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…

CIVA’s primary championship Section-6 Regulations for power (Part-1) and glider (Part-2) events are now available for download from the Document Store in this website, and also from the CIVA Documents page on the FAI > CIVA website. Significant changes for 2023 include removal of the Perception Zero (PZ) as a valid judging grade, Yak-52 references are gone too, wind-speed measurement…

We all know that running an FAI aerobatic championship is a major task, so having a “How to do it” textbook must be an enormous help. In 2014 we introduced the first CIVA Guide to Championship Organisation (the “GCO”) to provide an extensive record of experience and best-practice from all events since the very first in 1960 at Bratislava –…

The first championship bulletin for 2023 events has now been received and published, this being for the World Glider Aerobatic Championships due to take place at Toruń in Poland from July 26th to August 6th. The bulletin can be reviewed and downloaded from https://www.civanews.com/events/25th-fai-wgac-and-13th-fai-wagac-at-torun-poland/

As a result of an online voting session for all Delegates on Sunday December 11th, all four CIVA Championships for 2023 operation are now fully approved. Complete details can be found here from the Championships listing on this website. Thank you all for your attention and input in quickly reaching valid conclusions for each of these events. The CIVA web…