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USTeam Pictures From the 13th World Space Modeling Championships
HeldSept 12-17, 2000 in Liptovsky Mikulas, Slovak Republic
| Thursday: S3 - A Parachute Duration Friday: S7 - Scale | So, what's with the FAI event numbers? Translations: S1 = B Altitude (30mm minimum diameter) |
 S3 Team at the pad (Andy Tomasch, Dave O'Bryan, & Chad Ring) | by the US Team recovery crew. |  They also served - Lila Schmaker, ace parachute prep assistant.... | |
 S8E Team (George Riebesehl, George Gassaway, Dave O'Bryan) D-450 shot by Chad ring |  Dave O'Bryan's StingRay-6 liftoff, launched by Andy Tomasch (during S8E World Cup) |  Dave O'Bryan (r) flying during S8E WSMC event, as (l-r) Ellis Langford, Ross Hironaka, and George Riebesehl help spot and time (for more S8E photos see World Cup pics on page 3) | |
 Scale room after turn-in. Many but not all of the S7 entries are shown here. |  Scale room after turn-in. Table at left has some S7 models, to right are most of the S5 models. |  Scale room at pick-up time. Models were rearranged, most Saturn-IB's placed next to each other, Arianes next to each other, etc. This table is where most of the prototypes modeled by only 1-2 people ended up. | |
 Bob Biedron checks out Miroslav Kotuha's (Slovakia) Saturn-IB. It was 3rd in static, but 1st when the flying ended. | 
|  USA S7 team and helpers. Ellis Langford (JR S7 flier), Bob Biedron, George Riebesehl, Jay Marsh, Ross Hironaka, George Gassaway, and Tom Campbell. | |
 Ellis Langford's Ariane prepped and ready to go to pad (Tom Campbell Photo) |
|  Jay Marsh with Saturn-IB prepped and ready to go to pad, with helper Ross Hironaka (Tom Campbell Photo) | |
 Ellis Langford's clustered Ariane launch! |  Bob Biedron's Ariane Launch Click here for close-up (Andy Tomasch Photo) |  Jay Marsh (in white jacket) launches his Saturn-IB for its 2nd flight | |
 A Slovak or Polish clustered Saturn-IB takes to the air. |  George with shuttle finally on the pad... (Tom Campbell Photo) | |
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