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04.11.2009
The 2010 Canoa Open


Jorge Andant <<jorgeandant>>
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DELTA WINGS


BIRD MEN IN CANOA


A delirious spectacle of acrobatics, speed and intense emotion took place in
Canoa, Manabi, with the development of the International Championship of ALAS
DELTA "Birdmen 2009", organized by the Delta Wing Club de Guayaquil, "Monkey's
Ranch Club."


The excitement was focused on pure speed racing, run in a circuit of 53 km
between the cities of Canoa and San Vicente, where some of the best pilots in
the developed world, were racing at high speed, flying "wingtip to wingtip." The
audience followed the action from "LZ" or the landing zone at the beach at the
Hotel Wonderland, while the organization amplified by reporting the radio
reports of a pilot air reporter who followed closely throughout the course of
the race.


After the races, the pilots came to land at the beach, where an excited crowd
waiting with an ovation, and they returned the applause with acrobatic shows.
Loops (turns vertical) double, wing overs and plunges. During the low-flying,
organizers cut the music so that the public can hear the whistle sounds of
impressive hang gliding, flying at almost 130 km per hour, just two meters above
the beach, like real arrows.


The best of the pilots returned from previous years including professional star
Dustin Martin, U.S., who has been winning races at Canoa for four years running.


The best landing was by Nicholas Montoya Glennon, who made a perfect approach to
land softly on the small landing target, receiving a standing ovation. This
pilot is only 17 years old.


Also the pilot Melania Larenas, from Quito, made history by becoming the first
Ecuadorian woman to fly a hang glider (taking her first solo flight on
Thursday), flying five hours total during the program of Birdmen 2009. During
the awards, she received her baptism from pilots Dustin Martin and Raul Guerra,
who was assigned her the symbolic name of "roadrunner". Then, following a
tradition of pilots, they smeared her with honey filled with feathers.


The program concluded with a group playing local music, the awards ceremony, and
then fireworks as "kite crazy." In the end, a reggae band closed out the program
of the "bird men" who ended their participation this year (the fifth row in
Ecuador) with complete success.


OFFICIAL RESULTS "Birdman 09" GUAYAQUIL, 27th October MODE: "CROSS COUNTRY" distance)

1. Dustin Martin (USA) (*)

1. Kraig Coomber (AUS) (*)

3. Davis Straub (USA)

(*) Draw in the first place. New Ecuadorian free flight record: 81 km, between
Guayaquil and Cascol.


CANOA 1 Y 2 NOV MODE: "SPEED RACE" (Motor speed) circuit of 53 km between San Vicente and Canoeing.


SPORT CLASS

1. Jamie Shelden (USA)

2. Luis Eduardo Cajas (ECU)

3. Kent Haarman (EU)


OPEN CLASS

1. Dustin Martin (USA)

2. Jeff Shapiro (USA)

3. Jeff O'Brien (USA)


NATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIPS OFFICIAL RESULTS


2009 Sport CLASS DELTA WINGS

1. EDUARDO BOXES (Guay)

2. COLUMBO MICHAEL (Guay)

3. DANIEL MURILLO (Pichincha)


OPEN CLASS

1. RAUL GUERRA (Guay)

2. FAUSTO ARCS (PICHINCHA)

3. RAFAEL ARCS (PICHINCHA)


More information: ozreport.com


Or contact:
Jorge "Manino" Andant, <manino>, 09-964-3000 Cel swap





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