18 th World Spacemodeling Championships (WSMC) (9 th WSMC for Juniors) Vrdnik/Irig, Serbia, August 2010 August 21 – Arrive Hotel “Termal” in Vrdnik August 22 – Engine testing, practice flying, opening ceremony August 23 – S8 (R/C Rocket Glider) & S6 (Streamer) August 24 – S1 (Altitude) & S9 (Gyrocopter) August 25 – S5 (Scale Altitude) & S4 (Boost ‐ Glider) August 26 – S3 (Parachute) & S7 (Scale) August 27 – Closing Banquet Assembled by Trip Barber Photos by George Gassaway, John Langford, and the Serbian and Russian rocketry organizations
US Team arrives at the hotel in Vrdnik with all of our stuff; local convenience store in background
Sorting through our registration material while waiting for our hotel rooms
Eating our “chicken bone” soup for dinner – every night
Opening ceremony with all the national teams and their flags
The 2010 US International Spacemodeling Team
James Duffy and Tony Reynolds with their S5C (Scale Altitude) models
Matt Steele with his S5C (Scale Altitude) model
Chris Flanigan with his S7 (Scale) N1 model
Scale and Scale Altitude models at turn-in
Scale models at turn-in
Scale Soyuz model at turn-in James Duffy and Tony Reynols with their S5C (Scale Altitude) models
US Team working on models in our tent on the field as John Langford does some Team Manager work
Souvenir and food sales tent on the flying field
The 2010 WSMC flying range
Keith Vinyard and Chris Flanigan watching and waiting for thermals
US Team members in a quiet moment on the flying field with Senior Team Manager John Langford and Junior Team Manager Bill Stine on left
Russian flier Grigoriy Sergienko clears check-in with his S8E models
FAI Silver Medal winner Alyssa Stenberg with her S8D (Radio-Control Rocket Glider) model
US Junior S8D team member Matthew Berk test-flies his model
US Junior S8D (Radio-Control Rocket Glider) team during competition (L to R) Matthew Berk, Alyssa Stenberg, Craig Vinyard
Silver medalist Alyssa Stenberg and Russian gold medalist Alexey Lutiy at the end of the S8D competition
Serbian girls dressed for the award presentation ceremony
Individual and team awards ready for presentation
Officials ready to present the awards to winners at the end of the flying day Srdjan Pelagic on far left, WSMC CD Andrija Ducak (green shirt)
S8D Junior individual winners, Alyssa Stenberg (Silver) on left
Award presentation ceremony for the winning S8D Junior teams
Junior S8D team winners, US Team (Gold) in center, during US national anthem
Junior S8D Team Gold winners: Alyssa Stenberg, Matthew Berk, Craig Vinyard, Junior Team Manager Bill Stine
Chris Kidwell prepares to fly his S6 (Steamer Duration) model
European S9 (Gyrocopter) model in flight
Rod Schafer prepares to fly his S9 (Gyrocopter) model
Keith Vinyard prepares to fly his S9 (Gyrocopter) model
US S9 team members Rod Schafer and Todd Schweim preparing to fly
Magda Moses S9 (Gyrocopter) model lifts off as she and Caleb Boe watch
Checking out an Adrel electronic altimeter prior to flying S1B (Altitude)
Trip Barber showing his S1B (Altitude) model prior to its flight
Junior Team member Caleb Boe working on his flying-wing S4 (Boost Glider) model before flight
Rod Schafer holding his “Hummingbird” S4 (Boost Glider) model prior to its flight
Trip Barber launching his S4 (Boost Glider) model during the competition
Two of the US Junior Team’s “Space Grant” S5B (Scale Altitude) models prior to their flights
Katie Steele launches her S5B (Scale Altitude) model during the competition
James Duffy prepares his S5C (Scale Altitude) model for its flight
James Duffy ‘s S5C (Scale Altitude) Bumper WAC model in flight
Team Canada (Taras Tataryn and Fritz Gnass) prepares Fritz’ S5C Scale Altitude model for flight
US Junior S1 (Parachute Duration) team: (L to R) Manager Bill Stine, John Moses, Emma Kristal, Magda Moses
John Hochheimer launches his S1 (Parachute Duration) model during the competition
Russian Junior team member loads his S7 (Scale) model on the pad
Results of a catastrophic motor failure in a Scale flight
Serbian Junior S7 (Scale) team that won the team Gold loads one of their Saturn 1B models on the pad
Polish flier loads a beautiful Saturn 1B model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event
Bulgarian team loads a Soyuz model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event
Chris Flanigan prepares his N1 model on the pad during the S7 (Scale) event
Chris Flanigan’s N1 model in flight
Chris Flanigan with his N1 model after flight, with Mary Roberts
Alexander Levikh of Russia, the Gold medal winner, loads his Soyuz model on the pad
Alexander Levikh’s Soyuz in flight
Alexander Levikh’s Soyuz stages
Polish team prepares an Ariane model on the pad
Ariane model in flight
Ariane model stages
Antonio Mazzarachio of Italy (an NAR member) receives trophy as the best flier at the 18 th WSMC from Andrija Ducak
US Junior Team dances the night away at the closing banquet
Flags of the participating nations at the closing banquet of the 18 th World Spacemodeling Championships
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