Low Rider Award..Very kindly donated by Fast Lad Performance
This was given to Alex Hawtin who gave the Lowest Exciting flight of the competition. This earned him a Fully built Goblin 500 with transmitter.

BIG AIR Award..Very kindly donated by Midland Helicopters and Thunder Tiger
For the second year in a row Joe Bailey gave us the Biggest air flight of the weekend. This earned him Raptor E720 Kontronik combo kit.

Most Entertaining Flight..Very kindly donated by Horizon Hobby
Simply this was Jack Bishops for performing a superb flight whilst dressed in a Tutu !!!… Theres more!

Here are the 2013 Pilot classings for the AIR competition… Theres more!

Name Mike Eddington
Age 32
Area of Country Right hand side
Sponsors Midland Helicopters, Opti-Power, Savox, Scorpion
Model being flown at AIR Pot luck really, who will lend me one
Goal in AIR  To Have Fun
Mattie and Richie says: Edders… the legend that is our joint commentator!! Rumour has it that Mike is a very musical type of guy that spends hours and hours working out what tracks to fly too. This year he has promised us faithfully that his song choice will be……well very Alan Freeman..”not arrrrhhh!’
Last year he flew to the Birdy song so the mind boggles what he has planned this year ????… Theres more!

Name Stefan Simmons
Age 18
Area of Country Birrrrrminghammmmmmm!!
Sponsors Spinblades. Mks. Optifuel. Optipower. Fastlad. Scorpion

Model being flown at AIR Rave env nitro and electric
Goal in AIR To beat Duncan
Mattie and Richie says: If you have seen this guy fly you will know that it is pure excitement !!!! Stef has really come to the forefront of the UK’s best in the last couple of years. Competing in pretty much all the top world events he has the potential to really shake up the UK’s elite pilots !!!!… Theres more!

Name Alex Rumble
Age 12
Area of Country Centre, turn right and up a bit
Sponsors Optifuel, buzzflyer, Mum and Dad
Model being flown at AIR Gaui X7
Goal in AIR Top3
Mattie and Richie says: Lets get ready, lets get ready, lets get ready to Rumble !!! That might have to go from the music routine
Alex Rumble a great young talented pilot entering AIR for the second year running. Always giving the crowd a great flight to watch, Alex’s special move has to be his backwards rolling circuit.… Theres more!

Name Rob Turnbull
Age 40
Area of Country Midlands
Sponsors Midland Helicopters, Team Thunder Tiger, CSM, Optifuel, Mavrikk Blades, Scorpion Motors, Thunder Power, Savox Servos
Model being flown at AIR Raptor G4 E720
Goal in AIR  Not to hit the “Pete” tree
Mattie and Richie says: Rob is a super well known character on the scene, great pilot, sponsored by many and just a decent chap…..Right enough of that !!!!!
View the photo below and you will see that any local Kebab house concerned about running out of meat over the weekend, WORRY NO MORE, WE HAVE THE SOLUTION !!… Theres more!

Name Stuart Mott
Age 21
Area of Country Midlands
Sponsors ALIGN, Robbe Schluter UK, JR, MacGregor Industries, Midland Helicopters
Model being flown at AIR ALIGN T-Rex 700E DFC HV
Goal in AIR  Main aim is to enjoy the flying, if your not having fun then really what is the point?
Mattie and Richie says: Currently Stu Mott is our No.1 UK pilot winning 3D Championships in 2012. Last year the fight between the top 3 was the best we have seen here in a long while.… Theres more!

Name Adam Melton
Age 17
Area of Country ‘The Shire’
Sponsors Climb-Out distribution
Model being flown at AIR Alees Rush 750
Goal in AIR To gain experience in competition and also get more recognition in the sport for my flying skills.
Mattie and Richie says: Adam Melton has come of age and at 17 years old is now driving cars. Not wanting to say too much about his car, but it’s quite small with a wheelie wheelie big exhaust !!! 
Great pilot with plenty of great moves,  Adam we are really glad to have you at AIR
 … Theres more!

Name Adam Turner
Age 27
Area of Country Little bit North of the The Capital !!!
Sponsors Thunder tiger, OptiPower, Horizon Hobby, NHP, Spektrum, Midland Helicopters, Scorpion, Byron fuels, and MKS
Model being flown at AIR Raptor G4 E720
Goal in AIR  I want to win this time
Mattie and Richie says: Another big hitter joins AIR for the second year running. Adam is a very well know pilot on the world scene and promises to deliver an excellent display of 3D heli flying for the spectating crowd.… Theres more!

Name Andy Kirby
Age 41
Area of Country Midlands
Sponsors RC Heliguru,Spartan rc
Model being flown at AIR Trex 700n or E dfc 
Goal in AIR  It would be nice to fly to my full potential in front of the crowd. So far i have found it impossible in all my other comps to produce my best.
Mattie and Richie Say: “Well first of all we want a nice smiling happy picture, this one still scares Richie!”
Andy Kirby has taken time out from his busy male modelling schedule to join us at AIR.… Theres more!

Name Duncan Osbourne
Age 25
Area of Country Smack bang in the Middle
Sponsors Align, CSM, OS, SAB
Model being flown at AIR Align T-Rex 700E DFC
Goal in AIR  For a music flight to work exactly as I intend it to.
Mattie & Richie say: World renowned pilot Duncan Osborne enters AIR for the second year running. With a list as long as our arms of titles, Duncan is very well known on the circuit for his excellant style and superb pirouetting moves………Makes ya sick hey !!!… Theres more!

