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1977 Swiss Championships

1977 Swiss High-Launch Championships (F1A and SK) in Bätterkinden

Organization: MG Halten-Gerlafingen

Photo report by K. Kriewall, Männedorf

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Below: The youngest participant: Marcel Süess, MG Auenstein (age 11)

Rankings for Category F1A

1. Anton Bucher	ST	1103
2. Heinz Bleuer	GR	1097
3. Christoph Bachmann	RW	1074
4. Jan Cervinka	DN	893
5. Fritz Gänsli	DU	887
6. Bruno Roth	DN	855
7. Ruedi Erismann	OL	850
Markus Erismann	Orienteering	850
9. Fritz Spahr	GR	842
10. Richard Sommerhalder	MA	837
11. André Dolder	LU	828
12. Max Schaad	HW	820
13. Hans Reifler	AF	811
14. Henri Tlapa	HA	797
15. Marcel Heimgartner	RB	792
16. Max Senn	DU	778
17. Andres Bärtschi	BE	775
18. Max Meier	AU	774
19. Georg Tschuor	OL	766
20. Peter Maurer	BE	763
21. Max Roth	DN	753
22. Küng, Beat	BE	752
23. Wirz, Bernhard	NW	744
24. Rudolf Häfliger	UT	743
25. Bernhard Haller	DN	742
26. Paul Schmitter	TU	734
27. Heinz Weiss	AF	732
28. Gottfried Bachmann	RW	723
29. Gerhard Müllner	DU	714
30. Walter Haller	DN	709
31. Besmer, Engelbert	UT	699
32. Bleuer, Kurt	GR	694
33. René Brodbeck	BS	682
34. Ernst Wiederkehr	AU	680
35. Schwarz, Karl	TA	665
36. Roger Kehl	DK	652
Thomas Kuhn	IL	652
38. René Butty	DK	651
39. Lanz Christian	BE	645
40. Rolf Allemann	LF	643
41. René Rütsche	GS	642
42. Hans Schoder	DN	624
Kohler, André	LS	624
44. Hanspeter Brosi	BE	620
45. Peter Schwander	BI	614
46. Kurt Vogel	BI	613
47. Max Brunner	VI	600
48. Pierre Rosetti	LY	598
49. Willi Reist	BE	592
50. Hugo Heiniger	AU	575
51. Rolf Müller	BI	559
52. Rolf Menzi	AF	558
Kurt Hubschmid	TA	558
54. Ames, André	LS	557
55. Ritter Hansrudolf	RB	552
56. Süess, Marcel	AU	550
57. Fritz Wymann	GR	548
58. Meyer, Fred	DN	542
59. Mathias Brucker	GS	541
60. Eduard Kiener	BE	540
61. Walter Tschopp, Sr.	TA	513
62. Dieter Kunz	HW	511
63. Karl Weidmann	AU	506
64. Jean-Pierre Decopet	LY	496
65. Barbey Joseph	BUL	495
66. Josef Alessandri	LU	490
67. Barbey, René	BUL	484
68. Pierre Gerini	LS	468
69. Roland Contesse	GS	454
70. Werner Schwarz	TA	451
Heinz Jeger	LF	451
72. Hermann Keller	ST	440
73. Walter Gamba	LF	415
74. Ulrich Gygax	HA	399
75. Ernst Schmid	RB	398
76. Charles Stierlin	DN	395
77. Gilbert Studinger	BS	382
78. Meyer, Anton	VI	360
79. Roland Kilchenmann	HA	356
80. Nicolas Wuremet	NE	339
81. Hans Bandi	GR	305
82. Heinz Maurer	BE	203

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“And they look up at the sky...” A final check before the race.

Category SK

1. Peter Maurer	BE	575
2. Karl Meier	BE	535
3. Eduard Kiener	BE	529
4. Kurt Tosonovski	MA	498
5. Paul Schmitter	TU	491
6. Hans Schoder	DN	421
7. Edy Bachmann	EM	398
8. Andrist Ueli	BE	393
9. Georg Tschuor	OL	357
10. Walter Eggimann	BE	354
11. Walter Haller	DN	345
12. Schmid, Hans	LU	324
13. Roland Kilchenmann	HA	310
14. Renzo Soliva	OL	290
15. Paul Schmitter	TU	276
16. Richard Schmidlin	LF	233

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Above: Crash landing: Two models by Charles Stierlin of MG Dintikon were destroyed when a competitor’s model crashed upon landing.

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