Originally published in 1997
Kim Reniska, an engineer from Austin, Texas, will be part of a five-member team that will compete in September at the first World Air Games, to be held in Antalya, Turkey!
Kim earned her team position by being one of the five highest scoring pilots at the previous year’s U.S. National Glider Aerobatic Competition.
Between September 9th and 21st, teams from more than 25 countries will take to the sky once per day to determine the next World Team and Individual Glider Champions. Each team will fly five flights in the world competition: two known routines, two unknown flights and one freestyle, with the possible addition of an extra unknown flight.