Editing Maximum time aloft

'''Maximum Time Aloft''' (MTA) is a type of [[boomerang]] [[competition]] involving specially engineered boomerangs. They are launched high, and enter a stable hover. In the official USBA ([http://www.filmindependent.org/category/resources/legal-ease/page/2/#.Ugt4CI4_tYJ United States Boomerang Association]) competition throwers get five [[Throwing|throws]], and the times of the best [[3 (number)|three]] attempts are scored. Normally, the catch must be made for the time to be counted. Internationally, the highest time from the five throws is the accepted means of scoring.<ref>{{Citation
|url=http://www.boomerang.org.au/articles/article-boomerang-competition-events.html
|title=Article — Boomerang Competition Events
|publisher=Boomerang Association of Australia
|access-date=2008-08-26
|archive-date=2007-08-07
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070807152927/http://www.boomerang.org.au/articles/article-boomerang-competition-events.html
|url-status=dead
}}</ref>

Currently the maximum time aloft for a boomerang throw that was successfully caught is 3 minutes and 49 seconds.<ref>{{Citation
|url=http://www.king5.com/lifestyles/stories/NW_030408WAB_seattle_boomerang_record_SW.219e210c.html
|title=Seattle woman shatters world boomerang record
|date=March 4, 2008
|publisher=King5.com
|access-date=2008-08-26
|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080926155037/http://www.king5.com/lifestyles/stories/NW_030408WAB_seattle_boomerang_record_SW.219e210c.html
|archive-date=September 26, 2008
|url-status=dead
}}</ref> {{fact|date=May 2011}}

The MTA100 record that is more commonly competed (i.e. the throw and catch must be within the same 100 [[metre]] [[diameter]] [[circle]]) is 1 [[minute]] and 44.87 [[second]]s, by Eric Darnell in Portland, [[United States|USA]], on 21 September 1997.

==Boomerang associations==
* [http://www.ifba-online.com International Federation of Boomerang Associations]
* [http://www.boomerang.org.au Boomerang Association of Australia]
* [http://boomerangs.org.uk British Boomerang Society] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080513041559/http://boomerangs.org.uk/ |date=2008-05-13 }}
* [http://www.canboom.org Canadian Boomerang Throwers Association]
* [http://www.usba.org United States Boomerang Association]

==References==
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[[Category:Competitions]]


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