World Contest 1978

Photograph

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Canadian Soaring Archive

World Contest 1978 Canadian Team Pilots: Photo of the pilots of the Canadian team at the contest
World Contest 1978 Canadian Team Pilots

Photo of the pilots of the Canadian team at the contest

Name/Title

World Contest 1978

Entry/Object ID

2026-01-003

Description

Photo of the Canadian team at the 1978 World Contest. From left to right: John Firth, Jim Carpenter, Dave Webb, Helmut Werneburg.

Photograph Details

Subject Person or Organization

John Firth

General Notes

Note

The 1978 World Contest was held at Chateauroux, France, from July 16 through July 29. Canada was represented in the Standard Class by Jim Carpenter (finishing 6th) and John Firth (finishing 11th), and in the 15m Class by Dave Webb (finishing 20th) and Helmut Wernerurg (finishing 21st). For more information on this contest, check out Free Flight magazine issue 1978-5 at https://www.wgc.mb.ca/static/freeflight/78_05.pdf.