After a long wait our race plane has arrived in NZ for flight tests and.....
Yoshi came in to late spring weather in Auckland from late Autumn in Japan and we assembled the plane and carried out test flights for 3 days. Now the hard work begins on some exciting ideas for next season. Watch this space!
Monday, December 14, 2009
Tuesday, October 20, 2009
Back in Japan
Photo: Taro Imahara
Photo: Taro Imahara
Photo: Taro Imahara
Amongst Yoshi's commitments in Japan was staging the 2009 Skyleisure Japan in Fukushima at his home airport, Fukushima Sky Park.
In the photo Yoshi introduces the TV Tokyo team to Mr Saito, the head of the Fukushima Sky Park Flying Club.
TV Tokyo together with many local Fukushima media reps were there to record and broadcast the 2 day event. The main atractions were Jurgis Kairys' and Yoshi' solo flights and the "Air Bandits" formation team of TC Robert Fry in lead with a Yak 50 and wing men Jurgis and Yoshi.
Photo: Taro Imahara
Photo: Taro Imahara
Amongst Yoshi's commitments in Japan was staging the 2009 Skyleisure Japan in Fukushima at his home airport, Fukushima Sky Park.
In the photo Yoshi introduces the TV Tokyo team to Mr Saito, the head of the Fukushima Sky Park Flying Club.
TV Tokyo together with many local Fukushima media reps were there to record and broadcast the 2 day event. The main atractions were Jurgis Kairys' and Yoshi' solo flights and the "Air Bandits" formation team of TC Robert Fry in lead with a Yak 50 and wing men Jurgis and Yoshi.
Sunday, October 18, 2009
Not so Coveted award!
Yoshi receives Air Gators award! To the most deserving pilot of the season, the Air Gators present their special award each year! This season Yoshi was a narrow winner of the most Pylon hits (14) award for 2009. "This is the one trophy that we WON'T be trying for next year" says Yoshi and paid tribute to his coach Steve Jones for selling him his special pylon attractive aircraft.
Sunday, October 4, 2009
Barcelona Wild Card, Top 12 and Super 8!
A fantastic result for Team Muroya on the final day of the Red Bull Air Race World Championship 2009.
Yoshi was at last able to find that consistent groove that he has been looking for. Long appraisal of yesterdays videos last night and a recheck of our recordings of other teams flights this morning confirmed a way that he could improve his lines through the track.
The hard work paid off and Yoshi finished top in the Wild Card round and then through into the Super 8. A clean run in the top eight left him with his best placing of 6th for the season.
An ecstatic Yoshi said; "I managed to meet my goals for this race placing 7th or better. I have been working on a plan of improving bit by bit and it has worked as planned. We now look forward to improving our plane over the off season and getting plenty of practice in as well to keep up my G tolerance to a high level".
Yoshi was at last able to find that consistent groove that he has been looking for. Long appraisal of yesterdays videos last night and a recheck of our recordings of other teams flights this morning confirmed a way that he could improve his lines through the track.
The hard work paid off and Yoshi finished top in the Wild Card round and then through into the Super 8. A clean run in the top eight left him with his best placing of 6th for the season.
An ecstatic Yoshi said; "I managed to meet my goals for this race placing 7th or better. I have been working on a plan of improving bit by bit and it has worked as planned. We now look forward to improving our plane over the off season and getting plenty of practice in as well to keep up my G tolerance to a high level".
Airgators and their job
There is a news article about the air gates and the men that keep them up on the Red Bull Air Race newsroom. It is very interesting for avid air race followers.
Saturday, October 3, 2009
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