2009 Contest Results

The International competition season is over for 2009, and once again the French and Russian teams dominated. Looking back to 2008, the European Aerobatic Championships, Mikhail Mamistov (RUS) won over Renaud Ecalle (FR) and Oleg Shpolyansky (RUS). There were, in fact, six Russians in the top ten. In the other spots were two French, one Spaniard and one British and one from the USA (H/C).

1	RUS	M	Mikhail Mamistov	SU 26M	RF00631	(3093.18)	3749.43	3641.74	7391.17	79.05
2	FRA	M	Renaud Ecalle	E 300SC	D-EXSC	(2909.44)	3731.64	3623.45	7355.09	78.66
3	RUS	M	Oleg Spolyansky	SU 26M	RF00665	(2955.70)	3698.03	3630.24	7328.27	78.38
4	RUS	F	Svetlana Kapanina	SU 26M	RF01059	(2859.87)	3717.90	3591.00	7308.90	78.17
5	RUS	F	Elena Klimovitch	SU 26M	RF00631	(2966.43)	3746.09	3561.47	7307.56	78.16
6	ESP	M	Castor Fantoba	SU 26M	EC-HPD	(2955.22)	3570.31	3589.81	7160.12	76.58
7	FRA	M	Nicolas Ivanoff	Cap 232	F-GMRG	(2833.00)	3625.91	3533.23	7159.14	76.57
H/C	USA	M	Michael Racy	SU 26M	RF00631	(2748.79)	3591.55	3546.65	7138.20	76.34
8	RUS	M	Alexanter Krotov	SU 26M	RF00665	(2892.02)	3694.22	3414.76	7108.98	76.03
9	RUS	M	Andrey Bespalov	SU 26M	RF00665	(2685.19)	3521.26	3526.38	7047.64	75.38
10	GBR	M	Tom Cassells	Cap 232	F-GOTC	(2642.92)	3503.34	3440.13	6943.47	74.26

At the truncated WAC just completed, many of the same names appeared, but this time Renaud Ecalle finished on top, in both the classic and 4 min Free. How much these results would have changed had Unknown programmes been flown? I suspect the Russians would have moved up as their Unknown performances are always strong.

1	FRA	M	Renaud Ecalle	Extra 330SC	F-TGCI	2615,18	3540,08	6155,26	78,51
2	RUS	M	Alexander Krotov	Sukhoi 26M3	RA-00665	2589,71	3362,74	5952,45	75,92
3	FRA	M	Francois Le Vot	Extra 330SC	F-TGCJ	2602,43	3344,18	5946,61	75,85
4	RUS	M	Mikhail Mamistov	Sukhoi 26M3	RA-00665	2519,26	3404,39	5923,65	75,56
5	FRA	M	Pierre Varloteaux	Extra 330SC	F-TGCJ	2520,54	3368,22	5888,76	75,11
6	RUS	M	Oleg Shpolyanskiy	Sukhoi 26M3	RA-00665	2481,39	3403,24	5884,63	75,06
7	GBR	M	Gerald Cooper	CAP 232	G-OGBR	2544,12	3325,86	5869,98	74,87
8	USA	M	Jeff Boerboon	Extra-330SC	D-EXUS	2562,02	3291,49	5853,51	74,66
9	RUS	F	Elena Klimovich	Sukhoi 26M3	RA-01059	2506,25	3344,85	5851,10	74,63
10	GBR	M	Mark Jefferies	Extra 330SC	G-IIHI	2499,67	3350,66	5850,33	74,62

The European Advanced Aerobatic Championships were held in Poland this year also. Again dominated by the Russia/FSU and France, but a Swede won!. Some people to watch in the future if they can force their way into their National Unlimited teams ahead of the established names.

1	SWE	Daniel Ryfa	Yak 55M	N-55XZ	2660,50	2886,43	3060,62	8607,54	78,11
2	RUS	Anton Berkutov	SP55	RF00916	2674,26	2850,90	3048,98	8574,14	77,81
3	FRA	Simon Fick	CAP 231	F-GVFF	2698,90	2862,64	2915,43	8476,97	76,92
4	FRA	Simon de la Breteche	CAP 231	F-GUCF	2679,33	2830,96	2953,45	8463,75	76,80
5	LTU	Eltonas Meleckis	Yak 55M	LY-AQW	2669,25	2785,47	2918,16	8372,89	75,98
6	FRA	Baptiste Vignes	CAP 231	F-GVFF	2647,50	2607,63	3085,26	8340,39	75,68
7	FRA	Julian Erhard	CAP 231	F-GDTT	2527,44	2761,33	3042,15	8330,92	75,60
8	RUS	Sergey Iliukhin	SP55	FR00916	2630,32	2674,33	2946,18	8250,82	74,87
9	RUS	Maxim Barabanov	SP55	RF00916	2520,04	2718,17	2946,41	8184,62	74,27
10	CZE	Petr Kopfstein	Sukhoi 29	OK-HXA	2589,27	2737,73	2787,54	8114,54	73,63

At the British Senior Championships Gerald Cooper had an excellent weekend in Unlimited, in a small field after the WAC effort, winning both classic and Freestyle competitions.

