Bulletin, F3A SM/Cup 4/4 2005, Jämi

Bulletin for the last championship competition of the season 2005 in Jämi on September 10-11. More details in the Finnish version of the post. Continue reading ‘Bulletin, F3A SM/Cup 4/4 2005, Jämi’

F3A World Championship in France 2005

F3A World Championships were held in Saint-Yan, France on August 20-28.

F3A Team Finland participated in the Championships with a full team of three pilots: Markus Aaltonen, Kimmo Kaukoranta and Jani Loikkanen. Team manager was Raimo Ruokonen and Esa Eirola was a judge. Supporters were Ilona Aaltonen, Eero Aaltonen, Päivi Eirola, Juho Karppinen.

These pages contain lots of pictures from F3A World Championships 2005 taken by Finnish Team. The content was updated almost daily with a new set of fresh images. The discussion and other reports can be found from other sources, such as RC Universe and Lennokit.net (in Finnish).

The official homepage of the World championships is the place for results and other general information.

F3A Sport Competition in Seinäjoki

An extra Sport-competition was organised in Seinäjoki on July 31.

Sport Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Yhteensä 2/3
1. Juhani Lauri 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000
2. Juha Reinikka 881 967 982 1,949
3. Ari-Pekka Puputti 902 824 794 1,726
4. Tomi Kohtanen 716 693 840 1,556
5. Teemu Niemi 756 778 652 1,534
6. Hannu Hölsö 509 647 495 1,156
7. Mikko Sillanterä 317 450 403 853

WC 2005: Finals, Closing Seremony and Banquet

Every pilot flew 4 rounds during the final day of championships, two F-05 known schedules and two different unknown schedules. The World champion was then selected based on the best two rounds. Pictures taken by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Semifinals

Based on the results of preliminary rounds, 30 best pilots continued their competition further. Two F-05 final schedules were flown by every pilot, one for both set of judges. Based on the results the 10 best pilots were selected for finals. Photographs by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Day 4

Wednesday and the fourth and last preliminary round. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

F3A SM/Cup 3/4 2005, Hämeenkyrö

Results from the third competition of the year 2005 held in Hämeenkyrö on August 6-7.

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WC 2005: Day 3

The morning was so rainy that the competition was stopped for a couple for hours. When the rain stopped it was already too late to be able to fly all morning flights before afternoon session would start. About one third of flights were postponed to Wednesday. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Day 2

The second preliminary day was flown in similar windy conditions as the first day. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Day1

The first competition day on Sunday was windy. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Opening Ceremony

The opening ceremony was held on Saturday afternoon including an air show by French Air Forces. Later in the evening a barbeque was served in the competetition site. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

WC 2005: Practise

The competition didn’t start until Sunday, so there was a couple of free days to practise. Official practises were held on Friday and Saturday. Pictures by Juho Karppinen.

Autumn Meeting 2005 in Jämi

F3A Team has an annual meeting on September 10th in Jämi.

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Bulletin, F3A Sport, Seinäjoki

F3A Sport competition in Seinäjoki on July 30-31. More information in the Finnish version of the post.

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Bulletin, F3A SM/Cup 3/4 2005, Hämeenkyrö

Bulletin for the third championship competition in Hämeenkyrö on August 6-7. More details in the Finnish version of the post.

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F3A SM/Cup 2/4 2005, Kokkola

Results from the second competition of the year 2005 held in Kokkola on June 18-19.

FAI SM Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Kierros 4 Yhteensä 3/4
1. Tuomas Tanska 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000
2. Lassi Nurila 942 925 953 991 2,885
3. Jens Poikelin 892 881 972 985 2,849
4. Kimmo Kaukoranta 917 849 932 882 2,731
5. Jani Loikkanen 754 798 865 820 2,483
6. Antti Aho-Mantila 711 742 716 699 2,169
7. Erkko Saviaro 712 575 704 664 2,079

Nordic Cup Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Kierros 4 Yhteensä 3/4
1. Antti Aho-Mantila 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000
2. Timo Huhtamäki 887 849 810 783 2,546
3. Pentti Jalo 786 792 763 714 2,341
4. Jari Lähetkangas 717 742 631 673 2,132
5. Kimmo Kärkinen 600 65 520 482 1,602

Sport Cup Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Yhteensä 2/3
1. Jari Lähetkangas 1,000 1,000 1,000 2,000
2. Teemu Niemi 746   635 1,381

F3A SM/Cup 1/4 2005, Turku

Results from the first competition of the year 2005 held in Paattinen, Turku on May 21-22.

FAI SM Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Kierros 4 Yhteensä 3/4
1. Jens Poikelin 981 998 989 936 2,968
2. Markus Aaltonen 976 991 1,000 872 2,966
3. Lassi Nurila 931 720 992 1,000 2,923
4. Kimmo Kaukoranta 890 871 863 890 2,650
5. Jani Loikkanen 874 858 836 850 2,582
6. Antti Aho-Mantila 636 682 0 721 2,038
7. Tuomas Tanska 1,000 1,000 0 0 2,000
8. Ari Syrjä 606 547 653 613 1,873

Nordic Cup Kierros 1 Kierros 2 Kierros 3 Kierros 4 Yhteensä 3/4
1. Antti Aho-Mantila 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 3,000
2. Kai Korpelainen 730 861 797 853 2,511
3. Pentti Jalo 721 762 837 857 2,457
4. Timo Huhtamäki 695 830 744 831 2,406
5. Iiro Nikkilä 730 786 795 735 2,316

Sport Cup Yhteensä
1. Jarmo Hellevaara 1,000

Bulletin, F3A SM/Cup 2/4 2005, Kokkola

Bulletin for the seconds championship competition in Kokkola on June 18-19. More details in the Finnish version of the post.

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Bulletin, F3A SM/Cup 1/4 2005, Turku

Bulletin for the first championship competition in Turku on May 21-22. More details in the Finnish version of the post.

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Spring Meeting 2005 in Helsinki

F3A Team has an annual Spring meeting in Helsinki on April 23 6-8PM.

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F3A Team Finland is an association to promote precision aerobatics (F3A) in Finland.