edge of Jo'Burg. Some local wildlife near a roadside gas station. Parking lot security :). Day #5 Worlds...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: We made it... almost!

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Monday, August 12, 2013. We made it. almost! Touched down in Johannesburg at 0642 local time. A gorgeous sunrise greeted us on approach to the airport. It took a while to unload the plane as it was pretty full. Off through Immigration and Customs then to the baggage carousel. no planes as we expected. Michi's bag was also missing. The next flight in was in just under two hours so we waited until it arrived. We headed out and after a bit of searching around found the Cafe Blue that w...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: Practice Day #4 Friday

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Friday, August 16, 2013. Practice Day #4 Friday. A quick shower, upload some pictures, breakfast and off we go for another practice session. Our conga line of white vehicles is becoming common place in the area:-). Patio outside our living room and manager's suite. The new neighbors are from Canada! BTW I forgot to mention this yesterday but Yang Oxai inspected Michi's Axiome repair. He gave two thumbs up to Jon Harwood's workmanship. A feather in Jon's cap no doubt. We received a b...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: London onward.

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Monday, August 12, 2013. August 11th - We met up with follow team members Agnes and Chad Northeast, Michi Akimoto and Will Gross at the Heathrow Airport. They looked pretty bagged but we were able to carry on a conversation:-). Michi had slept on a bench during the London layover and was pretty quiet. We headed down to the Gate 33 area in anticipation of loading. Michi, Chad and Will at the departure gate. Sound of cruising jet over France, the Mediterranean, North Africa. Practice ...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: Official Practice Day - Saturday

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Saturday, August 17, 2013. Official Practice Day - Saturday. Wake up alarm, shower, light breakfast and out the gate at 07:45. Well pretty much :-). Bob Skinner assists while Michi selects his numbered marble from the bag. Bib numbers: Chad -19, Michi - 43, Colin - 58, Ethan - 47. The planes were measure by being placed in a 2 meter square box then weighed (max 5050 grams). Colin's Caelestia is weighed. The airframe weights with the heaviest batteries are as follows :. We had the ch...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: Practice Day #3 Thursday

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Thursday, August 15, 2013. Practice Day #3 Thursday. The routine continues.like ground hog day! Shower, breakfast at the guest house, load up and convoy out the gate. Numerous other teams arrived with Brazil, Russia and Switzerland also looking for a site. The Swiss and Russian teams both moved to the flying site just behind our flight line. Chad speaks with Yang about the Axiome and the design changes for his "next" airframe. I wanted to visit the Riverside Sun Resort (site of the ...

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Team Canada F3A 2013: Packing the gear.

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Team Canada F3A 2013. Saturday, August 10, 2013. Well the time has come to start getting the gear packed up and ready for the flight to JNB. All the team members are going through a similar process across the country. Making a list and carefully boxing up planes and equipment. Oh and don't forget clothes! I see lots of Facebook post from other teams as well. Michi Akimoto has his Axiome almost ready. Chad Northeast's garage as he starts breaking down his planes. Chad's planes going in their boxes.