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Erzincan - Turkey
8-14 September 2002

Report & Images by X. Murillo (Technical Delegate), F.Escriba and Ch. Quest (Technical Advisors) and S. Mast (General Secretary).
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Erzincan is a city located 700km east from Ankara.
With a population of nearly 100.000 habitants, located at an altitude of 1200m in a large flat green valley surrounded by high dry ridges.


Sunday, September 8th
A 48km task is set, but thunderstorm clouds are approaching causing the task to be cancelled.

Training day, opening ceremony and registration...

It was the "warm up" day. Training flights, opening ceremony, registration, cocktail and dinner : what an agenda !

Yesterday's pictures :


Training flights

 


Crowd at the landing field

 


Registration: the Swiss team filling their safety info form

  


Dinner

  

 


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