We all drove from Forbes on Monday. There are three Japanese teams and a Korean team. There are a few Australians, but the French have gone home. There is a waiting list of pilots who won't be able to get into the competition. I also heard that there will be over seventy Australian pilots flying in the New South Wales competition in Manilla later next month.
Competition seems to be pretty alive and well here.
Paris has gone back to Wills Wing to work on the new prototype and take it for more testing to the Millennium Cup in Valle de Bravo on the 3 rd of February. I think that this new program of competition development is an excellent change for Wills Wings. It is their strong personal desire to win that drives the development of their superior gliders. I know that Felix Ruehle at AIR is a very competitive person and athlete. I sure hope that he can come and fly at the spring competitions in Florida.