World Aerobatic Championships, Burgos Spain 6/22/05 - 7/2/05

US Aerobatic Team Website ^ | 6/21/05 | Dasher

[Dashing Dasher]

Tomorrow marks the beginning of a little known international sporting competition.

The US Aerobatic Team takes on the world at Burgos, Spain. I would like to share my interest in this sport with my FReeper FRiends. I hope you find this interesting.

I am getting updates from three of the team members on a regular basis - plus there is a website that will have scores, updates, pictures, etc. keeping all of us FANS involved in the day to day competition going on in Spain.

This competition is held somewhere in the world every other year. Last time (2003), it was in Lakeland, Florida, USA. Trophies are given out for individuals and for teams. In 2003, the Russians placed 1, 2, 3, with the highest ranking USA Pilot, Robert Armstrong, coming in fourth place. The team results were Russia, France, USA.

These are the best (competition) aerobatic pilots in the world. The United States has a team of ten - six men and four women - who will be representing us.

Other countries we know will be bringing teams include Russia, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, Italy, plus - who knows who else will show up... There is word we will see pilots - but maybe not whole teams from Finland, South Africa, Australia, Sweden, and Czech Republic. A minimum of three pilots is necessary to form an actual team.

The US Team will be flying several different airplanes. The American Made Zivko Edge 540 will be flown by Vicki Cruse, Janet Fitzke, and Kirby Chambliss. Also American Made is the Panzl S-330 which will be flown by Allyson Parker Lauck. Debby Rihn-Harvey has competed in the Worlds three times and David Martin, another WAC Veteran, will be flying the French made CAP-232. Robert Armstrong will be flying a CAP-231. Hubie Tolson, Michael Racy and Zach Heffley (our youngest team member at 24) will be flying the Russian Sukhoi 26.

Each competition starts with a Known also known as a Compulsory or Q program. Each pilot will fly the same sequence of maneuvers and will be judged by an international panel. The next program is the Freestyle. This allows each pilot to put together a sequence of maneuvers of their own creation.

Once the first two programs are flown, the first of the two Unknowns begin. These are a set of flight sequences designed by committee and given to the competitors 24 hours before they need to fly them. This is very difficult and is really separates the wheat from the shaft, if you know what I mean.

I will continue to update this thread to keep everyone up to date on what is happening in Spain. Please feel free to visit these websites for additional information – or if you have specific questions – let me know. I’ll try to answer them for you.

http://www.usaerobaticteam.com/htmlfile/index.php

http://www.iac.org

http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/calendar.asp

[pissant]

Your plane thread was very cool BTW. I wish I had more time to enjoy it! :o)

[Dashing Dasher]

Which one..?

I'll just say thank you.

;-)

Dasher

[pissant]

This one.

[Dashing Dasher]

Ok.
Thanks.

I'm good friends with several of the key players and thought it was a good way to share this sport with my FReeper FRiends.

[jaydubya2]

Thanks Dash, That's pretty cool! It's interesting to see how a performace is mapped out.

[Dashing Dasher]

I'm glad you enjoyed my sequence walk through. I've never written it down before. I just hoped it made sense.

More today - when the flying gets back underway.

[Dashing Dasher]

Second flight results - first 24 pilots (out of 48) have flown.

Category: Unlimited   

Rank	Country	Pilot	Free		pp %
1	USA	Debby RIHN-HARVEY	3770.2907		78.55
2	GBR	Tom CASSELS	3626.8183		75.56
3	ITA	Elena CORTE	3465.4825		72.20
4	USA	Janet FITZKE	3379.5519		70.41
5	FRA	Nicolas IVANOFF	3377.4003		70.36
6	ITA	Renzo VOCERI	3353.6129		69.87
7	SUI	Pierre MARMY	3274.8952		68.23
8	RUS	Vladimir POPOV	3233.5571		67.37
9	ESP	Juan VELARDE	3229.8449		67.29
10	ESP	Alex MC LEAN	3118.9681		64.98
11	GER	Klaus LENHART	3111.3550		64.82
12	FRA	Kathel BOULANGER	2940.5488		61.26
13	USA	Allyson PARKER-LAUCK	2852.0034		59.42
14	GER	Klaus SCHRODT	2827.0520		58.90
15	ESP	Juan SOCIAS	2789.5384		58.12
16	ITA	Daniele LOCATELLI	2681.7781		55.87
17	ITA	Paolo ZOPPI	2554.2307		53.21
18	ITA	Guido GIRAUDO	2483.1422		51.73
19	SUI	Hans-Peter ROHNER	2450.1440		51.04
20	GBR	Nick ONN	2441.3637		50.86
21	ITA	Sergio DALLAN	2345.6468		48.87
22	GBR	Val RAHMANI	2253.0741		46.94
23	ITA	Irene PASINI	1837.0976		38.27
24	USA	Michael RACY	1543.7472		32.16

Aerobatic Contest Managing System - Publisher - V2005.1.1  (C) by Michel DUPONT (2000 - 2005)

06/28/2005 04:26:23 PM

[Steelerfan]

On boy. I went "stunt flying" once with a guy that flew in the Cleveland airshow. I thought the scariest part was going to be the 5 second instruction I received on how to use the parachute ("jump out, cross your legs, pull the cord"). I was fine with the roll, the loop was actually cool. Then he did what I think he said was an Immelman (climbed real fast, stalled one wing and then kind of tumbled towards the ground). That was it for me. I apparently was shaking so hard he could feel it through the controls.

Thanks for all the updates, this is interesting stuff (that I am glad I am experiencing from the ground).

[Steelerfan]

"On boy" = "Oh boy". My typing skills leave much to be desired.

[dfwddr]

WOW, a big thanks for all the info and links.... !!! Please keep this going.

