16 countries to join parachuting meet<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): As many as 16 countries have assured their
\nparticipation in the Sixth World Parachuting Championships at
\nLido Lake, Bogor, West Java, in prelude to the Indonesian Air
\nShow.<\/p>\n
The United States, Finland, the Netherlands, Australia,
\nFrance, Germany, China, Switzerland, Italy and host Indonesia are
\namong the participants of the 10-day championships scheduled for
\nJune 14 to June 24.<\/p>\n
The Indonesia Air Show will take place from June 22 to July 10
\nat the Soekarno-Hatta International Airport.<\/p>\n
Vice Marshall Purnomo Sidhi, committee chairman of the
\nchampionships said that the number of participants could swell
\nbecause South Korea, Japan and other ASEAN countries have
\nexpressed their interest and are expected to register their
\nteams.<\/p>\n
\"If those countries participate in the championships, then it
\nwill be the biggest parachuting event,\" said the executive
\nchairman of the Indonesian Aero Sport Federation.<\/p>\n
The Federation Aeronautique Internationale, the world
\naerosport controlling body, elected Indonesia the host of the
\nworld canopy relative work championships, saying that the country
\nsuccessfully held a world parachuting event in Senayan in 1991.
\nIndonesia was also the host of an international parachuting meet
\nin Bali in 1989.<\/p>\n
The world canopy relative work competition, which features a
\nteam of four men and eight sky divers, is held every even year,
\nwhile the accuracy and relative work competitions are staged
\ntogether every odd year.<\/p>\n
The championships, which features four-way rotation, four-way
\nsequential and eight-way formation events, will use a Pilatus
\nplane provided by the Indonesia Air Force.<\/p>\n
Indonesia has groomed 18 parachutists from the special forces
\nof the Army and Air Force, as well as from the non-military Aves
\nClub of Bandung. They will be reduced to 14 following a series of
\nrigorous training stints. (05)<\/p>",
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