Haute Voltige Best Of
Further to public demand after the success of the DVD "Wings Over Al Ain" we are happy to inform that another DVD "Best of Haute Voltige Vol. I" is currently being edited and should be ready for distribution by the end of the year. More info to come in due time.

Haute Voltige Champions
fighting the spirit of gravity
Further to the Lausanne event, our final contest of the year 2005, we would like to underline the global results of the FAI World Grand Prix for aircraft with piston engines. This was our first category, launched ten years ago at a time when aerobatic pilots had many difficulties in securing sponsors.

Unfortunately, these times are still running for the Russian pilots, although they are unmatched in classical aerobatics. Svetlana Kapanina , the best ever, 5-time world aerobatic champion, Sergey Rakhmanin, 2-time world champion, Mikhail Mamistov or Viktor Chmal, all of them have records which are unbeaten by our Haute Voltige champions specialised in freestyle programmes , more oriented towards creativity.

Now, thanks to the FAI World Grand Prix, most of the Haute Voltige champions are sponsored and famous in the world of sport aerobatics, as well as the not so demanding but more popular airshow circuit. 

And, thanks to these great pilots, Haute Voltige could organise FAI World Grand Prix events during the last 10 years.

So, let's celebrate our champions!

Series 2004-2005

1. Jurgis KAIRYS (LTU) 30 points
2. Klaus SCHRODT (GER) 26 points
3. Peter BESENYEI (HUN) 24 points

ACE of ACES - The TOP of the PROPS...

At the end of our first decade and after 22 contests, we can now tell who is our top champion. By winning Lausanne, Peter BESENYEI joined up with Jurgis  KAIRYS, sharing the title with 7 victories each.

Both are strong personalities, two different styles, two fierce competitors, two characters, but also two maestros understanding what is flying to music and two showmen able to perform for the pleasure of their audience. 

Challengers, you now know who you have to beat! No bluff, these two guys do not only say they are the best, they are still able to prove it!

And let's award a special mention to KAIRYS who, in addition, built his own aerobatic aircraft, only with the modest private means of a passionate man fully dedicated to flying.

Regarding Formation Teams, a category open in 1998 for piston engines and 2004 for jet engines, we wish you to enjoy the same pleasure as we do when we watch our champions:

1.  MATADORS (GBR), our two airline captains who are in the lead, just a fraction ahead of:
2. FLYING BULLS (CZE), the top of inverted flying in close formation with 4 aircraft, the first aerobatic team with a woman as a leader;
3. SPACE KNIGHTS (FRA) two former fighter pilots who have the courage to compete with the only two VariEze authorised to perform aerobatics, the underpowered (for formation flying) but original and nice-looking homemade kit developed by Burt Rutan, the designer who sent the first private spaceship beyond the atmosphere.

WHAT NEXT?
As you may know, organising anything is always expensive, time and energy consuming. Of course Haute Voltige does not have the means of wealthy private companies organising their own marketing events but the FAI World Grand Prix will still be in the news, from time to time, as “the Competition for World Champions”, an official international sporting event sanctioned by the FAI, involving music with solo pilots and formation teams, piston engines, turboprops and jet aircraft.

Our next event will be the 23rd FAI World Grand Prix to be held at Al Ain, UAE, 11-15 January 2006.

We have been told there would be more teams and more jets over the marvellous desert landscape...

See you there, a nice place for holidays!

Lausanne 2005
The show started Friday night at the Olympic Museum where 20,000 people according to the police watched the flying displays of the Patrouille Suisse, Breitling Jet Team, Matadors, Peter Besenyei, Jurgis Kairys and Klaus Schrodt over the Lake Geneva in the frame of the 22nd FAI World Grand Prix and FAI Centenary.

Today, after 2 amazing days of aviation celebration which gathered more than 70,000 enthusiasts in total, the 22nd FAI WORLD GRAND PRIX came to an end and pilots have officially been ranked as follows:

PISTONS/SOLO PILOTS
1. Peter BESENYEI (HUN)
2. Klaus SCHRODT (GER)
3. Jurgis KAIRYS (LTU)
4. Nicolas IVANOFF (FRA)
5. Pierre MARMY (SUI)

PISTONS / CIVILIAN FORMATION TEAMS
1. MATADORS (GBR)
2. FLYING BULLS (CZE)
3. SPACE KNIGHTS (FRA)
4. HAWKS (ROM)

PISTONS / NATIONAL FORMATION TEAMS
1. ROYAL JORDANIAN FALCONS (JOR)

JETS / NATIONAL FORMATION TEAMS
1. PATROUILLE SUISSE

JETS / CIVILIAN FORMATION TEAMS
1. BREITLING JET TEAM

TURBO-PROPS / NATIONAL FORMATION TEAMS
1. PC7 TEAM

WINNERS OF THE 5th SERIES (2004-2005):
PISTONS / SOLO PILOTS
1. Jurgis KAIRYS

PISTONS / CIVILIAN FORMATION TEAMS
1. MATADORS

ACE OF ACES, WINNERS OF THE DECADE (1996 - 2005):
PISTONS / SOLO PILOTS
Equal 1st: Jurgis KAIRYS (LTU) and Peter BESENYEI (HUN) with 7 victories each out of 22 events.

PISTONS / CIVILIAN FORMATION TEAMS
MATADORS (GBR) with 5 victories

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