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To be staged at Inflight Dubai under the patronage of HH Sheikh Hamdan bin Mo-hammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Crown Prince of Dubai, the three-day tournament will feature international teams from across the globe - including national teams from the USA, Canada, Russia and France - as they battle for a share of $200,000, the richest prize in the history of indoor tunnel flying.
Inflight Dubai will host the global high flyers at its state-of-the-art 5.03m x 20.73m indoor tunnel - the tallest and largest in the world - located on the Dubai-Al Ain highway at the Sky Dive Dubai Desert Campus.
"Since we launched the biggest and best indoor tunnel in the world, we have been determined to attract the sport's best to compete in Dubai," said McDonald.
"Dubai is already firmly established as a key player on the skydiving scene thanks to the success of the Dubai International Parachute Championships, which were inaugurated in 2010.
"This year we aim to underline Dubai's growing reputation as a centre for the sport with a tournament featuring the world's greatest international performance tunnel flyers as well as the best local competitors.
In addition to national teams from countries such as the USA - represented by the world-famous Golden Knights from the US Army - we will also be able to witness the collective skills of flyers from Belgium, France, Russia and Canada as well as the best of the best from the UAE and around the Gulf."
As well as four- and eight-way Formation Skydiving (featuring four and eight flyers respectively), there will be competition in the Dynamic Skydiving category (two- and four-way) as well as a Best Trick discipline.
"There is no age limit in this competition, which means we will see the best skydivers of the future as well as those who currently dominate the sport," added Inflight Dubai CEO Carlos Euribe.
"While we are excited at the prospect of seeing the world's top competitors flying in our Inflight Dubai tunnel, we are also looking forward to seeing the progress of our own home-based athletes in what will be for many of them the biggest event of their lives."
"Every one of us is excited at the thought of competing in Dubai," said team spokes-man Matt Davidson.
"Inflight Dubai is the premier facility in that part of the world with some of the best and most experienced world-class instructors and coaches from around the globe.
As at every competition, we aim to push our performance to new levels, to break records, and to win gold while displaying the high levels of teamwork, discipline, dedication and excellence exemplified by all soldiers in the US Army."