[Dashing Dasher]

More news from Burgos....


One other point of interest...

Zach Heffley lost a bet.
When told that he would have to fly today, he didn't believe it since things have been a bit slow paced around here.
He said, "If I fly tonight, I'll wear a dress to dinner".

Well... Zach lived up to his word and wore a dress to dinner.

Sorry, I'm too tired to post pictures now, but I'll get them on tomorrow.

Dasher will post when available!

[Dashing Dasher]

Wonderboy in his Dress...

You lose a bet - you wear a dress.

We've got to have rules!

[Dashing Dasher]

Today begins the flying of the first Unknown Sequence.

In Competition Aerobatics, the final test of skill is the Unknown. At the World Level - there are two Unknown Sequences.

The Unknown is a Sequence of maneuvers that are put together at the contest - usually by pilots suggesting figures and the Judges' pulling them together into a sequence.

While the Competitors get to practice the Known or Compulsory and their Freestyle (which was flown yesterday), they do not get to practice the Unknown and must fly it from the Sequence Card - (see Post #80).

Many times, you will see competitors (aka World Famous Stunt Pilots ;->) doing what we call The Dance or hand flying their sequence.

See an unnamed competitor doing his dance for the crowds.

I'll try to get a copy of the First Unknown and post it.

[Dashing Dasher]

Some GREAT pictures from the Red Bull Air Race in Rotterdam.

http://www.airshowaction.com/redbull2005nl/page1.html


and the Paris Airshow

http://www.airshowactionphotography.com/paris05/page1.html

[Dashing Dasher]

Looks like I may be able to snag a ride in this tomorrow!

[patton]

No. The knife it to cut your risers, if you are being drug on the ground. The cape wells (the quick releases that hold the risers to the harness) are designed so that you cannot release them when under pressure. If you hit the ground in a twenty-knot wind, the parachute will likely not deflate, and you will find yourself going twenty knots across the ground.

At that point, pull the knife and cut your risers.

[Dashing Dasher]

Do you always start conversations in the middle?

[patton]

yes.

[Dashing Dasher]

Sure?

[Dashing Dasher]

Real Aero club de Espana

23 th World Aerobatic Championships  -  Burgos - Spain - Category: Unlimited

Jury President: Mike HEUER

Chief Judge: John GAILLARD

Contest Director: Antonio QUINTANA

Rank	Country	Pilot								Total		pp %
1	RUS	Sergei RAKHMANIN								7872.5998		82.61
2	FRA	Renaud ECALLE								7773.7815		81.57
3	RUS	Oleg SHPOLYANSKI								7758.6659		81.41
4	RUS	Svetlana KAPANINA								7621.2407		79.97
5	USA	Kirby CHAMBLISS								7440.4638		78.07
6	RUS	Mikhail MAMISTOV								7340.8776		77.03
7	RUS	Andrey BESPALOV								7267.8314		76.26
8	ESP	Castor FANTOBA								7266.7174		76.25
9	FRA	Jean-Michel DELORME								7263.0326		76.21
10	RUS	Victor CHMAL								7162.8712		75.16
11	USA	Robert ARMSTRONG								7100.1885		74.50
12	FRA	Pascale ALAJOUANINE								7080.8875		74.30
13	RUS	Elena KLIMOVICH								7073.0292		74.22
14	FRA	Francois LEVOT								7071.0018		74.20
15	USA	Debby RIHN-HARVEY								6947.7069		72.90
16	RUS	Svetlana FEDORENKO								6899.4998		72.40
17	GBR	Tom CASSELS								6877.3973		72.17
18	FRA	Laurent NARJOUX								6792.6566		71.28
19	USA	Zach HEFLEY								6703.8818		70.35
20	GBR	Gerald COOPER								6598.4036		69.24
21	RUS	Larisa RADOSTEVA								6590.8960		69.16
22	ITA	Maurizio COSTA								6586.4611		69.11
23	USA	Hubert TOLSON								6552.5770		68.76
24	FRA	Nicolas IVANOFF								6542.3943		68.65
25	FRA	Matthieu ROULET								6433.8593		67.51
26	ITA	Elena CORTE								6300.9746		66.12
27	RUS	Vladimir POPOV								6245.2835		65.53
28	ESP	Juan VELARDE								6207.5500		65.14
29	GER	Klaus SCHRODT								6123.5887		64.26
30	SUI	Pierre MARMY								5902.7716		61.94
31	ITA	Renzo VOCERI								5828.1126		61.16
32	USA	Vicki CRUSE								5812.1708		60.99
33	USA	David MARTIN								5746.9496		60.30
34	FRA	Kathel BOULANGER								5692.1946		59.73
35	GER	Klaus LENHART								5657.1459		59.36
36	USA	Allyson PARKER-LAUCK								5517.1284		57.89
37	ITA	Paolo ZOPPI								5516.5742		57.89
38	USA	Janet FITZKE								5463.4716		57.33
39	GBR	Nick ONN								5161.6863		54.16
40	ITA	Sergio DALLAN								5066.8372		53.17
41	ITA	Guido GIRAUDO								5066.3936		53.16
42	ESP	Juan SOCIAS								4868.4395		51.09
43	SUI	Hans-Peter ROHNER								4817.8966		50.56
44	USA	Michael RACY								4664.9558		48.95
45	ITA	Daniele LOCATELLI								4579.2085		48.05
46	GBR	Val RAHMANI								4415.1446		46.33
47	ESP	Alex MC LEAN								3138.9655		32.94
48	ITA	Irene PASINI								2125.2501		22.30

Aerobatic Contest Managing System - Publisher - V2005.1.1  (C) by Michel DUPONT (2000 - 2005)

06/30/2005 02:40:35 PM