1	Gerald Cooper	CAP-232	G-OGBR	2827.43	3488.28	3750.22	3474.52	13540.45	72.14
2	Tom Cassells	CAP-232	F-GOTC	2719.33	3380.53	3690.74	3052.98	12843.59	68.43
3	Richard Pickin	CAP-232	G-IIRP	2416.76	3163.11	2812.46	2904.55	11296.89	60.19
4	Stephen Madle	Extra-230	G-CBUA	2278.34	2356.58	2581.86	2421.13	9637.90	51.35
5	Julian Murfitt	Extra-230	G-CBUA	1930.35	2811.24	2424.50	2449.86	9615.95	51.23

At Advanced level there was an extended list of competitors, no doubt motivated by the 2010 AWAC in Sweden. Remarkable to see two S-2As in the top 10!

1	Alan Cassidy	Pitts S-2A	G-ODDS	2130.72	2582.90	2432.62	2627.43	9773.67	72.34
2	Paul Tomlinson	Edge-360	G-ZVKO	2095.73	2607.18	2373.94	2681.00	9757.85	72.23
3	Marco Kalweit	Pitts S-2C	G-FDPS	2147.84	2576.58	2213.21	2426.66	9364.29	69.31
4	Gary Ferriman	Extra-230	G-ROMP	2122.90	2607.88	2301.68	2219.16	9251.63	68.48
5	Michael Pickin	CAP 232	G-IIRP	1744.46	2450.98	2245.63	2685.54	9126.60	67.55
6	Nick Richards	Extra-300L	D-ETTO	1931.60	2597.39	1902.77	2684.38	9116.14	67.48
7	David Jenkins	Laser Z200	G-LAZA	1979.94	2597.81	2014.16	2166.75	8758.66	64.83
8	Simon Johnson	Pitts S-1T	N-666BM	2012.43	2335.36	1999.32	2374.90	8722.01	64.56
9	Nick Wakefield	Pitts S-1T	G-WILD	1727.89	1890.68	2365.26	2734.59	8718.42	64.53
10	Cas Smith	Pitts S-2A	G-ICAS	1856.88	2453.10	1903.41	2436.38	8649.78	64.03

The US Nationals have also just wound up. Debbie Rihn-Harvey won again at Unlimited.

1	Debby Rihn Harvey	CAP 232	N232DD	2680.17	3802.57	3095.00	9577.75	80.55
2	Jeff Boerboon	Extra 330EX	N73KG	2722.22	3657.15	3157.17	9536.54	80.21
3	Zach Heffley	Sukhoi 26	N60650	2660.74	3483.44	3277.52	9421.71	79.24
4	Hubie Tolson	Sukhoi 31	N69SU	2441.54	3722.06	3087.03	9250.62	77.80
5	Mike Rinker	Sukhoi 26M	N12SU	2484.99	3678.78	2949.81	9113.58	76.65
6	Douglas Bartlett	Edge 540	N540HT	2732.74	3359.29	2864.20	8956.22	75.33
7	Hector Ramirez	Extra 300S	N429HR	2512.39	3352.16	2933.85	8798.40	74.00
8	Robert Phillips	Sukhoi 26	N926M	2465.78	3433.24	2850.09	8749.11	73.58
9	Norm DeWitt	Edge 540	N9ND	2338.35	3542.04	2853.88	8734.26	73.46
10	Wyche Coleman III	Wolfpitts Pro	N703WT	2279.09	3449.87	2970.28	8699.24	73.16

And the US Advanced comp was well fought, with a US Advanced Team picked for 2010.

1	Reinaldo Beyer	Extra 300L	N779R	1948.07	2600.87	2648.79	2851.88	10049.61	79.32
2	Ben Freelove	Extra 300L	N703KC	2062.97	2405.96	2710.15	2752.55	9931.62	78.39
3	Malcolm Pond	Edge 540	N540SA	2063.97	2522.79	2632.16	2646.28	9865.19	77.86
4	Michael Gallaway	Pitts S-1T	N991GB	1941.80	2581.92	2558.63	2637.74	9720.09	76.72
5	Bob Freeman	Giles G-200	N200GZ	2007.16	2574.20	2186.01	2889.86	9657.23	76.22
6	Robbie Gibbs	Extra 230	N230GA	1965.21	2556.07	2125.97	2912.14	9559.38	75.45
7	Doug Sowder	Extra 300L	N25AP	1978.44	2238.18	2610.12	2651.39	9478.13	74.81
8	Craig Dobesh	Pitts S1-XTC	N4477X	2065.54	2558.70	2101.54	2736.54	9462.32	74.68
9	Kelly Adams	Staudacher S300	N804Q	1947.05	2526.13	2493.20	2371.64	9338.02	73.70
10	Bryan Taylor	Giles G-202	N202NS	1971.99	2519.20	2351.32	2428.82	9271.33	73.18

Good to see those Giles' in the mix!
Interesting that Rob Holland, current Advanced World Champion, didn't compete at this US Nats. If he chooses to defend his title he may have to do so as hours concours.

It seems apparent from these results that those countries with a well established method of selecting, training and supporting their teams get the best results. France 1st, Russia 2nd, USA 3rd and UK 4th WAC 2009.

Roll-on 2010 and another EAC and AWAC.