Regards from
Colombia, during the 13th and 14th of October there was the the
Air Festival 2007 and the XXII National Contest of scale model-makers organized by IPMS Guayaquil, this
to mark the celebrations the 20 years of this association, anniversary 87 of the Air Ecuadoran Force and for the
Independence of the city of Guayaquil.
We returned to fly for
AVIANCA in company of my wife and my mother-in-law, landed in Guayaquil
about 6 p.m. of Friday, the 12th of October and moved immediately to the
place of the contest (Simón Bolívar Air Base) to drop off the models
that were going to compete.
This year, AVIANCA is
offering on its flights the delicious coffee of Colombia's "Juan
Valdez", so if you can fly for this airline, you will taste the
flavor of Colombia on board. Its stewardesses use beautiful aprons with
the image of a Colombian coffee grower.
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This year they
were near 78 models and 18 participants, 17 Ecuadorians and 1 only
Colombian (that would be me) taking part in 28 categories and special
prizes among those who were to the best model of the contest, favorite of
the public, best Ecuadorian model, better model is afraid of the contest,
better novice.
I took part with 16 models,
initially they were 17, but for my carelessness there remained one of
them, The list is the following one:
- Mirage 2000-5 "the
last flight of Commander Tanguy" (You saw it in ARC)
- AH-60L ARPIA III Fuerza
Aérea Colombiana (you saw it in ARC)
- FIAT G.91Y AMI (you saw
it in ARC)
- OV-10 Bronco Fuerza Aérea
Colombiana
- KAMOV-52 Poland Aviation
Army (you saw it in ARC)
- Eurofighter Typhoon (You
saw it in ARC)
- Westland Sea King
Marineflieger
- Focke Achgelis Fa-330
(you saw it in ARC)
- Cushman Airborne Scooter
- Haunebu Proyect
- A very particular
appointment
- Jungle, honor and glory
forever
- MiG-3, Cantacuzino´s
MiG (you saw it in ARC)
- Lavochkin 5-FN A
farewell (you saw it in ARC)
- Junkers F.13 Fuerza Aérea
Colombiana
- AT-2900 Colombian
Aerospace Defense
The winners are:
- Focke Achgelis Fa-330, winner
category aerial scratchbuilt
- Mirage 2000-5 "the last
flight of Commander Tanguy", mention of honor aviation jets 1/72
- Fiat G.91Y AMI, mention of
honor aviation jets 1/72
- A very particular appointment,
mention of honor military diorama 1/72
- Lavochkin 5-FN A farewell,
mention of honor aviation military 1/72
My gratefulnesses addressed to my
wife and my mother-in-law to the president of IPMS Guayaquil Jimmy Gálvez and
his family for your attentions, to Fabricio, Ramon, Carlos, Juan,
Christian, Galo, the gentlemen Endara (father and son), the Chinese, Samir, Jose
(the owl, which was recognized by his collaboration in the development of the
contest) and other members of IPMS Guayaquil competitors of which I do not
remember your names.
Finally, the level of detail of
all the competitors and the warmth of the inhabitants of Guayaquil do that next
year is one more guest to this wonderful event, in which I have the opportunity
to learn and to meet again with good friends.
COLOMBIA ES PASIÓN!
Greetings from Colombia, the land
of Juan Valdez!
Saludos desde Colombia, la tierra
de Juan Valdez!
Tigre del Aire
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