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INTERNATIONAL PILOTS

Cecconi, Sasha - Italy

de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

 I'm Sacha SH Cecconi from Tuscany region in Italy, I'm 26 years old and the third generation in model aircraft world from my Grandfather "Loris Cecconi" and my Father "Valerio", I started to fly at 6 years old and to compete in professional competitions at 14 years old.

 

  • 5 time IMAC Italian Champion in Unlimited and Freestyle
  • European IMAC Acro Cup Champion
  • European IMAC Champion
  • 3 Time FXFC Champion 2012-2014-2016
  • Asiatic Pacific IMAC Champion in Unlimited Class 2019
  • 2 Time EXFC Podium finisher 2015-2017
  • SXFC Champion 2012
  • IMAC World Championship Podium Finisher
  • XFC v2 (eXtreme Flight Championship) Finalist 2019
  • Clover Creek Invitational Finalist 
  • Tucson Shootout Freestyle Finalist 2017


de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

From Tocantins, Brazil

20 Years old

Started flying RC at 4 years old with my father that always brought me to the RC field regularly since I was born. 

Gained an interest for Aerobatics around 2010.

Competed in IMAC Brazil and Freestyle in 2015 and 2016

2019 XFCV2 Finalist

Sponsored by Extreme Flight RC, Powerbox Systems Americas, GP Engines and Northwest RC

Garle, Aaron - Australia

de Souza, Antonio - Brazil

Garle, Aaron - Australia

Hi, I’m Aaron ‘Bones’ Garle from Walloon, Queensland, Australia. I’m 28 years old, 3rd Generation Aeromodeller, have been flying since the age of 4 and love all aspects of Aeromodelling.

  • 3 Time Australian Unlimited and Freestyle IMAC Champion
  • IMAC Asia Pacific Championships 3rd Place Freestyle and Unlimited 
  • Multi time Invitational and Freestyle Pilot at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout
  • Futaba XFC Competitor 2014
  • Clover Creek Invitational 2016 3rd Place
  • Australian F3A World Championship competitor 2013 & 2019
  • 2021 Australian F3A Masters Champion

Kochav, Adi - Israel

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

Garle, Aaron - Australia

 From Jerusalem Israel

Age 48 / married to Shiri, proud father to Elia (13) and Ariel (10).

Managing IMAC Israel club since 2010.

Flying competitive IMAC and Freestyle since 2013.

Israel's National Champion in Unlimited class since 2015 and in freestyle in different periods of years since 2011.

Competed in the US NATs 2013 & 2017, CZ EXFC 2015, IMAC UK Rhyl 2015, IMAC Italy Caorle 2015 & 2016, IMAC Worlds 2014 & 2018, CCA Invitationals 2019.

Koriat, Harel - Israel

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

 

Age – 17

Son of Yaron – a long time RC enthusiast and pilot, and brother of Omer (13 YO) – who also competes in IMAC and Freestyle

Flying competitive IMAC and freestyle since the age of 12 (2016)

Harel is supported since the very beginning by HobbyGuy / Israel, is a team pilot for Extreme Flight, and sponsored by SAVOX servos, GP-Engines, Falcon Propellers, AR-Booma power systems, Holysmokes and JMB

Amongst his achievements as an RC pilot, 

  • Israel IMAC champion in Advanced class in the years 2019 through 2020,
  • Israel Freestyle champion for the last 3 years
  • Competes in Unlimited class since the beginning of year 2021
  • Competed in the XFC-V2 in 2019 (Finalist),
  • participated as a judge and show pilot in the Del Norte Fly Fest in Mexico, 2021

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

Nipkow, Mel - Switzerland

  

I'm 20 years old, and will start studying mechanical engineering in September.

I Started flying in 2015 together with my dad.

In 2018 we both started competing in IMAC and I also started flying at F3p contests.

-2018 2nd place at IMAC Caorle cup

-2018 Sportsman 1st place at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout and freestyle competitor

-2018 International region  - 1st Place

-2018 IMAC worlds competitor 

-2019 Intermediate 2. Place at the Tucson Aerobatic Shootout and freestyle competitor

-2019 Clover Creek Invitational competitor

A huge Thankyou to my parents and my Sponsors for all their help and support

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