Update – 16 May The bureau of CIVA has now agreed that, due to the increased complications resulting from the 2021 Covid pandemic, the International Jury at each of this year’s championships will now comprise solely the Jury President on-site. The other two jury members will not travel to the event, but must be available throughout by telephone for consultations…

Two important dates have recently been announced that you should diarise – Rules Proposals The deadline for submission of rule proposals is 23:59 CET on July 1st 2021.    Proposals for Section 6 Part 1 (power) should be sent to Matthieu Roulet    Proposals for Section 6 Part 2 (glider) should be sent to Manfred Echter ●  All proposals will…

2021 Championship entry process developments We are very pleased to say that during an extremely constructive discussion held via Zoom with the 2021 organisers on April 23rd, some positive changes were agreed that are now being implemented through revised Bulletins on their websites. The aim has been to de-risk the financial commitment that entering a championship naturally entails by revising…

Following discussions earlier this year among Bureau members, CIVA has developed a new concept in regional aerobatic competitions to be known as the CIVA Open Tour Series or COTS. The aim is to run a linked set of national contests, initially only for Unlimited Power pilots, where a simpler set of programmes than usual at FAI aerobatic championships will be…

Both of these key documents are now published and available from the Document Store here, and from the CIVA Documents page of the FAI / CIVA website.

After the usual period for careful reflection and collection of the necessary information, the CIVA 2020 Plenary Minutes are now available for download from the Plenary Archive page. This year’s online version of our annual gathering was a considerable success, and our growing experience with Zoom will, as promised, lead to some interim meetings in virtual space during the year,…