The
C/L Stunt and Semi-stunt Competition
Windmill Cup was first held in 1983. The name Windmill Cup
refers to the nearby giant size windmill (Biggest in the world
at the time !), which was then only recently erected. The
competition has been held in early June every year since then,
with the sad exception of 1986, when too few competitors
signed up. (The fact that Lars Roos, local C/L Stunt champion
and head man for the arrangements, had just bought his house,
did also have an impact on this....)
Ove Andersson, VFK, has won the most times (9!), followed by
Erik Björnwall, Ronneby (2) , with Lars Roos, TMFK, Alf
Eskilsson and Stefan Lagerqvist, KBA, and Stefan Ekström
winning one year each.
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There is only one lubricant that really counts... |
Windmill Cup has always been blessed with flyable weather,
except during the 1990 competition , when winds were very
strong, even by local standards. (This is windmill country!).
All participants still flew their planes, of course, and all
the other competitions have been "stunt heaven"
weather-wise!
All competitors and staff are treated to a Swedish
Smorgasboard in the open at competition half-time, a tradition
much appreciated by all. Coffea, sandwiches, ham, fat
sausages, cheese...... Aah!
The full-size windmill is no more, having been disassembled
three years ago (having been a huge research project ), but
the stunt flying tradition is upheld under the same name -
there are plenty of other windmills in our neighbourhood !
| Lars Roos´ "Pattern Master 96" |  |
Pictures and report with results from the 1998 competition on
the
Windmill Cup 98
page, and reports from the 1997 and 1996 competitions on the
Windmill Cup 1997
and
Windmill Cup 1996
pages, naturally.
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Swedish Stunt Flyers have their own place on the WWW:
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