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Deadline for the submission of rule proposals for 2009 to be considered by CIVA has now passed. Several NACs have submitted a variety of proposals this year and these are now available for downloading here as a PDF file.

Note that this proposal package is for powered aerobatics only. Only one proposal (from Finland) was received for gliders and this will be posted separately.

The new version of Section 6, Part 2 for Glider Aerobatics has been published. The latest edition is 2008-2 and corrects some errors in text from the previous published version.

This document can be downloaded from the "Documents" page on this website.

The 2008 version of FAI Sporting Code, Section 6, Part 1 for Powered Aerobatics is now available. This PDF document can be downloaded from the "Documents" page on this website.

At its plenary meeting in October 2007, CIVA agreed to amendments to the Aresti Catalogue in Family 2 (turns and rolling turns). These amendments are to both the glider and power catalogues and will affect all competitors flying in FAI Championships in 2008.

The changes, along with amended pages, are found on the "Documents" page and will remain on this website pending publication of the amended pages by Aresti System, SL of Spain.

The deadline for the submission of rules proposals for the 2008 contest season has now passed. Various CIVA member countries have submitted rules proposals as well as papers to initiate discussion on new competition formats. In addition, plans are already underway for the 2009 World Air Games in Turin, Italy and rules for this event will be discussed at Sub-Committee and the CIVA plenary in October in Vilnius, Lithuania.

The proposals are available for download at www.fai.org/aerobatics/documents/proposals