Group photo of the participating pilots posing with a Ka-6.

Group photo after the opening ceremony.

One of our official turn points: a railroad crossing over the river.

Our beloved retrieve vehicle.

One of our official turn points: the Cali international Airport.

Military trainers in formation during the closing ceremonies.

Came home with the third place.

For pilot security, when a landout happened, a Black Hawk helicopter was immediately dispatched with soldiers that would stay with the pilot until the retrieve crew arrived.

I experienced it myself once when I had to make an unscheduled landing in a dirt runway. The clandestine runway had been bombed by authorities during a raid. Still, landing in a runway with craters was better than ditching in a swamp in a borrowed glider.

Considering that I had one landout this was ok.