Name Chunk Newby
Age 18
Area of Country West Country
Sponsors www.align-trex.co.uk, Spin blades UK, Optifuel
Model being flown at AIR Trex 700E DFC HV
Goal in AIR  Have fun, and hopefully head towards the top
Mattie and Richie says: The more Newby flies the more exciting he gets. Recently at an event, Chris wowed the crowd by trying to fly through a 4ft square hole in a set of trees. Sadly this ended in a disaster!
So he has a chance to redeem himself at AIR by executing a couple of crowd pleasing actions.… Theres more!

Name Richard Anderson
Age 28
Area of Country North
Sponsors Nowt
Model being flown at AIR Align Trex 700N
Goal in AIR  My main goal is to take part and enjoy it! And not to crash!
Mattie and Richie says: Richard is no stranger to compeittion flying, placing 5th at AIR last year the simple goal for him this year is to do better. His profile form tells us that the Curtis Rave Nitro will be used in his flights.… Theres more!

Raj and his team at ALIGN-TREX.co.uk have come on board as official sponsors of the AIR Video.
We want to thank them for their support to the AIR Competition and make sure you go and find him at the event to have a chat. They stock all things heli and are known for great service to their customers.
The Official AIR Video will be Produced by Dan Taylor of LFX Productions and  this years promises to be even bigger, longer and better than 2012  and he promises, that whatever you have seen from him before, expect MORE!… Theres more!

Name Ali Humphrey
Age 30
Area of Country Devon
Sponsors LYNX heli innovations team pilot and part of the SpinBlades UK Rep Flight Team.
Model being flown at AIR Align T-Rex 700 Nitro
Goal in AIR To fly around to some music (well fly around while music is on in the background) and to have some fun.
Mattie and Richie says: What can we say about Ali….Well a relatively  ’Newby’ into the hobby. 2012 saw him pick a heli up for the first and now he is well on the competing scene.… Theres more!

Name Grant Cooper
Age 25
Area of Country Brummy Land
Sponsors Align/Robbe Schluter, Kontronik Drives, OptiPower, MKS Servo Tech UK, CSM
Model being flown at AIR Align T-rex 700E DFC
Goal in AIR  To put on a fun show and come within to top half of the pro class.
Richie & Mattie: Grant is head honcho of Helifest and a top guy to work with.
Constantly impressed with the various engineering projects he produces for the Gadget show we are still wondering why the AIR/HELIFEST flightline last year resembled a banana!… Theres more!

Name Peter Ayriss
Age 9
Area of Country Midlands then turn right a bit
Sponsors Thunder Tiger, Midland Helicopters, Opti Power/Fuel, NHP Rotorblades, Savox Servos, UBF, CSM, DooZee Aerial film and Photography (Shameless Plug)
Model being flown at AIR Raptor G4 E720
Goal in AIR  My aim this year is not to hit that damn tree!! and to have a laugh with a great bunch of guys.
Mattie and Richie says: Minty minty minty…….mind the tree……. !!!!   If you were at AIR last year you will know that along with Pedro, Pete Ayriss did a perfect backwards rolling circuit straight into the dreaded tree.… Theres more!

One more reason to be an AIR pilot! Do we need to say anymore, fly as low as you can to be in to win this one. Massive thanks to Fast Lad Performance for this brilliant prize worth over £1500. This kit will be fully built by our very own Mattie Lodge so you can fly it straight after you have won it.
Just look at what the winner will get:
1 x Spektrum DX7S Combo With AR8000 Rx
1 x Sab Goblin 500 Helicopter RED/WHITE Kit
1 x Opti Power Lipo Cell Battery 4300mAh 6S 30C
1 x Spartan Vortex VX1 flybarless Controller SRC-VX1
2 x Spektrum DSMX 2.4Ghz Remote Receiver
1 x Quantum Outrunner Brushless Heli Motor
1 x H0215-19-S Aluminum Motor Pulley Z19
3 x MKS Mini Size Cyclic Servo DS9660A
1 x MKS Brushless High Speed Tail Servo BLS980
1 x EC5 Connectors Set 2 Pairs O-FS-EC5-02
1 x Talon Castle Talon 90 ESC with HD Bec… Theres more!

Name Ashley Moon
Age 14
Area of Country Oh ah…Somerset
Sponsors align-trex.co.uk
Model being flown at AIR Trex 550
Goal in AIR Would love a top 3 finish, but really looking forward to flying to music
Mattie and Richie says: This is Ashley’s first year at competing and of course first at AIR.
Flying exceptionally well at South West grass roots, we have been keeping an eye on his progress and are pleased to say it looks really great.… Theres more!

Name Alex Hawtin
Age 17
Area of Country MK area !!!
Sponsors RC Heli Guru, Robbe Schluter
Model being flown at AIR He says his 700e DFC. We want his Trekker though !!
Goal in AIR to beat Connor Sloan
Mattie and Richie says: Alex is fairly new on the heli sence. However he has flown planks ever since being in nappies………
Now, just recently we witnessed a young lady friend of Connor Sloan take a pair of strighteners to his curly hair.… Theres more!