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Fly Games World Championship - Day One

Posted on November 30, 2011 in Dean Eldridge   

A bleary-eyed Monday morning started quite spectacularly at 4:30am with the KLM check-in staff saying that the box with my Parajet Volution Custom cage and Paramania GTR wing was too big. After 5 minutes of reapeatedly re-measuring, it was found to be within 2mm of the required legal maximum to take on the flight!… Phew.

The carefully packed bag with the Volution chassis - unfortunately though - went over the weight limit and cost a few quid. I had to get special security clearance to take the equipment, then my motor had to be visually inspected as the box was too big to go in the X-ray machine.

All in all, a funny experience and I was the last to get on the flight after running through the terminal!

After a brief transfer in Amsterdam it was then a 10.5 hour flight to Sao Paulo where I was greeted by my two wonderfully preserved excess-sized pieces of luggage and some customs people wanting to ask a few questions! After explaining why I was there and a quick inspection, they wished me well on my way with some good luck for the competition!

A short, arranged taxi ride with a superbly friendly organizer of Fly Games World to a superb hotel on the beach completed a day that I thought was not going to be so smooth! Breakfast on the beach and a familiarisation stroll around the area, meeting the wonderful locals and I’m ready to get on with building my equipment together now.

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