FAI World Aerobatic Championships

The FAI World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) is a competition in sport aviation organized by CIVA (Commission Internationale de Voltige Arienne), the aerobatic commission of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world air sports federation.

The WAC was formed in 1960, replacing the freestyle Lockheed Trophy contests.

Winners Aresti Cup[edit]

№	Year	Location	Country	World Champion	Airplane	Ref
31st	2022	Leszno, Poland		Florent Oddon	Extra 330SC	^[1]
30th	2019	Châteauroux–Déols, France		Louis Vanel	Extra 330SC	^[2]
29th	2017	Malalane, South Africa		Mikhail Mamistov	Extra 330SC	^[3]
28th	2015	Châteauroux, France		Alexandre Orlowski	Extra 330SC	^[4]
27th	2013	North Texas, United States		François Le Vot	Extra 330SC	^[5]
26th	2011	Foligno, Italy		Mikhail Mamistov	Su-26M3	^[6]
25th	2009	Silverstone, United Kingdom		Renaud Ecalle	Extra 330SC	^[7]
24th	2007	Granada, Spain		Ramón Alonso	Su-31	^[8]
23rd	2005	Burgos, Spain		Sergey Rakhmanin	Su-26M3	^[9]
22nd	2003	Lakeland, Florida, United States		Sergey Rakhmanin	Su 31	^[10]
21st	2001	Burgos, Spain		Mikhail Mamistov	Su-31	^[11]
20th	2000	Muret, France		Eric Vazeille	CAP 232	^[12]
19th	1998	Trenčín, Slovakia		Patrick Paris	CAP 232	^[13]
18th	1996	Oklahoma City, United States		Victor Chmal	Su 26	^[14]
17th	1994	Debrecen, Hungary		Xavier de Lapparent	CAP 231EX	^[15]
16th	1992	Le Havre, France	—	Competition not held	—	^[16]
15th	1990	Yverdon, Switzerland		Claude Bessiere	CAP 231	^[17]
14th	1988	Red Deer, Canada		Henry Haigh	Super Star	^[18]
13th	1986	South Cerney, United Kingdom		Petr Jirmus	Z-50 LS	^[19]
12th	1984	Békéscsaba, Hungary		Petr Jirmus	Z-50 LS	^[20]
11th	1982	Spitzerberg, Austria		Victor Smolin	Yak 50	^[21]
10th	1980	Oshkosh, United States		Leo Loudenslager	Laser Z-200	^[22]
9th	1978	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia		Ivan Tuček	Z-50 L	^[23]
8th	1976	Kyiv, USSR		Victor Letsko	Yak 50	^[24]
—	1974	No competition	—	—	—
7th	1972	Salon de Provence, France		Charlie Hillard	Pitts S-1S 200	^[25]
6th	1970	Hullavington, United Kingdom		Igor Egorov	Yak-18PM	^[26]
5th	1968	Magdeburg, East Germany		Erwin Bläske	Z526A	^[27]
4th	1966	Moscow, USSR		Vladimir Martemianov	Yak-18PM	^[28]
3rd	1964	Bilbao, Spain		Tomás Castaño	Zlin Z326 TM	^[29]
2nd	1962	Budapest, Hungary		Josef Tóth	Z-326	^[30]
1st	1960	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia		Ladislav Bezák	Zlin 226T	^[31]

Winners by teams[edit]

