WGAC Completes with Kaminskiy the World Champion

The 13th World Glider Aerobatic Championships was declared closed today at the Hosin airfield in the Czech Republic after the completion of five flight programmes. Contest Director Tom Korinek took the decision to call of flying today because of bad weather, so the final "Free Unknown" programme was not completed. New World Glider Aerobatic Champion is Georgiy Kaminskiy of Russia flying a Swift S-1 (3308K). In second place and only 8 points behind Kaminskiy, out of a total of over 8,000, was Erik Piriou of France, also flying the Swift S-1. Third was Jan Roxlivka in a Swift. In the Team competition, France was first, Czech Republic second, and Germany third. The team championships is based on the highest three placing pilots in each team. Full results can be found www.civa-results.com which also includes images of the Unknowns flown at this championships and a photo gallery.