08/12/2017
ALEA JACTA EST! 🎲
The game is played, the dice are thrown... 😬
But first, the Team would like to say 🙏 to all applicants for entering this , for candidly sharing your lives and stories with us, for taking the risk to not be chosen. Without you, this journey wouldn't have been possible and we are very grateful to all of you. As you witnessed, we've had truly applications: people with unbelievable aviation skills, people with no aviation skills, vintage planes with real-life stories but also endearing, funny and strong characters, ...
So how to choose, now that we have got to know you so well? Now that so many people have pledged their support for you?
Well, it has been with difficulty - lots of Grit! Believe us! - and pain in the heart that we had to come to the decision of whom to let go. We hope though that, even for those for whom the story ends here (at least for this ), the experience has nonetheless been a fascinating one from which you gained in some way, be it by reconnecting with some of your old friends, making new internet-aviation-friends or living funny moments making your videos...
Enough talk for now! Who are the final ?
In alphabetical country-order, DRUM ROLLS:
AUSTRALIA - Lachie Smart and Ryan Campbell
AUSTRALIA - Chris Hunter and Nick Robertson
BRAZIL - Eddy Eipper and Rodrigo Damboriarena
FRANCE - Antoine Vignier and Philippe Moreau
IRELAND - James and Matthew McCullough
ITALY - Cesare Leonardi and Corrado Spagna
ITALY - Piero Angiolillo and Simona Balestri
NORWAY - Håvard Dale and Kim-Andrè Vågene
POLAND - Jacek Mainka and Marcin Kubrak
UK - Tom Milsom and Robin Russell
UK - Amanda Harrison and Mike Wigg
USA - Val Thal-Slocum and Amy Hoffpauir
USA - Dustin Mosher and Diane Barney
USA - Kyle Bushman and Bryan Harper
USA - Ernie Betancourt and Allison Paige Driver
We wish them luck and hope they are ready for Grit (and maybe Glory)?
Thank you also to ©Didier De Broux and Olivier Chenoix - for this amazing picture!!!
