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for: ‘September, 2011’

Well, WAC is over and Team USA walked away with the Bronze Medal! Woo Hoo! Go Team!  Rob Holland won the Gold Medal for his brilliant 4 minute freestyle!  Congratulations!! The Closing Ceremony was unbelievable!  This event has been well organized from the beginning to the end and we were all impressed daily by how seamless …

This is it!  The Second Unknown.  Michael Vaknin has already flown and the rest of our team will fly this afternoon. Michael Racy, at number 13 is our first Team member flying.  Jeff is up next at number 15  followed by Goody, 25 and then at number 28, Rob Holland.  Michael Racy will be flying the Russian Program and the remaining teammates have chosen the U.S. Unknown Program. …

Program 2 – Unknown is finished and the tension eased a bit…but only for a minute.  The pilots will now begin working on Program 3 – Unknown.  Yesterday ended with our friends on the Spanish Team graciously providing an excellent Hanger Party.   Alex and Javier served us delicious Paella, various meats and homemade Sangria!  This was perfect timing because everyone was ready …

What an intense day!  The contest was eerily quiet while pilots worked on their sequences or watched their competitors fly.  Goody was first up for our Team and he remained calm and extremely focused.   Rob was next. Although Rob is predictably calm and cool.. he was more reserved while he prepared for this important flight.  It is now 2pm and both Goody and Rob have …

The day is done but not the Unknowns so we will begin again tomorrow.  It was a great day and Michael Racy had a beautiful time slot to fly in.  The sun was just beginning to go down and the weather was cool and nice.  Everyone here is very social and friendly and the contest continues to run …

Finally..on his 5th time strapping in…Vaknin finally was able to fly his Unknown and flew a great flight! We are looking forward to seeing how he scored! Go Vaknin!

Good morning! It is a cooler day giving a nice reprieve from the heat we have been having. Michael Vaknin finally was able to fly but asked to return due to video issues. How difficult for a pilot to have mentally prepared and reached that point of flying the sequence then asked to return. Unfortunately that is the nature of the beast …

This is a very nice video of WAC and our U.S. Team.  Click Here please 

The weather shut us down for the day but we are hoping to see blue skies tomorrow. The Team Members are all in great spirits.  They do not need to be at the airport until 10:30 so they have a bit of time to relax and work on their Unknowns.  Michael Vaknin will be the second pilot to …

Tim Just finished his flight this morning but the weather has held us up for most of the day.  Tim was 5th to fly but several hours later Michael Vaknin at 11th still continues to wait. The weather isn’t looking good for us at this point..will keep you posted.