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Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship 2011

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2011 Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship and Hot Air Balloon Honda Grand Prix 2011 Final

Congratulations from the Worldwide Ultramagic Team!

Congratulations from the worldwide ULTRAMAGIC team to Yudai Fujita on coming first and winning both the 2011 Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship and the Hot Air Balloon Honda Grand Prix 2011 Final held between the 23rd and 27th November 2011.This was a very exciting competition, with 25 tasks made in 8 flights. Yudai was flying his Ultramagic Racer. 

29 tasks were made in this very exiting competition with the close final result only being determined at the very end of the weeks flying.

A special note should also be made of all of the pilots who were also flying Ultramagic Racers who did so well in the top positions. See the results below with those marked in yellow flying Ultramagic.

2011 Tochigi Hot Air Balloon International Championship
1      15 – Y. Fujita 19.641
2      16 – T. Mizukami  18.949
3      11 – J. Petrehn 18.947
4      12 – N. Donner 17.924
5      13 – R. Heartsill 17.505
6      08 – C. Donner 16.749
7      31 – M. Numata 16.716
8      04 – D. Bareford 15.515
9      01 – Y. Kodama 15.450
10      10 – J.Heartsill 15.077

Hot Air Balloon Honda Gran Prix 2011 Final
1      Y. Fujita 171.362
2      T. Mizukami 138.301
3      Y. Kodama 127.289
4      Y. Ueda 101.287
5      T. Sue 98.267
6      R. Parry 79.241

Congratulations Yudai for a great result!

Well done to all competitors from the Worldwide Ultramagic Team
 
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