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Arc en Ciel has stood for world class air racing for more than fifteen years. Our reputation is well known among European and American pilots. Competing crews have collectively flown more than 3,700,000 miles in 31,500 flight hours. We have registered 2,060 landings in 64 countries. We are very proud of our spotless 100% safety record, despite adverse weather and sometimes extremely difficult flight conditions.
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 Paris (France)Nouadhibou (Mauritania)Cotonou ((Benin)Libreville (Gabon)Lome (Togo) Abidjan (Ivory Coast) Saint Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)Marrakech (Morocco) |
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Toulouse (France)Saint Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)Natal (Brazil)Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)Natal (Brazil)Saint Louis du Sénégal (Senegal)Toulouse (France) |
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Paris (France)Abu Dhabi Dacca (Bangladesh)Kunming (China)Beijing (China) |
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| Winners : Raymond Michel (FRA) and Christian Laloé (FRA) on Mammouth-Microjet, a vintage single engine, wood and fabric Wassmer 421, in 54 hours 23 minutes, at an average speed of 132.2 knots | ||||
| Beijing (China)Hong KongSingaporeBombay (India)Amman (Jordan)Roma (Italy)Paris (France) |
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| Winners : Mauro Mason (ITA) and Claudio Soro (ITA) on Italia Wings, a Cessna 310, in 54 hours 19 minutes, at an average speed of 178.4 knots | ||||
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Paris (France)Ajaccio (France)San'a' (Yemen)Mombasa (Kenya)Mayotte (French Comoros)Saint-Denis de la Réunion
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| Winners : Jean Balthazard (FRA) and François Airault (FRA) on Baccarat, a Mooney 252 TSE | ||||
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Paris (France)BahrainDacca (Bangladesh)Langkawi (Malaysia)SingaporeJohor Baharu (Malaysia)Delhi (India)Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Amman (Jordan)Paris (France) |
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| Winners : Piston engines category : Eric Ledger (JOR) and Rakan Ghazi Nasser (JOR) on Falcon of Jordan, a Piper Aerostar 602P, in 62 hours 16 minutes. Turboprops category : Jean-Louis Monnet (FRA), Guido Benz (SWI) and Hans-Ulrich Bütschi (SWI) on Pilatus, a (guess what) Pilatus PC-9 military trainer, in 57 hours 23 minutes. | ||||
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Geneva (Switzerland)Helsinki (Finland)Moscow (Russia)Irkutsk (Russia)Yakutsk (Russia)Nome (USA)Victoria (Canada)Fresno (USA)Washington (USA)Nuuk (Greenland)Cannes (France) |
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| Winners : Piston engines category : Robert Wahl (USA) and Steve Nagorny (USA) on Spirit of Rochester, a Beechcraft Bonanza A36, in 73 hours 05 minutes. Turboprops category : Bruno Keppeler (SWI) and Nicolas Poncet (SWI) on Hors Ligne, a Piper Cheyenne III, in 48 hours 51 minutes. | ||||
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Montreal (Canada)Saint John's (Newfoundland)Marrakech (Morocco)Istanbul (Turkey)Dubai (United Arab Emirates)Agra (India)Ho Chi Minh City (Vietnam)Okinawa (Japan)Sendai (Japan)Petropavlovsk (Russia)Anchorage (USA)Calgary (Canada)Montreal (Canada) |
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| Winners : Piston engines category : Marion Jayne (USA) and Patricia Keefer (USA) on Tailwind World Flyer, a Piper Twin Comanche, in 105 hours 18 minutes, at an average speed of 171.90 knots. Turbocharged piston engines category : Erik Banck (SWE) and Merce Marti Inglada (SPA) on Go Johnny, Go, a Cessna 210P, in 92 hours 27 minutes, at an average speed of 195.79 knots. Turboprops category : Vijaypat Singhania (IND) and Daniel Brown (USA) on Tiger, a Cessna Conquest, in 56 hours 04 minutes, at a whopping average speed of 322.85 knots. | ||||
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New-York (USA)Pointe-à-Pitre (French Antilles)Salvador de Bahia (Brazil)Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)Buenos Aires (Argentina)Ushuaia (Argentina)Santiago de Chile (Chile)Lima (Peru)San Jose (Costa Rica)New Orleans (USA)New-York (USA) |
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| Winners : Paul Carr (USA) and Marc Mosier (USA) on Knight Flight, a Piper Lance, in 90 hours 17 minutes, at an average speed of 161 knots. | ||||
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Reykjavik (Iceland)Strasbourg (France)Sevilla (Spain)Roma (Italy)Tel Aviv (Israel)Amman (Jordan)Trabzon (Turkey)Adana (Turkey)Izmir (Turkey) |
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| Winners : Piston engines category : Dietricht Bauer (GER) and Jurgen Blasius (GER) on Rectimo, a Beechcraft Bonanza, in 32 hours 57 minutes, at an average speed of 175.27 knots. Turbocharged piston engines category : Larry and Cathy Lee (USA) on Rambling Wreck, a Piper Malibu Mirage, in 29 hours 48 minutes, at an average speed of 193.79 knots. Turboprops category : Mahmut Sevimli (TUR), Ibrahim Dogan (TUR) and Kama Nazmi (TUR) on Sabiha Gocken, a Piper Cheyenne III, in 21 hours 59 minutes, at an average speed of 262.70 knots. Jet category : Sözer Özel (TUR), Erdogan Menekse (TUR) and Afife Özel (TUR) on Young Turks, a Cessna Citation Jet, in 17 hours 33 minutes, at an average speed of 329.06 knots. | ||||
