2023 FAI World Championships For Pylon Racing Model Aircraft

A Recap of This Year’s Event By Paul Gibeault pgibeault@shaw.ca | Photos courtesy of the author As seen in the November 2023 issue of Model Aviation. Since airplanes have existed, competitions have been held in air racing of all classes. Pylon Racing, in a closed circuit around pylons, is based on racing with full-scale, manned aircraft, the most famous being the Reno Air Races. Back row (L-R): Paul Gibeault, assistant team manager; Matt Fehling, F3D caller; Bruce Brown, F3E pilot; Trey Witte, F3E pilot; Otto Dieffenbach, F3E pilot; and William Naemura, team…