UK hosts 1st leg of Helicopter World Cup

The UK held in the inaugural leg of the  brand new FAI Category II event The Helicopter World Cup at Heli UK Expo at Wycombe Air Park, Marlow, on Friday 2nd and Saturday 3rd June 2017.

Crews from Russia, Belgium, Austria, Belarus and the United Kingdom took apart in the two day event racing the parallel slalom and the parallel fender. After two days of fantastic racing Yury Yablokov and Konstantin flew to victory in both events, they were awarded with their gold medals by Jacques Berlo, CIG President.

Here are the results:

Slalom

1. Yury Yablokov & Konstantin Podoinitsyn (Russia)
2. Andrey Orekhov & Vadim Sazonov (Russia)
3. Alexander Tsenter & Vladimir Striyonock (Belarus)

Fender

1. Yury Yablokov & Konstantin Podoinitsyn (Russia)
2. Alexander Tsenter & Vladimir Striyonock (Belarus)
3. Thomas Morgenstern & Stefan Seer (Austria)