Al Ain 2008."JK" FAI sanctioned aerobatic competition.

Well the aerobatic competition is all over. Mark was 5th, 1.83 seconds away from, the podium and $20,000. Such a shame as he really flew well.

The results were (all hyperlinked to video of the freestyle flights)

Ramon Alonso 88.7 seconds

Svetlana Kapanina 94.60 seconds

Kathel Boulanger 107.97 seconds

Zoltan Veres 109.22 seconds

Mark Jefferies 109.80 seconds

Yoshi Muroya 117.84 seconds

Michael Racy 144.25 seconds

So 3rd, 4th and 5th place were extremely tight. Both Mark and Zoltan received two 5 second penalties which are included in the above, in Marks case, one was for the triple flick at the top of a loop and the second was a double flick at the top of a half loop up.......... .Perhaps he should have given Graham a kiss like Svetlana and Kathel did!!

1st place won $50,000, second place won $30,000 and 3rd place won $20,000, so Mark was 1.83 seconds away from the $20,000 prize and a place on the podium.

The first 3 pilots were in Sukhois. Perhaps it is worth mentioning that the start was a run between two flags on poles at 20-50 ft with a pull up into the first manoeuvre. After that the minimum height was 150 ft and the judges giving lows for anyone who got near 150 ft. Therefore the Extras both had to dive in at VNE to then gain enough height to get through the sequence without a 25 second penalty for being low. The Sukhois approached much slower and just motored uphill. Thus the Extras were racing about all over the sky and the Sukhois were flying much slower and in a much tighter area.

The world aerobatic championships were practically good being placed at 9th overall (men and women) with a 6th in one flight and 8th in the freestyle.

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2000	Air squadron	Advanced	1987	Intermediate National	Intermediate
2000	South Wales	Advanced	1986	John McLean	Standard
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