Svetlana Kapanina

Svetlana Kapanina

Svetlana Kapanina (born 1968 in Shchuchinsk, Kazakhstan) is a Russian aerobatic 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 in Hradec 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 the Fédération 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 the Sabiha 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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