8th AWAC

Rob Holland was named the 2008 World Advanced Aerobatic Champion today at the completion of the AWAC in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. The protest period expired at 16.34 (Pacific Daylight Time) and the results and final standings became official.

Team USA captured the Team Championship followed by South Africa and Great Britain.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Flying resumed at the Advanced World Aerobatic Championships in Pendleton this morning. Weather had interrupted flying yesterday and the competition was called off early in the evening.

The organizers called an 06.00 briefing this morning - two hours earlier than normal - to take advantage of good flying weather that is predicted to last throughout the morning. Roughly two-thirds of the pilots remain to be flown.

The 2nd Unknown compulsory sequence is now available for download below. Flying of this programme will begin this morning at 11.30 local time in Pendleton, Oregon, USA.

The First Unknown programme completed last night and once again, Rob Holland of the USA took first place in his MX2. He was followed by Alex Land (USA) in second and Craig Dobesh (USA) in third. Land was flying a Sukhoi SU-29 and Dobesh a Pitts S-1XTC.

Full results can be found at www.civa-results.com/2008/AWAC08/indexpage.htm

Rob Holland of the United States Team flew to victory in the Free Programme at the 8th World Advanced Aerobatic Championships currently underway in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. The flight programme was completed last night and results became official this morning after the resolution of two protests.

In second and third place were Hector Ramirez and Norm DeWitt, also of the USA.

The 1st Unknown Programme began this morning and will continue throughout the day.
Rob Holland