{"id":16561,"date":"2020-10-04T16:45:56","date_gmt":"2020-10-04T16:45:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=16561"},"modified":"2020-10-04T16:45:57","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T16:45:57","slug":"melanie-astles-soars-during-french-aerial-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/international-news\/melanie-astles-soars-during-french-aerial-competition\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Melanie Astles Soars During French Aerial Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Michelin-sponsored pilot M\u00e9lanie Astles has won the 2020\ntitle of the France Unlimited Female Champion that took place in Ch\u00c3\u00a2teauroux\nbetween September 16-23 aboard her Extra 330 F-HMEL plane. With a score of 78.7\n% after 3 programs, the five-time French aerobatics champion has placed 6th in\nthe general ranking. Louis Vanel won the male title.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/Melanie-Astles-champfrance1-jpg-315141-original-682x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-16563\" width=\"195\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Melanie-Astles-champfrance1-jpg-315141-original-682x1024.jpg 682w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Melanie-Astles-champfrance1-jpg-315141-original-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Melanie-Astles-champfrance1-jpg-315141-original.jpg 800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 195px) 100vw, 195px\" \/><figcaption><em>Melanie Astles<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cSince the post-lockdown in May, and in preparation for\ncompetitions, I attended several training camps with other pilots in various\nlocations in France with our coach Pierre Varloteaux. A lot of work, a lot of\nprogress, a good atmosphere, willpower and mental preparation,\u201d said Astles. \u201cMy\nnext goal the French Open and the 2021 international championships.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the only woman competing against men in the German\nOpen\/Extra Unlimited Aerobatics that took place in Welzow August: 26-30, she\ntook first place overall.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Astles started flying lessons at age 21, and she became\naerobatics champion of France 14 years later. Astles has finished several times\namong the world\u2019s top 10 aerobatics pilots and ascended to a European\nAerobatics Championship ranking.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The French Open is scheduled for October 12-16.&nbsp; Follow Astles\u2019 race progress on Instagram at\nmelanieastles or michelinaircraft.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Michelin-sponsored pilot M\u00e9lanie Astles has won the 2020 title of the France Unlimited Female Champion that took place in Ch\u00c3\u00a2teauroux between September 16-23 aboard her Extra 330 F-HMEL plane. With a score of 78.7 % after 3 programs, the five-time French aerobatics champion has placed 6th in the general ranking. Louis Vanel won the male [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":16562,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[116,114],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-16561","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-front-page-slider","category-international-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/Melanie-Astles-champfrance4-jpeg-315144-original.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=16561"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":16564,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/16561\/revisions\/16564"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/16562"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=16561"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=16561"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=16561"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}