It's Friday afternoon here in Lakeland, Fl. and the static judging just ended. The contestants will not know their results until they fly their first round of competition flying tomorrow morning. Sung had a couple of practise flights on the Panther yesterday, and the plane is dialed in. Weather is absolutely spectacular with clear skies, 85 degrees and a light breeze.

Pro Am started yesterday and after 3 rounds, the Top 10 pilots will continue to the final round Sunday afternoon. Pro Am is two classes... Pro and Am, flying in front of the same judges. There are no "builder of the model" rule in Pro Am, so it is strictly a competition on flying skills.

Tomorrow the flying will be in the Expert, Masters and Team scale classes with two rounds each Saturday and Sunday. Out of those 4 rounds, the avarage score of the 3 best are added to the static score.

I have been busy flying the L-39 in Pro, but will have time to shoot some pictures over the weekend.

More to follow tomorrow.......