Fursan Al Emarat crowned winners of Al Ain Air Championship

After a thrilling three-day aerobatic event that adopted a competition format for the first time, Fursan Al Emarat were adjudged winners of the 2015 Al Ain Air Championship.

The UAE’s national aerobatic team took the title after impressing a prestigious judging panel, as well as an adoring crowd of onlookers who were given the ability vote for their favourite acts for the first time.

The award was presented by Jasem Al Darmaki, Acting Director General, TCA Abu Dhabi, to Lieutenant Colonel Nasser Al Obaidli, Fursan Al Emarat Team leader on the final day of the championship.

“This year has been a spectacular for us and the new championship format has proved to be a success. We’ve had over 50,000 visitors at the event and this has been beyond our expectations. We are proud to have hosted this event in Al Ain. We’d like to take this opportunity and congratulate Fursan Al Emarat, the Grand Champion of Al Ain Air Championship 2015 and also thank all the participating teams for an impressive line-up of acts that they performed. We look forward to the next edition and hope to offer the visitors a memorable experience again,” said Sultan Al Dhaheri, Acting Executive Director of Tourism Sector, Abu Dhabi Tourism & Culture Authority.

The Grand Champion, showcased an excellent display of skill and precision, impressed the audience and led the scoreboard by 51.06 points.

Bravo 3 Repsol came in second with 51.05 points, followed by Breitling Wingwalkers with 50.22 points and Richard Goodwin in the fourth place with 47.8 points. The scores are a cumulative result of the points secured over the three days of the championship.

“We’d firstly like to thank the UAE government and our great leaders for their constant support and encouragement, without which we wouldn’t have been where we are today.  It is a huge honour for us to win the first Grand Champion title of the Al Ain Air Championship 2015. We’d also like to thank all the cheering spectators who helped us perform even better than we had planned,” said Al Obaidli.

Participants were also judged for the Breitling Style Awards in four categories, namely, Power, Grace, Pride and WOW factor.

In the category of Power, Bravo 3 Repsol was the winner, while in the category of Grace, the winner was Glider FX Aerobatics.

In addition, Fursan Al Emarat won for the best showcase of Pride and Breitling Wingwalkers won the WOW factor category.

Al Ain Air Championship 2015 was presented by Tourism and Culture Authority, Abu Dhabi and supported by the UAE Air Force (UAEAF) and the Abu Dhabi Airports Company (ADAC).

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