03 Jul 2007
Zach Heffley of the USA won the FAI Gold Medal yesterday in the Final Freestyle event at the World Aerobatic Championships in Granada, Spain. Heffley flew a Sukhoi SU-26 to a decisive victory with a 135 point lead over second place winner Ramon Alonso of Spain. In third place was Renaud Ecalle of...
05 Jul 2007
Competition flying concluded at the 24th World Aerobatic Championships in Granada, Spain at 20.56 on Tuesday, 3 July, with the final flight of the 2nd Unknown. Because the scores had to be manually entered into the scoring computer on the airfield, final results were not available until after...
13 Aug 2007
Alexandre Leboulanger won the title of European Advanced Aerobatic Champion in the Championships recently concluded in Joensuu, Finland in late July. Leboulanger flew the CAP 231 to victory. In second place was Tamas Illes of Hungary flying the Edge 540T and in third, Jean-Emmanuel Antal of France...
17 Aug 2007
The 12th World Glider Aerobatic Championships (WGAC) opens tonight in Niederoeblarn, Austria. This will be the third WGAC held in Austria since the event began in 1985. 51 pilots from 12 countries are competing. While most are from Europe, an American team is also entered in the competition. Pilots...
19 Aug 2007
The Known flight programme at the 12th World Glider Aerobatic Championships has been completed. Jerzy Makula of Poland, several times World Champion, has taken first place in the flight. The 1st Unknown programme will begin this afternoon. Detailed results can be found at http://civaweb...
25 Aug 2007
Georgiy Kaminskiy of Russia is the new World Glider Aerobatic Champion. The final results of the WGAC became official today at 13.30 local time in Niederoeblarn, Austria. Kaminskiy was followed by Ferenc Toth of Hungary in second place and former World Glider Aerobatic Champion Jerzy Makula of...