Oleg Bondarchuk <> the former World Champion writes:

Congratulations to the new World Champion!!! Well done Attila!!! Very impressive! You have deserved it especially by breaking the omen and winning both the Pre-Worlds and the Worlds!

Ricky Duncan <> writes:

First of all, congratulations to Attila, a great guy and obviously a great pilot. Great work to the British team as well. I think that their last win was in the Pendry era in the late eighties.

It was interesting to note your comment on Attila being the first pilot to win pre world and world meets. This has actually been quite common. John Pendry won 84 pre worlds and 85 Worlds in Austria. Rick Duncan 87 Pre Worlds and 88 Worlds in Australia. Robbie Wittal 88 pre worlds and 89 worlds in Switzerland. Following was the awesome Tomas Suchanek and Manfred Ruhmer whom I am pretty confident had pre world wins prior to their numerous titles, but I can't remember the details.

Great pictures here: http://www.deltaclublaveno.it/deltablog/nazionaledelta/Worlds2007.html

Riker Davis <> writes:

The last day's task to Hobbs had me thinking very hard about Curt Graham. He would have been so proud to have his hangar as the goal for a world meet task. I can assure you that he would have welcomed all the pilots with tunes blasting and cold beverages flowing with a big grin on his face.

There is a cool new display at the birds of prey exhibit at the Roswell Zoo that honors Curt and his Crossroads Windsports operation in Hobbs. It features four different color panels that explain flight dynamics. It also features graphics showing how man can soar like a bird.

The best thing about the 2007 Worlds is that there were only minor accidents, and the worse of those accidents happened at the pool party.

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