posted Oct 22nd, 2022 - Saturday began with 8-way competition at the FAI Outdoor World Meet. Meet director Randy Connell will try to add four more rounds to the first three on Friday, before a weather system may interfere with the schedule temporarily.

Round 4 continued with the progression on the leaderboard, as it had been happening on Friday, the first day of the competition. Paraclete XP extended the lead to a total of 15 points, while the Qatars Falcons added four more points to the lead over Airbus 8.

The German 8-way team won another round over the other two bronze medal contenders, MicroClim8 and Mojo Annecy-Clermont. Airbus 8 has won all four rounds so far and seems to be on the way to the first FAI medals for Germany since 1985, as the NSL News reported after the completion of the first three rounds on Friday.

The 8-way competition offered a much quieter environment in the morning, as there are only five teams in this event. The NSL News took the time to take a closer look at the German 8-way team who seem to make history this week in Eloy.

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FAI Outdoor World Meet 2022			1		2		3		4		5		6		7		8		9		10		11		Total	Avg
Rank	8-way Open		20,16,B		P,D,21,13		17,K,11		E,A,19,22		2,9,M		C,14,F,12		3,6,18		4,10,1		8,Q,O,H		5,7,J		L,15,N,G		Total	Avg
1	Paraclete XP8	US	25	-1	20		20	-1	18	-1	-		-		-		-		-		-		-		83	20.8
2	Qatar Falcons	QA	21	-1	14	-2	16	-1	17		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		68	17.0
3	Airbus	DE	18		14		14		13		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		59	14.8
4	MicroClim8	UK	16		9	-2	12		10		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		47	11.8
5	Mojo Annecy-Clermont	FR	15		10		11		10		-		-		-		-		-		-		-		46	11.5

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NSL-TV Unfiltered: German 8-way team Airbus after Round 4

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Team captain Thomas "Spieli" Spielvogel was recently introduced with a new NSL Profile, and the related update offered additional information about his skydiving career on his 60th birthday.

Airbus 8 and Meltemi member Linda Koeb was also mentioned several times in the recent previews and updates from Eloy, as she is one of the three female competitors who are taking on 4-way and 8-way double-duties.

The NSL News found Airbus 8 in the middle of their preparations for Round 5, with new coach Dan BC and team videographer Erik Lorenz. The ground work was briefly interrupted when MictoClim8 appeared on the judging screen with their Round 4, which turned out to increase the Airbus lead by three more points. Then the preparations continued with more dirtdives and the debriefing of their own Round 4.

The 12-point lead over MicroClim8, together with the 14.8 average, is very promising and may set an additional goal for the team. Three current team members (Olaf Biedermann, Goran Meyer, Max Thiele) were in the lineup that posted the highest German 8-way average at the FAI Dubai Mondial 2012, together with Airbus 4-way member Thomas Mack. The current lineup is showing the potential to set a new record.

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FAI Dubai Mondial 2012			1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	Total	Avg
Rank	8-way Open		N,21,B,5	14,C,13	22,M,20	17,H,16	J,E,12,4	7,19,15	G,K,8,2	O,L,F,P,A	10,11,18	9,Q,D,1	Total	Avg
1	Golden Knights	US	21	19	27	26	26	18	20	28	19	25	229	22.9
2	Aerodyne Maubeuge	FR	22	19	22	23	27	20	20	28	19	25	225	22.5
3	Barkli 8	RU	19	18	22	22	21	15	15	24	16	20	192	19.2
4	EADS 8	DE	14	13	15	15	18	14	14	16	13	16	148	14.8
5	VIVA 8	CH	13	13	15	15	14	11	12	17	13	13	136	13.6
6	Dubai Asaar 8	AE	11	11	12	11	10	10	10	12	12	12	111	11.1
7	M8Trix	NL	11	11	11	12	12	10	10	12	10	-	99	11.0
8	Brit Chicks 8	UK	11	11	12	11	14	10	11	11	6	-	97	10.8
9	South Africa 8	ZA	12	11	11	10	13	9	9	11	10	-	96	10.7
10	Qatar Falcons	QA	11	9	11	11	12	9	9	11	8	-	91	10.1
11	Australia	AU	10	8	9	11	12	10	9	13	-	-	82	10.3
12	The 8 Team	BE	8	11	7	11	12	9	10	12	-	-	80	10.0
12	CTR Optimum 8	BR	9	9	11	12	10	9	10	10	-	-	80	10.0
14	Austria	AT	8	8	9	10	10	6	7	8	-	-	66	8.3
15	Maximum Ride	CA	8	8	7	8	7	8	7	7	-	-	60	7.5
16	Singapore 8	SG	8	7	8	5	5	6	7	8	-	-	54	6.8

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