posted May 2nd, 2019 - The month of April was another very busy time period for the Czech teams who competed at the FAI Indoor World Meet. HF Flying Circus and HF Cubs both first competed at the Hurricane Factory's April meet of the World Tunnel League and then performed the April sequences of the Indoor Cloud League a few days later.

Then they had a few days of rest before driving from Prague to Lille in France for the indoor world meet.

There was a third team with exactly the same meet and travel agenda. Skydive University Slovakia has been joining the events at the Hurricane Factory since 2016 and posted their scores once again at the World Tunnel League meet, then took on the Indoor Cloud League sequences, as well. At the end, they followed up for Slovakia at the indoor world meet.

The next battle between HF Flying Circus and HF Cubs for the highest Open Class scores on the Czech ICL leaderboard (AAA/AA) was closer than ever before and indicated that both teams were ready for the challenges at the indoor world meet: HF Cubs for the gold medal battle with Aerokart Ak'demie, HF Flying Circus for one of the Top 10 spots on the Open Class leaderboard at Weembi Lille.

Hurricane Factory - April	AAA	AA	A	RRR	RR	R	Total
Teams	G,20,O,10	N,21,20	L,D,2	F,G,O	M,L,D	M,N	Total
HF Flying Circus	24	22	-	-	-	-	24
HF Cubs	23	22	-	-	-	-	22
Skydive University Slovakia	18	19	-	-	-	-	-
Accord	12	12	14	-	-	-	-
HF Flying Rebels	-	13	19	-	-	-	19
HF Dragonflies	-	15	17	-	-	-	-
HF Flying Chameleons	-	9	10	15	-	-	15
Mimozemky	-	14	16	-	-	-	-
J-Elita	-	-	-	10	8	16	-
Rusalky	-	-	-	11	11	17	28
HF Junior Red	-	-	-	-	9	5	-
Hurricane Factory's Best of April	24	22	19	15	11	17	108

Indoor Cloud League April performances of the Czech team at the Hurricane Factory

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HF Flying Circus, HF Cubs and Skydive University Slovakia all competed in the AAA Class at the April meet of the World Tunnel League. The HF Cubs would go back to the AA Class dive pool at the indoor world meet and still preferred to have the last competition test in the AAA Class.

At least the AA Class sequence of the Indoor Cloud League in April could have been drawn at the indoor world meet, as well, where eventually only one of the eight sequences was a AAA Class sequence at the same time (Round 5 - 20,B,21). The April competition of the World Tunnel League at the Hurricane Factory included two AA/Junior class sequences (Rounds 1 and 4), and the HF Cubs won over HF Flying Circus by the total score (59 - 58) for these two rounds.

HF Cubs were obviously prepared perfectly, as they won the FAI gold medals at Weembi Lille. HF Flying Circus were just as ready for their own very challenging battle as the Cubs were.

The NSL Power Rankings in one of the previews indicated a very tight situation in the battle for the last spot in the Top 10 rankings at the indoor world meet. HF Flying Circus was actually seated in 11th place, and the last Top 10 position was more likely to be taken by Finland's Pro Team.

FAI World Meet 2019			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	4-way Open		M,K,D,14	Q,4,5	P,E,9,15	3,N,G,2	6,1,8	F,12,11	13,22,J	H,L,B,18	O,20,A,17	21,7,19	Total	Avg
1	NMP-PCH Hayabusa	BE	39	36	42	35	27	32	29	42	38	31	351	35.1
2	Weembi High Rollers	FR	38	33	44	32	27	29	26	47	37	31	344	34.4
3	Arizona Airspeed	US	39	33	40	30	27	29	24	39	33	27	321	32.1
4	Qatar Tigers	QA	34	30	36	29	22	27	28	36	32	28	302	30.2
5	Airheads	CH	35	28	33	29	25	27	24	36	30	25	292	29.2
6	Black Cat	RU	34	29	39	29	25	22	25	36	26	22	287	28.7
7	Echochamber	SE	34	27	35	26	22	25	20	35	26	24	274	27.4
8	ACM Weembi	UK	32	28	32	26	20	24	19	35	26	25	267	26.7
9	Airfource	DE	33	22	33	25	22	23	20	35	25	24	262	26.2
10	HF Flying Circus	CZ	31	26	28	23	24	22	18	33	19	23	247	24.7
11	Pro Team	FI	27	24	30	23	23	22	22	30	23	22	246	24.6
12	Monaco Indoor Skydive Team	MC	27	21	27	23	20	22	21	29	21	21	232	23.2
13	FlySpot Sky4Four	PL	27	23	28	23	19	20	20	29	21	21	231	23.1
14	Papea Masculino	ES	28	23	26	16	21	20	21	30	23	22	230	23.0
15	Out of the Blue	NL	24	22	27	19	19	19	18	27	24	20	219	21.9
16	H40	IE	22	19	23	17	18	17	17	24	20	19	196	19.6
17	Skydive University Slovakia	SK	23	19	23	17	18	17	14	22	19	17	189	18.9
18	Lithuania	LT	26	15	19	15	17	16	17	21	-	-	146	18.3

HF Flying Circus - Pro Team at the FAI Indoor World Meet 2019

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The Open Class competition between HF Flying Circus and Pro Team turned out to be just as exciting as it could be expected. In fact, it became a 1-point race that was decided in the last round.

HF Flying Circus had a 4-point lead at the end of the first day, which did not change in the next four rounds. The last two rounds on the last competition day turned out to be quite dramatic for the two contenders for the 10th place. HF Flying Circus lost the whole 4-point lead in Round 9, and Round 10 would be an internal tie-breaker.

The Czech team recovered impressively well, and it became a 1-point finish, with the advantage for HF Flying Circus.

The competition at Weembi Lille will not be the last time that HF Flying Circus and Pro Team will meet each other.

Both teams have plans until the next outdoor world meet in Tanay 2020, and they will probably measure up several times until then, directly and indirectly. Czech Republic and Finland both participate in the World Tunnel League events and are a part of the NSL outdoor network, as well.