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The CMR and the F3K

The F3K, more commonly called Hand Launch Glider took a new step with the Cercle Modéliste Rullicois since the organization in September 2006 of the championship of France for the category.

From three “historical” practitioners (Anthony Perdoux, Thierry Marché and Charles Saboureau) manpower increased to five at the beginning of this year.

The arrival of Pascal Matot and Jean-Philippe Martineau gave a new dash to our small section “Hand Launch”. It is true that the CMR helped the new practitioners while following the example of the CRAM 19 which cemented the idea put forward by Richard Barat, Patrick Camier, Patrice Bernadet and Serge Delabarde to re-launch the activity by financial support for the interested young people who would follow a training course of construction and fine tuning organised at the Training centre of Rouillé during the winter, with obligation to take part in a certain number of competitions in the year to come. The result was felt immediately since the number of pilots in the regional competitions of the Poitou-Charentes increased from 6/7 to 10/12 and one could even count 15 participants if they attended the same meeting.

It is thus a total success, which one owes to the availability of certain specialists practitioners of the F3K for many years such as with the dynamism of François Venec, President in the CRAM 19.

It remains for us to wish “good wind” with the launchers of sailplanes and to be hoped that the number of practitioners continues to increase.

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