Ricardo ARACIL - Spain
World Rank: 62
Biography
Champion from Spain 2009, winner of the King,s Cup 2021 and many times podium in Spanish championships
6th at the World Air Games 2015
Organiser of the XXI FAI EUROPEAN HOT AIR BALLOON CHAMPIONSHIP 2019 on Mallorca https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RupdLNH9W-Y&t=3s
More than 5000 flight hours and first Pilot doing regular commercial flights with Passengers in Spain
@mallorcaballoons_excursions
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXygOgyVy2o&t=2s
FAI World Championships and World Air Games
| Year | Event | Country | Location | Ranking | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 24th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2022 |  Slovenia | Murska Sobota | 74 | 462 |
| 2018 | 23rd FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2018 |  Austria | Gross-Siegharts, Austria | 51 | 530 |
| 2015 | FAI World Air Games 2015 |  United Arab Emirates | Dubai | 6 | 697 |
| 2012 | 20th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2012 |  United States | Battle Creek | 65 | 503 |
| 2010 | 19th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2010 |  Hungary | Debrecen | 75 | 482 |
| 2008 | 18th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2008 | Austria | Hofkirchen | 27 | 623 |
| 2002 | 15th FAI World Hot Air Balloon Championship 2002 |  France | Châtellerault | 86 | 374 |
| 2001 | FAI World Air Games 2001 |  Spain | Seville | 15 | 674 |
Competition History
| Year | Event | Country | Location | Ranking | Average |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 22nd FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2021 | Hungary | Szeged | 33 | 561 |
| 2021 | XXXVIII Campeonato de España de Aerostación 2021 | Spain | Haro, La Rioja | 2 | 1281 |
| 2019 | Mallorca Balloons Trophy 2019 | Spain | Mallorca | 26 | 0 |
| 2017 | 20th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2017 | France | Brissac | 44 | 542 |
| 2015 | 19th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2015 | Hungary | Debrecen | 30 | 556 |
| 2013 | 18th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2013 |  Poland | Wloclawek | 63 | 423 |
| 2011 | 17th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2011 | Spain | Lleida | 37 | 538 |
| 2007 | 15th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2007 |  Germany | Magdeburg | 13 | 644 |
| 2005 | 14th FAI European Hot Air Balloon Championship 2005 | Hungary | Debrecen | 56 | 442 |