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Vitaly Robertus took first place at Jet World Masters 2013 in the 20 kg Class

Russian Aviaton » Thursday September 5, 2013 12:31 MSK
photo from web-site rusjet.ru

The 10th Jet World Masters 2013 competition was held at Meiringen Air Base, Switzerland, on August 21st - September 1st, 2013. The participants competed in piloting the flying scale models of famous jets. 

64 pilots from 18 countries have taken part in the competition (46 ones in 20 kg Class and 18 ones in 13,5 kg Class). In addition, the Russian judge (Alexey Prokhorov) has taken part in the competition for the first time ever. A total of 20 thousand guests have visited the JWM 2013. 

Vitaly Robertus (Russia), member of ASK “RusJet” team, who piloted Yak-130 model took the first place in 20 kg Class. Phillip Avonds (Belgium), who piloted Fouga Magister model, won the competition in 13.5 kg Class. 

Team Russia took the 5th place falling behind Germany, Switzerland, Italy and USA.