Svetlana Kapanina
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rGbHjrsybJoAt least Russia is good at something,
This woman has also won the World Aerobatics Championships 6 times, no other pilot has done that, the plane shes in is a Sukhoi SU-29, Sukhoi also make the worlds best jet the Sukhoi M30, it the only Jet to fall backwards.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAW7EHimL0E&NR=1Also this year the sukhoi cleaned up at the WAC.
1st Zach Heffley SU26 WAC
2nd Ramon Alonso SU26 WAC
3rd Renaud Ecalle WAC CAP231
4th Svetlana Kapanina WAC SU31
5th Castor Fantoba SU26 WAC
6th Juan Velarde SU26 WAC
7th David Martin CAP232 WAC
8th Mark Jefferies Extra300s WAC
9th Mikhail Mamistov WAC SU26
10th Oliver Mesurel WAC CAP232
11th Victor Chmal WAC SU26
13th Eliena Klimovic SU26 WAC
If anyone is interested in Aerobatics, the plane Svetlana, is sat in belongs to Jurgis Kairys, Jurgis Kairys flew in Red Bull air races, he also flies under bridges upside down.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kxOX0wspMSY&mode=related&search=Jurgis won the WAC and still is a awsome pilot, look at these, the first clip is of Yurgis winning the WAC in a Sekhoi SU-26
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eir8ZsZKEJ0&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHCxtHVYaOo&mode=related&search=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xDIa-ZdPK00&mode=related&search=Jurgis also designed the sekhoi.
Ive added so much to this thread, I made a new one, its in Sport.
