AVIATION “the organization, rio de Janeiro’s beauty is impressive. as a pilot, it is very thrilling”, declared Walde<strong>mar</strong> castelli Jr., a partner of Mirage aerocombustíveis, which operates in the executive and agricultural aviation business in the MidWest. Walde<strong>mar</strong>, who is a plane and helicopter pilot, obtained his license 30 year ago and has been a Br partner for 12 years, including at the Bonito Br aviation center that was inaugurated in april. “our partnership with Br aviation is excellent and guarantees product 12 quality and punctual delivery”, he said alongside his partner Dirceu Bortolanza. “tv does not communicate even 10% of the excitement of watching the red Bull air race live”, adds eduar do Busch, legal and new Deals director of Passaredo lin has aéreas , a regional transportation company based in ribeirão Preto (SP). the airline, which has been a Br customer for 15 years, operates out of 15 localities (including 11 state capitals) and has five erJ 145 jets and five Brasília planes, all manufactured by embraer. “ Br aviation always provides excellent service in terms of product quality, commercial negotiation and support for the company’s development”, highlights the executive. He affirms that these kind of events reinforce service alignment in daytoday operations with Br which is extremely professional. “It with great satisfaction, and pride as a Brazilian and customer, to see the Br aviation brand associated with such an important international event”, concludes Busch, who is will soon be obtaining his pilot’s license. avIatIon SPectacle travelS roUnD tHe WorlD created in 2003, the red Bull air race is the only aircraft race world championship recognized by the International aeronautical Federation (IaF). the red Bull category has already held races in more than 15 countries since its creation, including Brazil in 2007, where the second stage of the season took place before an audience of more than 1 million people. Fifteen pilots are competing in the 2010 season, and races have already been held in the United arab emirates, australia and Brazil. the next will take place in canada, United States, germany, Hungary and Portugal, the last stage of this category in which competitors fly against the clock around a circuit specially set up using air gates. of the 46 races held to date in the five continents, only one, in longleat, in the United kingdom, was cancelled due to bad weather. now the same happened during the race on Sunday, May 9, when the organizers of the red Bull air race World championship ordered the pilots who were competing in the top 12 race in the skies of rio de Janeiro to return to the airport, because of the heavy rain and strong winds. Following the rules, points were awarded based on positions obtained by each pilot in qualifying rounds, until the cancellation of the race. the austrian Hannes arch –who dominated the qualifying rounds– was declared the winner ahead of the British pilots nigel lamb and Paul Bonhomme. With the 13 points obtained in Brazil, arch has a total of 27 points and lies in third place in the championship, behind lamb (28) and Bonhomme (31). the green-yellow plane made its first appearance during the training sessions of the abu dhabi stage “I am very sorry that we were not able to put on a good race for rio’s fantastic audience, but I admit that I am pleased at the recovery made possible by this situation”, affirmed arch after hearing the committee’s decision. curiously, in 2006, when the race was cancelled due to bad weather, it was Paul Bonhomme who ended up being declared winner. FrancelIno Da SIlva PaeS is head of the aviation Products Department (gPa), whose mission it is to distribute <strong>Petrobras</strong> aviation products, supplying fuel for airplanes and providing related services. the unit’s aim is to guarantee customer satisfaction, in a competitive, profitable and socially responsible way. (francel@br.com.br)
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