Catherine Maunoury
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Catherine Maunoury is a French
aerobatic
pilot.
She won the World Aerobatic Championships in 1988 and 2000 in the female category. Only Svetlana Kapanina
won this title more often.
In 2005 she was awarded the Centenary Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
.
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
aerobatic
Competition aerobatics
Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying. It is practiced in both piston-powered single-engine airplanes and gliders....
pilot.
She won the World Aerobatic Championships in 1988 and 2000 in the female category. Only Svetlana Kapanina
Svetlana Kapanina
Svetlana Kapanina is a Russian aerobatic pilot.-Biography:She started flying in 1988.In 1995 she graduated from Kaluga aeronautical technical school.She is now living in Moscow with her husband and two children....
won this title more often.
In 2005 she was awarded the Centenary Medal by the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The Fédération Aéronautique Internationale is the world governing body for air sports and aeronautics and astronautics world records. Its head office is in Lausanne, Switzerland. This includes man-carrying aerospace vehicles from balloons to spacecraft, and unmanned aerial vehicles...
.