Svetlana Kapanina Aerobatic Pilot.

After winning the 2007 World Aerobatic Championship in the female category for the 6th consecutive time, Svetlana Kapanina keeps on demonstrating she is the best female aerobatic pilot of all times. She has won a total of 38 gold medals in World Aerobatic Championships. The FAI (International Air Sports Federation), added to that impressive collection, by presenting her with the FAI medal for Best Pilot of the Century. In 1987 Svetlana graduated from medical school, speciality - pharmacist. The following year she started flying in Kurgan, by 1991 she was a member of the Russian Aerobatic Joint Crew and by 1995 she had graduated from Kaluga Pilots School. Although she believed she would never devote her life to flying, what started out as a hobby has turned into serious work as a professional aerobatic pilot. It didnt take her very long to join the world’s elite aerobatic pilots. Perhaps her training as a gymnast and many hours on the trampoline has contributed to her success,