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The Pitchbrothers Smackdown 2010

Monday, 01 February 2010 08:48

The site for The Pitchbrothers Smackdown 2010 is now official !!!

It is going to be held at one of the best model flying fields in Denmark:

Broenderslev Model Flying Club

Friday the 7th until Sunday the 9th of May

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The field offers following:

250 meters of grass field
100 meters of asphalt
Camping facilities for approx 60 caravans or tents
5 toilets and baths at the clubhouse
Cold and warm water
Electricity 230 Volts
BIG! Party tent with heating
Kitchen with all modern facilities

Allmyrc and RC-Heli Resource has announced that they will be at The Pitchbrothers Smackdown 2010, and that they will cover the event with both video and pictures!!!

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The invite is also on Facebook, and you can check out the pilots that has comfirmed that they will be attending the

event here: The Pitchbrothers Smackdown Invite on Facebook

There is an international / national airport 30 km from site. Aalborg Airport offers direct flights to following destinations:

London (Gatwick)
Paris (Orly)
Málaga
Nice
Salzburg
Olso
Copenhagen

Through Copenhagen Airport you can get to Aalborg from following destinations:

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If you want to fly with Ryan-air or other low cost airline companies.

Then you need to check out Billund Airport and how to rent a car. There is 160 km from Billund to the event.

We are very sorry that there has been some radio silence about the smackdown 2010 the last 14 days. But we had some difficulties with the first site for the event.

There wil be further info on the website during the week.

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