The final results of the online voting by competitors and officials from all the 2023 CIVA championships is now published to announce the Championship Organiser of the Year here. Congratulations to the EAC-23 team under the direction of Contest Director Maurizio Costa that ran this event at Pavullo nel Frignano airfield in Italy.

The CIVA Rules Committee has now published the updated RC Report for review and debate at plenary: Plenary 2023 Agenda item 8.1 CIVA Rules Committee Report Based on Rules & Judging Committees Joint Meetings

The Known Advisory Working Group can now publish pdf’s of the 5-figure sets of Free Known figures submitted by various NACs for use in all power and glider categories during 2024. The KAWG Experts will now review these submissions and publish their recommendations in due course. The final selection in each category will be made at the forthcoming plenary meeting…

The annual plenary conference of CIVA will take place this year at the Polish Aviation Museum in Krakow from Friday 17 November (arrivals and Extended Bureau meeting), with the conference itself from 09:00 on Saturday 18 and Sunday 19. Rooms have been reserved for participants at the Ibis Styles Kraków Centrum, 53 Mogilska Street, 31-545 Kraków. Full details of the…

The package of submitted proposals for assessment during 2023 by the joint Rules and Judging Committees and the Glider Aerobatic Committee is now available from the CIVA Document Store. These proposals will be reviewed by RC/JC members during a forthcoming Zoom meeting, while glider-specific aspects are due to be evaluated while GAC members are together at the WGAC/WAGAC event in…

Unfortunately the number of entries for this Intermediate power championship at Deva in Romania has finally reached only 16 pilots from 4 nations, insufficient to meet CIVA Part-1 regulation 1.2.5.2 which stipulates that a minimum of 15 pilots from 5 countries is required to maintain FAI Category-1 status. At this late stage therefore the organisers only option has been to…