{"id":15743,"date":"2020-11-02T15:57:33","date_gmt":"2020-11-02T14:57:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ojovolador.com\/?p=15743"},"modified":"2020-12-11T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2020-12-11T13:20:11","slug":"2020-nova-pilots-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ojovolador.com\/en\/2020-nova-pilots-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"2020 Nova Pilots of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Lukasz Sieminski<\/strong> – the Polish pilot who has been successfully adding XC-miles for several years finished 3rd worldwide in the standard class of the XContest with his Mentor (http:\/\/www.xcontest.org\/world\/de\/ranking-pg-standard\/<\/a>) and added great performances in diverse locations like the Rift Valley in Kenya, XC alpine flights at Grente (Italy), flatland flights in Poland and a flat triangle from Sorica (Slovenia).<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Antti Haltiamieli<\/strong>\u00a0– Antti has demonstrated the full range of XC possibilities in Finland\u00b4s corona shortened summer with EN\/LTF B wings Phantom & Mentor 6 Light. The instructor was also Finnish Champion (http:\/\/flyingfinns.net<\/a>) in the sports and standard categories; with 6th place overall. After the end of the lockdown, he also made five flights exceeding 100 km. http:\/\/www.xcontest.org\/world\/de\/piloten\/detail:Elessar<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Todor Boyadzhiev<\/strong> (www.xcontest.org\/world\/en\/pilots\/detail:todorbb<\/a>) from Bulgaria is Nova\u00b4s \u00a8Newcomer of the Year\u00a8 and not because of his age but because he only joined the team last year.  With his Mentor 4 and Mentor 6, he became national champion in Bulgaria in the standard class http:\/\/www.xcontest.org\/bulgaria\/ranking-pg-standard\/<\/a> as well as second in the sports class (http:\/\/www.xcontest.org\/bulgaria\/ranking-pg-sport\/<\/a> \u2013 behind Ivan Mateev with his Sector.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

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Frank Schaufuss<\/strong> and Rolf von Arx<\/strong> – the two Swiss pilots were jointly awarded for their outstanding photographs printed in various paragliding magazines worldwide.  With Frank behind the camera and Rolf in front it, the duo\u00b4s odd schedules included hike & fly trips which could start as early as 3am, taking off, flying and shooting in the most beautiful light at sunrise.<\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Here\u00b4s a gallery of pictures from Frank and Rolf<\/p>\n\n\n\n