As far as competitive on the world stage in RC I think it is worth noting that this past summer the US Junior Team won the F3J (thermal soaring) World Championships. Brendon Beardsley is the current World F3J Champion and Daryl Perkins won the senior World Champion title. Daryl is well known in soaring circles having won the F3B soaring championships FOUR times.

The US has done fairly well over the years on the world stage at various FAI events.