World YAK52 Aerobatic Championships Results Final

The 3^rd FAI World Yak-52 Aerobatic Championships concluded in Russia yesterday, the 28^th of June, with the completion of the last 2nd Free Unknown flight. The competition was held at Airfield Finam (Bolshoe Gryzlovo), Serpukhov region. Twenty-three pilots competed in the Championships.

The new World Yak-52 Aerobatic Champion is Vladimir Kotelnikov of Russia. In recent years, he has been very active in judging FAI Aerobatic Championships at both the Continental and World level. But he is equally skilled as a pilot and put those skills to good use against a wide variety of Yak pilots.

Russia also captured the Team prize with Belarus in second and Lithuania in third place.

Closing ceremonies and awards-givings will be on Saturday, the 30^th of June. Congratulations to all the winners and thanks to our friends in Russia for an outstanding organization.

Detailed results can be found at www.civa-results.com.

CIVA Chooses Known Compulsory Sequences for 2012

The FAI Aerobatics Commission (CIVA) held its plenary meeting last weekend in Krakow, Poland and one of the items on the Agenda was the selection of Known/Q compulsory sequences for the 2012 competition season.
 
Knowns were chosen for all Power and Glider Aerobatic categories including Advanced, Unlimited, and YAK-52.  These sequences will take effect on the 1st of January, 2012.  They are available for download in PDF and the files include all Forms needed for competitions.  These Knowns are usually adopted by NAC's for use in domestic competitions as well.