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USA Wins Team Silver; 3 US Pilots Place in the Top 5 Overall
August 14, 2006 – The Advanced World Aerobatic Team landed second place, only 0.5 percent away from Team Russia at the Advanced World Aerobatic Championships which finished in Radom, Poland on August 13. Team medals are based on the scores of the top three pilots from each country. For the USA, team member Rob Holland finished second in the contest (78.51%), Jeff fourth (77.76%) and Hector Ramirez fifth overall (77.56%). News and daily team updates as they occurred throughout the week can be found at www.advancedaerobaticteam.com. Official contest results are posted at http://civaweb.mwebservices.net/. The official contest web site is www.AWAC2006.com.