Ari Huusela (born 28 October 1962) is a professional Finnish pilot and amateur offshore single-handed sailor. He has flown 25,000 hours and (before Vendée Globe) has sailed over 50,000 nautical miles. He is a participant in the 2020-2021 Vendée Globe race, a quadrennial competition in which participants attempt to sail around the world single-handed and non-stop. He is the first person from the Nordic countries to have participated and finished this race. Huusela studied in a vocational school, to be an aviation mechanic, and while doing that he worked as an intern with Finnaviation, where he also was able to work after graduation. At the same time, Huusela studied to get his pilot’s licence. Graduating as a mechanic was just an intermediate stage, as he was aiming to become a professional aircraft pilot. He received his licence in 1982. More information...
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