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SPACE AGE
From carbon fibre planes to bespoke control
panels, every last detail at this level is thought
through. Winner Donatas, who has been flying
models since he was 11, said he’d spent the
previous two months almost “exclusively”
training. “Everything paid off.”
GO-FASTER STRIPES
The discipline won lots of new fans, including
many pilots from around the world. Head of
the USA delegation Troy Bradley, who has set
a record for crossing the Pacific in a balloon
and is a consultant for Disney, was there. “This
is all new to me,” he said, “but I’m enjoying it
very much.”
Pictured is silver medallist Alan Goljevscek
(SLO).