The last Known flight of the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships in Dubnica nad Váhom, Slovakia was completed yesterday evening, the 9th of August. All 66 pilots completed the sequence and at 9:30 am this morning, Sunday, the results became official after the protest period expired.
The contest proceeded smoothly throughout the day, though not without interruption. Before US Team pilot Craig Gifford's flight, an aircraft landed gear up on the grass runway here at the airfield but it wasn't long before a whole crew of men lifted it and moved it off the runway so the contest could resume. There were a couple of minor mechanical problems with aircraft but there was no delay in the contest as a result and they were resolved quickly.
US Team pilot Craig Gifford, flying the Panzl S-330 that was shipped to Europe, captured the Bronze Medal in the Known. The rest of the contest results can be viewed at https://www.civa-results.com and by clicking on the name of this Championships. The scores are shown in blue and by clicking on those numbers, you can view the individual scores for the figures and penalties.
The Free Programme is underway as of this writing. This morning at the daily briefing, 10 Teams drew the figures for the first Free Unknown. These 10 figures will now be used by the Teams to compose Free Unknown sequences, which must be submitted by tomorrow, Monday, at noon. Pilots will then choose which of the Free Unknowns they wish to fly.
The figures selected by the Teams are shown below. More news soon ....
