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Professionals
vs. enthusiasts: In the championship everybody flew with plane
Yak-52. Special for this event teams of Lithuania and Ukraine
used modification Yak-52TD (plane with a tail wheel), which is
licensed by CIVA.
In the family of aerobatic planes Yak-52 is used for primary
teaching of aerobatics and has less potential to compare with,
for example, aerobatic Su planes. Because of it the amount of
aerobatic figures flying with Yak-52 is limited, but, according
to pilots, aerobatic flying with Yak-52 isn’t simple. Mykola
Tarasevich, the Ukrainian pilot with flying experience of 1200
hours in aerobatic, seas: „Maybe the list of figures is shorter,
but making them with Yak-52 takes a lot of strengths, because
plane is quite heavy and not easy to rule. To do the same with
Su planes is more simple“.
Nevertheless all the participants flew with the same plane,
their experience was quite different. „Russia, Lithuania,
Ukraine are the countries with old aerobatic flying traditions,
so their pilots have thousands flight hours in aerobatics and
are very familiar with Yak-52. The participants from Finland,
Belgium, Estonia have only few hundred hours of experience.
Unequal level was seen from the first programs, so the
favourites of championships were clear“, – seas Contest chief
judge Pavol Kavka. |
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The
champion, Alexander Myakishev |
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The winners Onute
Motiejunaite, Alexander Myakishev, Sergej Dadykin |
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However,
everybody in the championship competed till the end with zest.
The fan of plain Yak-52 Mikko Jagerholm from Finland started to
fly with it only form May 2009 and before the competition had
only 11 training flights. During the competition he felt
enthusiastic: “I can’t compete for the medals, but it’s good to
participate here, because you can see the flights of
professionals and it’s good learning experience. I’m very
motivated to improve my skills and compete in the other Yak-52
championships”. Battle between the leaders was quite taut and
only the last unknown program clarified the winners.
The results and success formula: The Russian pilots again became
the world champions. Alexander Myakishev with 8688,76 points won
the gold medal, Onute Motiejunaite from Lithuania with 8513,30
points took the 2nd place and Sergey Dadykin from Russia with
8495,09 points was the 3rd. In the account of teams the 1st
place took Russia, the 2nd – Lithuania, the 3rd – Ukraine.
Viktor Smolin, the chief coach of Russian team and ex absolute
European and World champion in aerobatic, seas, that to win the
World aerobatic championships you need to have: plane, coach,
command and teaching traditions. |
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The new world champion A.
Myakishev, with flight experience of 1350 hours in aerobatic (in
total 5000 hrs), one more time proved the strength of Russian
aerobatic flying school.
The silver medal winner and the best Lithuanian flying woman,
aerobatic coach Onute Motiejunaite (flight experience in
aerobatics 2100 hrs), has quite original success formula how to
reach the winners’ stand:
"I used the advices from Joseph Murphy book "The Power of Your
Subconscious Mind“. You need to programme your subconscious mind
to make what you want and have to believe in it. Of course,
there is one small detail – you have to know how to fly“.
The 3rd World Yak-52 aerobatic championship will be organized
after 2 years. The fans and sportsmen, flying with Yak-52, hope
that number or participants will increase. |
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