Team Mazda UK represents Great Britain at FAI World and European Aerobatic Championships. International Championships are held at two skill levels - Advanced and Unlimited levels. Team Mazda UK sends teams of pilots to both levels of competition. Team pilots are selected by the British Aerobatic Association from the best in Britain based on performance at domestic aerobatic competitions. This blog describes the activity of the Team Mazda UK pilots as they prepare to participate at the 2010 Championships.


Friday, 3 September 2010

Q Programme Flights Start

The cloudbase has lifted to around 850m, so we have had a warmup pilot flight and the first two competitive Q flights have been completed by 1445. We can fly until 1900 tonight. Each pilot is allowed 10 minutes flight time in the box, so in 4 hours it is theoretically possible to complete 24 flights and Nick has drawn flight 30 for the Q programme, so it looks like all of the British pilots will fly tomorrow. The weather is still cloudy here, but the base looks to be sufficiently high to allow sequences to be flown with a free break.

A few photos below - Castor Fantoba getting ready to fly the Q. Flags over the main club hangar. British Team in their smart gear, minus Eric who has to fly an Air France jet to Africa before he can come back to Czech to compete in the 4 minute free.

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