Tucson Aerobatic Shootout Pilots Announced

[WoodisGood]

Were happy to announce the pilot list for this year’s Tucson Aerobatic Shootout. This will be the 11th T.A.S. and it is being held at the Tucson International ModelplexPark Association on Oct 14th thru the 18th 2015. It’s always been our goal to invite the top pilots from around the world to compete so this year we assembled a committee and reviewed results from previous contests as well as personal knowledge of a pilots capabilities. This should turn out to be very competitive TAS.

In past years we have held a freestyle contest flown on Saturday and Sunday. To fly in freestyle you also had to compete in the IMAC portion of the event. This year we have decided to separate the two events and have freestyle rounds on Friday, Saturday, and Sunday ( five rounds total )! This opened up the opportunity to invite pilots that specialize in freestyle flight.

Top pilots selected from around the world will be competing. Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Japan, Mexico, New Zealand, and the USA will all be represented.

The event is open to the public and we would like to invite everyone to come watch the best Precision and Freestyle pilots in the world compete for cash, prizes, and the title of “Tucson Aerobatic Champion”. There will be food vendors on site as well as industry vendors. If you would like to support the event as a sponsor, please contact Desert Aircraft.

See you in October!


Invitational

Nick Pinzon –Canada

Gabrial Altuz –Puerto Rico

Aaron Garle –Australia

Frazer Briggs –New Zealand

Gernot Bruckman –Austria

Werner Kohlberger –Australia

Nicolas Detry - USA

Matt Stringer - USA

Todd Bridges –USA

Andrew Jesky –USA

Mark Leseberg Jr –USA

David Moser –USA

Kurt Koelling –USA

Jason Shulman –USA

Unlimited

Mark Easton –Australia

Josh Bayes –Australia

Steve Greig –New Zealand

Toshihito Watanobe –Japan

Dennis Heskamp -Germany

Bill Adams –USA

Dean Lampron –USA

Neil Westdorp –USA

Spencer Nordquist –USA

Andrew Taylor _ USA

Curtis Pilcher –USA

Bryant Mack -USA

Advanced

Jorge Berra –Mexico

Kal Reifsnyder –USA

Santiago Perez –USA

Rusty Fried –USA

Kim Quenette –USA

Mark Dennis –USA

Kyle Dahl –USA

Craig Guest - USA

Intermediate

Brent Bullen –Canada

Howard Pilcher –USA

Jacob Campbell –USA

Randy Wegner –USA

Alex Dreiling –USA

Jason Neves –USA

Bill Evans –USA

Dave Hargrove –USA

Mike Marcellin –USA

Sportsman

Mike Briggs –New Zealand

Jim McCall –USA

John Wolcott –USA

Jacques Telles –USA

Michael Triebe –USA

John Grabow –USA

Freestyle

Gariel Altuz–Puerto Rico

Nicolas Detry –France

Gernot Bruckman –Austria

Matt Stringer –USA

Andrew Taylor –USA

Jase Dussia –USA

Todd Bridges –USA

Spencer Nordquist –USA

Kal Reifsnyder –USA

Kyle Dahl –USA

Kim Quenette –USA

Mark Dennis –USA

Joe Smith –USA

Bryant Mack -USA

 

[Terryscustom]

VERY impressive lineup!

 

[witchfingers]

How come my name is not on there!!!!!!!!! Oh that's right, I suck compared to these guys. Lol.

 

[Richo]

Awesome! Cant wait!

 

[Ohio AV8TOR]

Now that is an impressive lineup of pilots.

 

[pawnshopmike]

Nice!
Great job picking the pilots. Everyone that popped into my mind is on that list.

 

[Knife-Edge]

Btw Kyle Dahl flying in the advanced and freestyle categories. Is he the same guy who's a top heli pilot? Also gave a demo with his heli and another guy flying a pilot extra at joe nall this year.

 

[Bunky.F.Knuckle]

Yup, the same Kyle Dahl.

 

[Xpress]

Btw Kyle Dahl flying in the advanced and freestyle categories. Is he the same guy who's a top heli pilot? Also gave a demo with his heli and another guy flying a pilot extra at joe nall this year.

And the other dude is Andrew Taylor Looks like Andrew is in Freestyle and Unlimited.

 

[Bogan]

Happy Times ! Tucson or bust ... Kiwis will be there. Get the beers in.