As no one seems to have posted this yet....
Ivan flying ELSA (or whatever its N number is now) won the open class
under 1250 cc race at Sun n Fun.
He was the first off the mark followed 20 seconds later by a 914 equipped
Katana.
On the crosswind leg out of Lakeland you could see the gap between the Europa
and the Katana growing visibly - a very impressive sight.
Ivan did the 65 mile course in 23 minutes 47 seconds at a TAS of 180 MPH.
Just to touch things off at the end, having done his high speed finish pass
before
landing, he
complied with the request to land long and flew the whole length of Lakeland
runway
at 20 feet
before landing on the stripes at the far end.
There were a lot of Europa builders walking around Sun N Fun with big grins on
their face all
day after that.
Tony
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