The Bureau of CIVA recently completed voting on nominations for "FAI Judges" at the upcoming World Aerobatic Championships in the USA and the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Hungary. FAI Judges and their Assistants receive a stipend from CIVA to help offset their expenses in traveling to these events which is most often undertaken personally by these individuals.

FAI Judges for WAC are Osmo Jalovaara of Finland and Aldo Marengo of Italy. At the WGAC, Stano Bajzik of the Czech Republic has been chosen as an FAI Judge. These men have extensive experience in judging at the World and Continental level in aerobatic competition.

The remaining Judge positions will be filled by normal application by NAC's to the organisers of each Championship. Twelve Judges were originally nominated for WAC by CIVA Delegates and nine for WGAC. A minimum of seven Judges are needed at each competition.

The 2003 versions of FAI Sporting Code (Section 6 - Aerobatics) and Parts 1 through 3 of CIVA Regulations (Unlimited, Glider, and Advanced) are now available for download here.

These documents include all of the rules changes approved at the plenary meeting of CIVA in Germany last November. The documents are in PDF format. Any comments on these Regulations should be directed to the President of CIVA, Mike Heuer at CIVAPres@compuserve.com.

The deadline for submission of rules proposals for 2004 is 1st April 2003.

Many countries participating in the WAC this year in the USA are not shipping aircraft to the event. Some of the team managers and pilots have already been in touch with the WAC organisation regarding borrowing and renting aircraft in the United States for use at WAC.

In order to fly a US-registered aircraft in the United States, the pilot must hold a US pilot certificate. This is not a particularly difficult procedure and many aerobatic pilots who have come to America in the past have obtained them. However, unlike in past years when personal visits to an FAA office in the USA were sufficient, these pilot licenses must now be applied for 90 days in advance.

Information on this can be found on the FAA website for the WAC.

Mr. Ron Morgan will be the FAA inspector in charge at WAC. His phone number is ++ 1 (407) 812-7734.

Mr. Morgan is also available by e-mail, though telephone calls are recommended. The FAA website above provides links that explains what is required. A special form (also downloadable from the FAA website in PDF) must be sent in by the 90-day deadline. With WAC starting on 25 June and with some pilots wanting to practice in US-registered aircraft prior to that, the urgency is obvious.

Pilots and/or team managers are urged to visit the FAA website as soon as possible to obtain the necessary information and forms in order to meet these stringent US government requirements.

For help with obtaining aircraft in the USA, pilots/team managers should contact Bubba Vidrine (bubba26m@earthlink.net) who is coordinating aircraft on behalf of the organisers.

Nominations closed on 1st March for CIVA Delegates to submit names to the Bureau of CIVA for selection of Judges for this year's World Aerobatic Championships in the USA and the World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Hungary.

The Bureau is authorised to select up to 7 "FAI Judges" for each event. These Judges and their Assistants will be paid a $500 stipend for their attendance. The Bureau examines a nominee's past record, judging experience, and a database of Judge Performance Factors (JPFs) over the last five years in making its selections.

The following Judges have been nominated by their Delegates.

XXII World Aerobatic Championships; Lakeland, Florida, USA
25th June through 4th July 2003:

Aldo Marengo (ITA), Yuri Tarasov (RUS), Antonio Quintana (ESP), Lars-Goran Arvidsson (SWE), Fabio Marcelino (BRA), Stano Bajzik (CZE), Osmo Jalovaara (FIN), Francis Itier (FRA), Johann Graf (GER), Graham Hill (GBR), Georges Brocard (SUI), and Alan Geringer (USA).

X World Glider Aerobatic Championships; Per, Hungary
2nd through 15th August 2003:

Pal Kovacs (HUN), Ryszard Kasperek (POL), Alexei Pimenov (RUS), Stano Bajzik (CZE), Stephan Hau (GER), Dick Happs (GBR), Alfred Kormann (SUI), Peter Lambert (AUS), and David Heinsohn (USA).

The Bureau of CIVA will be balloted in the next few days and the final selection announced on this website. Judges who are not selected to be "FAI Judges" are still entitled to attend the event as international officials but will not be paid the stipends. After Programme Q for WAC, a maximum of 10 Judges may be used on the line and JPFs will be used to reduce the Board of Judges to meet this maximum. All Judges will be reviewed in this process --- both FAI Judges and others who attend.

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