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In the morning, in the Plaza de Armas Air Base Sewer, our Mayor, Joaquín Buendía, attended the closing ceremony and presentation of trophies to the winners of the 49 Championship of Spain Military Parachuting, an act which was chaired by Brigadier General of the Air Force, Luis Antonio Ruiz Nogal, along with Colonel Chief of the Air Base Sewer, Fernando Goy Martin and director of the championship, Colonel Santiago Pascual, in his capacity as Secretary of the Central Board Physical Education and Sports of the Air Force.
In the championship participated ten teams, eight of which belong to different paratroopers units Air Force (Acrobatic Patrol Parachuting Air Force) Squadron of Sappers Paratroopers Support Squadron Air Deployment and Military School Skydiving) and the remaining two guest country this 2016: Germany.
This championship was the 49, it is repeated every year, most often in Sewell, by good weather conditions.
They have competed in two categories: precision landing and formations in freefall.
The first was that each jumper, landing, made the first contact with the ground at a target.
While in the second, each team of four divers was performed in the air, during the fall, the greatest possible number of figures, which had previously been determined by lot.
The first individual classified precision landing was the Corporal Jose A. Lake, which he did in team 1 of the Military School of Parachuting, remember that Lake was World Champion when he was in the PAPEA.
In the same mode in the team category, the winner was the team of the Military Parachuting School.
In the training mode in free fall, the first place was the first of the teams PAPEA (Parachute Acrobatic Patrol Air Force).
It has also had a very special tribute to the lieutenant Jerez, his entire professional life in skydiving, having also gone through PAPEA, participated recently in these sports championships, without not leave marked his great skill, since one of their breaks this championship managed to find the center of the target, zero known.
Jerez was honored to be the one who lowered should the Flag of Spain that has been present during these championships at the closing.
Source: Ayuntamiento de Alcantarilla
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