- Svetlana Kapanina
Svetlana Kapanina (born
1968 inShchuchinsk ,Kazakhstan ) is a Russianaerobatic pilot. [http://www.haute-voltige.com/en/fwgp/events/current/motegi07/kapanina_profile.htm Haute Voltige: pilot profile of Svetlana Kapanina] - accessed February 2008]Biography
She started flying in 1988.In 1995 she graduated from
Kaluga aeronautical technical school. [http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3071 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina] - accessed February 2008]She is now living in
Moscow with her husband and two children. [http://www.haute-voltige.com/en/fwgp/events/current/motegi07/kapanina_profile.htm Haute Voltige: pilot profile of Svetlana Kapanina] - accessed February 2008] [http://www.smugmug.com/community/Aircraft/keyword/flight/1/65386509 smugmug: article on Svetlana Kapanina to appears in Aero Australia Magazine #12] - accessed February 2008]Achievements in aerobatics
Kapanina was World Aerobatic Champion in the women's category in 1996, 1998, 2001, 2003, and 2005 [http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3071 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina] - accessed February 2008] , and has won the title more times than any other pilot in the category [http://www.fai.org/news_archives/fai/cat_fai_world_grand_prix.asp 19th FAI World Grand Prix / Report #2] - accessed February 2008] .Additionally, she was overall
World Air Games Champion in 1997 and 2001. [http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3071 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina] ]Together with
Mikhail Mamistov and Oleg Spolyansky, she won the team gold medal in the 16th FAI European Aerobatic Championships 2008 inHradec Králové (Czech Republic). She placed fourth overall and was best female participant. [http://www.civa-results.com/2008/EAC08/Combined%20Results%20(overall).htm EAC2008 results] - accessed 2008-07-21]Awards
In 1997, she received the
Paul Tissandier Diploma by theFédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI). [http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3071 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina] - accessed February 2008] In 2005 she was awarded theSabiha Gökçen Medal [http://www.fai.org/awards/recipient.asp?id=3071 FAI Awards received by Svetlana Kapanina] ] and the Centenary Medal by the FAI [http://www.fai.org/hang_gliding/node/119 FAI Centennial] - accessed February 2008] .References
External links
* [http://www.smugmug.com/community/Aircraft/keyword/flight#65386509 smugmug: article on Svetlana Kapanina to appears in Aero Australia Magazine #12]
* [http://www.fulldeflection.com Aerobatics website with Svetlana Kapanina videos]Videos
* http://www.baxterfield.com/images/Video/haute_voltige.wmv
* http://www.patricksaviation.com/videos/Ryzg/418/
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