Group France triumphed in each junior and senior group lessons on the 2024 FAI F5J European Championships for Electrical Powered Thermal Period Gliders. The competitors featured 63 senior and 16 junior rivals from 23 nations, all vying for the distinguished title.
The championships befell from 25 to 31 August, with excellent particular person performances. Slovenia’s Primož Rižner soared to the highest spot, grabbing the 2024 European champion title and doubling his European Champion accolades.
Competitors was robust, with many flights with windy climate circumstances difficult the rivals to regulate their fashions and methods to optimise every flight. The extent of talent amongst junior individuals was famous as very excessive, which is promising for the way forward for this class.
Among the many feminine rivals, Jana Štěrbová of Czechia got here out on prime, with Anne Schütz of Germany being the highest junior feminine.
FAI Aeromodelling Fee (CIAM) President and Jury Member Antonis Papadopoulos commented:
“The FAI F5J European Championships have been concluded efficiently; on behalf of CIAM, I want to thank the organising group from the Romanian Modelling Federation, and the Deva Airfield workers for his or her efforts in getting ready and operating the occasion, and naturally for his or her hospitality. Congratulations to the winners and to all those that participated.”
The championships befell at Deva Airfield, operated by the Federatia Aeronautica Romana, which additionally hosts different air sports activities actions akin to gliding, skydiving and aerobatics.
The subsequent FAI F5J European Championships are scheduled for 2026 in France.
Winners
Senior Group
- France
- Germany
- Slovakia
Junior Group
- France
- Czechia
- Germany
Senior
- Primož Rižner (SLO)
- Juraj Adamek (SVK)
- Oleksandr Synielytsyi (UKR)
Junior
- Romain Gallet (FRA)
- David Schütz (GER)
- Filippo De Luca (ITA)
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