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Annual Report–2013
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Annual Report–2013
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Air Sports
Aerobatics
Commission
CIVA
In2013, fourWorldandEuropeanAerobaticChampionships
were supervised by the FAI Aerobatics Commission. In
some cases, the unexpected difficult weather conditions
made the running of the events challenging, but in
the end they could all be validated. Still on the event
side, the Commission made noticeable efforts to help
officials fulfil their duties by providing the judges with
new learning possibilities and the organisers with a
Championship Guide.
Championships&Events
−− 16th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships
in Oripaa (FIN)
−− 4th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic
Championships in Oripaa (FIN)
The 2 championships were held together to make the
financing of the event easier.
19 pilots from 7 countries in the 16th FAI World Glider
Aerobatic Championships and 40 pilots from11 countries
competed in the 4th FAI World Advanced Glider Aerobatic
Championships.
Despite marginal weather, competition flights could be
conducted without incident and without resorting to
sequence splitting or cutting of figures.
−− 8th FAI European Advanced Aerobatic Championships
at the Radom - Piastow Airfield (POL)
In total 48 pilots competed in this event, plus one from
Japan classified as “Hors Concours (H/C)”.
−− 27th FAI World Aerobatic Championships at the North
Texas Regional Airport (USA)
The start list had 58 pilots from 17 different countries
including 5 “H/C” pilots. The contest could be completed,
albeit in an abbreviated form, despite the adverseweather
conditions.
Additionally, the following Category 2 event took place
in 2013:
−− 2013 Aerobatic Freestyle Challenge in Prague (CZE)
Judges and event organisers
The Commission started CIVA judging seminars where
material and teachers were provided at a subsidised cost,
while a newe-learning tool for judges was launched at the
beginning of the season to help them better prepare for
championships.
Furthermore, theCommissionfinalised thenewChampion-
shipGuide after several years of work andmade it available
to the event organisers.
Meeting
TheAnnualMeetingof theCommission tookplace inTallinn,
Estonia, on 8 and 9 November 2013.
“More information
for judges and event
organisers”
