FAI World Grand Prix
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FAI World Grand Prix is a Grand Prix aerobatics
series led by Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
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Since 1990th run as Breitling
Series up to 1995.
Latest 25th event Russia
n 2007 FAI World Grand Prix held on LII
airfield, Zhukovskiy http://www.aviagrandprix.ru/ during the 2007 MAKS Airshow
. Aircraft used for this event were the Sukhoi Su-26
with piston engine. Each pilot demonstrated a unique aerobatics programme lasted up to 5 minutes with musical accompaniment and smoke effects. (See results)
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....
series led by 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...
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Since 1990th run as Breitling
Breitling
Breitling is a luxury brand of Swiss watches produced by Breitling SA, a private company headquartered in Grenchen, Canton of Solothurn . The company exclusively offered Certified Chronometers in all models since 2000...
Series up to 1995.
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I | Nippon Nippon Nippon is a native name for Japan, more formal than Nihon.Nippon can also refer to:-Company names:All of the following companies are based in Japan.*Nikon *Nippon Telegraph and Telephone... Japanese Grand Prix |
Tajima Tajima Province was an old province of Japan in the area that is today northern Hyōgo Prefecture. It was sometimes called . Tajima bordered on Harima, Inaba, Tamba, and Tango provinces.... Airport Festival |
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II | Chinese Grand Prix | Zhuhai Zhuhai Zhuhai is a prefecture-level city on the southern coast of Guangdong province in the People's Republic of China. Located in the Pearl River Delta, Zhuhai borders Jiangmen to the northwest, Zhongshan to the north, and Macau to the south. Zhuhai was one of the original Special Economic Zones... , Airshow China |
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III | Swiss Grand Prix | Neuchâtel International Air & Space Festival | 1996 | |
IV | Chinese Grand Prix | Shanghai Shanghai Shanghai is the largest city by population in China and the largest city proper in the world. It is one of the four province-level municipalities in the People's Republic of China, with a total population of over 23 million as of 2010... |
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V | Chinese Grand Prix | Nanjing Nanjing ' is the capital of Jiangsu province in China and has a prominent place in Chinese history and culture, having been the capital of China on several occasions... , Jiangsu Province |
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VI | Chinese Grand Prix | Jinan Jinan Jinan is the capital of Shandong province in Eastern China. The area of present-day Jinan has played an important role in the history of the region from the earliest beginnings of civilisation and has evolved into a major national administrative, economic, and transportation hub... , Shandong Province |
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VII | Chinese Grand Prix | Tianjin Tianjin ' is a metropolis in northern China and one of the five national central cities of the People's Republic of China. It is governed as a direct-controlled municipality, one of four such designations, and is, thus, under direct administration of the central government... |
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VIII | Chinese Grand Prix - China Cup | Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang Shijiazhuang is the capital and largest city of North China's Hebei province. Administratively a prefecture-level city, it is about south of Beijing... , Hebei Province |
cancelled/weather | |
IX | Chinese Grand Prix | Zhengzhou Zhengzhou Zhengzhou , is the capital and largest city of Henan province in north-central China. A prefecture-level city, it also serves as the political, economic, technological, and educational centre of the province, as well as a major transportation hub for Central China... , Henan Province |
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X | Nippon Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi Twin Ring Motegi is an automobile racing track located at Motegi, Japan. Its name comes from the facility having two race tracks: a oval and a road course. It was built in 1997 by Honda, as part of Honda's effort to bring the IndyCar Series to Japan, helping to increase their knowledge of American open-wheel... |
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XI | Chinese Grand Prix | Changsha, Hunan Province | cancelled/safety | |
XII | Honda Honda is a Japanese public multinational corporation primarily known as a manufacturer of automobiles and motorcycles.Honda has been the world's largest motorcycle manufacturer since 1959, as well as the world's largest manufacturer of internal combustion engines measured by volume, producing more than... Japanese Grand Prix |
Twin Ring Motegi | ||
XIII | Chinese Grand Prix | Zhang Jia Jie, Hunan | 1999 | |
XIV | Wuxian Suzhou Suzhou , previously transliterated as Su-chou, Suchow, and Soochow, is a major city located in the southeast of Jiangsu Province in Eastern China, located adjacent to Shanghai Municipality. The city is situated on the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and on the shores of Taihu Lake and is a part... Chinese Grand Prix |
Lake Taihu, Jiangsu Jiangsu ' is a province of the People's Republic of China, located along the east coast of the country. The name comes from jiang, short for the city of Jiangning , and su, for the city of Suzhou. The abbreviation for this province is "苏" , the second character of its name... |
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XV | Honda Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi | 2000 | |
XVI | Nippon Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi | 2001 | |
XVII | Czech Grand Prix | Brno Brno Brno by population and area is the second largest city in the Czech Republic, the largest Moravian city, and the historical capital city of the Margraviate of Moravia. Brno is the administrative centre of the South Moravian Region where it forms a separate district Brno-City District... |
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XVIII | Haute Voltige Aerobatics Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi | 2002 | |
XIX | Haute Voltige Aerobatics Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi | 2003 | cancelled |
XX | Haute Voltige United Arab Emirates Grand Prix | Al Ain Al Ain Al Ain |Spring]]), also known as the Garden City due to its greenery, is the second largest city in the Emirate of Abu Dhabi and the fourth largest city in the United Arab Emirates. With a population of 374,000 , it is located approximately 160 km east of the capital Abu Dhabi and about... |
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XXI | United Arab Emirates Grand Prix | Al Ain Aerobatic Show, United Arab Emirates | 2005 | Grand Prix of the FAI Centenary |
XXII | Swiss Grand Prix | Lausanne Lausanne Lausanne is a city in Romandy, the French-speaking part of Switzerland, and is the capital of the canton of Vaud. The seat of the district of Lausanne, the city is situated on the shores of Lake Geneva . It faces the French town of Évian-les-Bains, with the Jura mountains to its north-west... |
2005 | FAI Centenary Air Show |
XXIII | United Arab Emirates Grand Prix | Al Ain Aerobatic Show | 2006 | |
XXIV | Haute Voltige Aerobatics Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi | 2006 | |
XXV | Russian Grand Prix | Zhukovsky, Moscow Area | 2007 | |
XXVI | Haute Voltige Aerobatics Japanese Grand Prix | Twin Ring Motegi |
Latest 25th event Russia
Russia
Russia or , officially known as both Russia and the Russian Federation , is a country in northern Eurasia. It is a federal semi-presidential republic, comprising 83 federal subjects...
n 2007 FAI World Grand Prix held on LII
Gromov Flight Research Institute
M. M. Gromov Flight Research Institute or LII for short is an important Russian aircraft test base, scientific research center located in Zhukovsky, 40 km south-east of Moscow.It has one of the longest runways in Europe at 5,403 m...
airfield, Zhukovskiy http://www.aviagrandprix.ru/ during the 2007 MAKS Airshow
MAKS Airshow
MAKS is an International Air Show held near Moscow, Russia on Zhukovskiy LII air field. The first show, Mosaeroshow-92, was held in 1992. Since 1993, it was renamed to its current name and is held on odd years .MAKS is an important event in Russian business...
. Aircraft used for this event were the Sukhoi Su-26
Sukhoi Su-26
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with piston engine. Each pilot demonstrated a unique aerobatics programme lasted up to 5 minutes with musical accompaniment and smoke effects. (See results)
External links
- Official site of FAI World Grand Prix
- Official site of Haute Voltige, organisators of FAI World Grand Prix
- http://www.haute-voltige.com/wings_of_sport/grandprix/home.html