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3/4/24, 8:37 AM Hamdan bin Mohammed attends trailblazing Dubai Jet Suit Championship
Organised by the Dubai Sports Council (DSC) and Gravity Industries, the pioneer

in promoting the sport of air racing, the event was held in cooperation with the

Skydive Dubai Club and XDubai.

H.H. Sheikh Hamdan met with champion Emirati air racer Ahmed Al Shehhi and

Richard Browning, Founder and CEO of Gravity Industries, before the start of the

competition, and praised all the participants participating in the novel competition

for having made history.

The stirring contest saw the British trio of Issa Calvon, Paul Jones and Freddie Hay

making a sweep of the top three spots. The winners were crowned by Saeed Hareb,
Secretary General of Dubai Sports Council; and Nasser Jamal, representative of

Imtiaz Real Estate Development Company, one of the sponsors of the tournament,
in the presence of Nasser Aman Al Rahma, Assistant Secretary General of DSC.

Issa Calvon won the title following the daredevil manoeuvres of the eight

contestants that amazed the thousands of fans who had gathered alongside visitors

to the Dubai International Yacht Show, besides millions of viewers on international

television networks following the awesome spectacle of competitors zooming

through the air using specially designed suits propelled by jet engines aligned on the

hands and backs of the contestants.

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