Cástor Fantoba Lerendegui Born in Pamplona, Spain 1966. An Aeronautical Engineer by training, Cástor’s passion for flying drove him to become a professional pilot. He gained his extensive flying experience in different areas such as aerial advertising, skywriting, crop-dusting and water-bombing. He currently is an Airline Captain, flying a Boeing 757. Cástor is an aerobatic flying instructor, member of the formation team Patrulla Culebra and member of the Spanish National Aerobatic Team since 1999.
Sport Achievements
1999 Joins Spanish National Aerobatic Team
1999 Second place, National Championships, Unlimited Category
2002 Spanish National Champion, Unlimited Category (title held until 2005)
2004 Champion, Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático
2005 Ranked 6th Overall, Men’s category, World Championships (Burgos, ES)
2005 Champion, Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático
2006 Third place in National Championships, Unlimited Category
2006 Silver Medallist Team, European Aerobatics Championships, (Grenchen, CH)
2006 Gold Medal, Second Unknown Programme, European Aerobatic Championships, (Grenchen, CH)
2006 Ranked 5th Men’s category, European Aerobatic Championships (Grenchen, CH)
2006 Champion, Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático
2007 First place Qnown Program, World Aerobatic Championships (Granada, ES)
2007 Ranked 4th World Men’s category, World Aerobatic Championships (Granada, ES)
2007 Silver Medalist Team, World Aerobatic Championships (Granada, ES)
2007 Silver Medallist, Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático.
2008 Ranked 4th European Overall, Men´s category, European Championships (Hradec, CZ)
2008 Bronze Medallist Team, European Championships (Hradec, CZ)
2008 Silver Medal, Freestyle, European Championships (Hradec, CZ)
2008 Silver Medallist, Copa Triangular de Vuelo Acrobático.
2008 Silver Medallist, FAI Grand Prix of Japan (Motegi, JP)
2009 2002 Spanish National Champion, Unlimited Category
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Svetlana Kapanina was born on the 28th of December, 1968, in Schuchinsk, Republic of Kazakhstan, USSR. In 1987 she graduated from the medical school, specialty – pharmacist. Started to fly in 1988 in Kurgan Russia. Became the member of the Russian Aerobatic Joint Crew in 1991. In 1995 she graduated from Kaluga Pilot’s School. Place of domicile – Moscow. Married, has got two children. She is an aerobatic instructor Factory Sukhoi design bureau and display pilot.
Sport Achievements
Soviet Union Champion(1991);
United States Champion(1995);
The one and only pilot awarded six times the title of Overall World Aerobatics Champion (1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, 2005, 2007);
Silver medals at the World Championship (1995, 2003, 2005);
Bronze medals at the World Championship (1995, 2000);
Overall World Air Games Champion (1997, 2001);
Overall European Aerobatics Champion (1997,2006);
Overall Russian National Aerobatics Champion (1991, 2001);
Awarded with 38 Gold medals in World Aerobatics Championships;
FAI World Grand Prix Champion (2007);
FAI World Grand Prix Silver medals (2007);
Al Ain international aerobatics Champion (2007);
FAI World JK Aerobatics Formula Silver medals (2008);
Awarded with FAI medal as the best pilot of the century;
Awarded with FAI Sabihi Gokchen medal as the only fivefold World Cup winner;
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