Thirty-three-year-old Elena Fergnani has been flying since the age of 14. After three years she entered her first competition in a dual seater aircraft before quickly progressing to single seat competition. She became club class women’s world champion in Australia in 2020.
Fifty Precision Pilots representing 12 nations have gathered at Albi Le Séquestre aerodrome to begin landing and navigation practice before the 25th FAI World Precision Flying Championships commence on 22 August. Competition days run until 25th August (with 26th as reserve day), and anticipation is high for this contest, with the previous (24th) edition taking place back in 2019, when Poland took top spot on the Teams podium. Will they be knocked off their top spot in 2022?