FAI WAC	Year	Location	Team winner	Country
31st	2022	Leszno, Poland	Florent Oddon, Alexandre Orlowski, Louis Vanel	France
30th	2019	Châteauroux–Déols, France	Louis Vanel, Alexandre Orlowski, Florent Oddon	France
29th	2017	Malalane, South Africa	Alexandre Orlowski, François Rallet, Olivier Masurel	France
28th	2015	Châteauroux, France	Alexandre Orlowski, François Rallet, Aude Lemordant	France
27th	2013	North Texas, USA	Francois Le Vot, Olivier Masurel, Francois Rallet	France
26th	2011	Foligno, Italy	Mikhail Mamistov, Oleg Shpolyanskiy, Svetlana Kapanina	Russia
25th	2009	Silverstone, United Kingdom	Renaud Ecalle, François Le Vot, Pierre Varloteaux	France
24th	2007^[32]	Burgos, Spain	Renaud Ecalle, Olivier Masurel, Matthieu Roulet	France
23rd	2005	Burgos, Spain	Sergey Rakhmanin, Oleg Shpolyanskiy, Svetlana Kapanina	Russia
22nd	2003	Lakeland, Florida, United States	Sergey Rakhmanin, Svetlana Kapanina, Alexandre Krotov	Russia
21st	2001	Burgos, Spain	Mikhail Mamistov, Oleg Shpolyanskiy, Svetlana Kapanina	Russia
20th	2000	Muret, France	Eric Vazeille, Eddy Dussau, Catherine Maunoury	France
19th	1998	Trenčín, Slovakia	Nicolai Timofeev, Svetlana Kapanina, Victor Tchmal	Russia
18th	1996	Oklahoma City, United States	Victor Tchmal, Nicolai Timofeev, Svetlana Kapanina	Russia
17th	1994	Debrecen, Hungary	Xavier De Lapparent, Patrick Paris, Dominique Roland	France
16th	1992	Le Havre, France	Competition not completed because of the time	—
15th	1990	Yverdon, Switzerland	Claude Bessiere, Patrick Paris, Jean-Paul Mondiere	France
14th	1988	Red Deer, Canada	Henry Haigh, Kermit Weeks, Clint McHenry	United States
13th	1986	South Cerney, United Kingdom	Victor Smolin, Nikolai Nikitiuk, Sergei Boriak	USSR
12th	1984	Békéscsaba, Hungary	Kermit Weeks, Henry Haigh, Alan Bush	United States
11th	1982	Spitzerberg, Austria	Viktor Smolin, Nikolai Nikitiuk, Jurgis Kairys	USSR
10th	1980	Oshkosh, United States	Leo Loudenslager, Henry Haigh, Kermit Weeks	United States
9th	1978	České Budějovice, Czechoslovakia	Ivan Tuček, Jiří Pospíšil, Daniel Polonec	Czechoslovakia
8th	1976	Kyiv, USSR	Leo Loudenslager, Henry Haigh, Kermit Weeks	United States
7th	1972	Salon de Provence, France	Charlie Hillard, Gene Soucy, Tom Poberezny	United States
6th	1970	Hullavington, United Kingdom	Svetlana Savitskaya, Zinaida Lizunova, Lidia Leonova	USSR
5th	1968	Magdeburg, East Germany	Erwin Bläske, Monika Schösser (Fleck), Peter Kahle	East Germany
4th	1966	Moscow, USSR	Vladimir Piskunov, Vadim Ovsyankin, Vitold Pochernin	USSR
3rd	1964	Bilbao, Spain	Ladislav Bezák, Ladislav Trebatický, Frantisek Skácelík	Czechoslovakia
2nd	1962	Budapest, Hungary	József Tóth, Sándor Katona, Péter Fejes	Hungary
1st	1960	Bratislava, Czechoslovakia	Ladislav Bezák, Jiří Bláha, František Skácelík	Czechoslovakia

References[edit]

Notes

^ "The 31st FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2022".
^ "The 30th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2019".
^ "The 29th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2017".
^ "The 28th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2015".
^ "The 27th FAI World Aerobatic Championships 2013".
^ 26 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 25 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 24 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 23 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 22 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 21 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 20 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 19 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 18 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 17 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 16 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 15 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine
^ 14 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 13 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 12 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 11 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 10 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 9 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 8 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 7 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 6 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine
^ 5 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 4 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 3 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 2 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ 1 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine
^ Ramón Alonson consigue la medalla de oro en el Mudial de Vuelo Acrobático, ideal.es

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[11] 21 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[12] 20 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[13] 19 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[14] 18 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[15] 17 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[16] 16 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[17] 15 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-02 at the Wayback Machine

[18] 14 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[19] 13 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

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[26] 6 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2014-08-08 at the Wayback Machine

[27] 5 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[28] 4 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[29] 3 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[30] 2 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[31] 1 WAC, www.german-aerobatics.com Archived 2012-05-09 at the Wayback Machine

[32] Ramón Alonson consigue la medalla de oro en el Mudial de Vuelo Acrobático, ideal.es

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v t e Aerobatics
Aircraft	List of aerobatic aircraft
Competitions	European Gliding Championships FAI European Aerobatic Championships FAI World Aerobatic Championships FAI World Grand Prix Red Bull Air Race World Championship World Gliding Championships
Maneuvers	Loop (inside & outside) Aileron roll Barrel roll Cuban eight Falling leaf Hesitation roll Immelmann turn Kulbit Lomcovak Cobra maneuver Slip Spin Split S Stall turn/hammerhead Tailslide Scissors Whifferdill turn Zurabatic cartwheel
Organizations	British Aerobatic Association Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (Aresti Catalog) International Aerobatic Club International Miniature Aerobatic Club
Pilots	Cecilia R. Aragon Hannes Arch Princess Basmah Bani Ahmad Lincoln J. Beachey Péter Besenyei Ladislav Bezák Marta Bohn-Meyer Cristian Bolton Paul Bonhomme Pip Borrman Mikaël Brageot Kirby Chambliss Julie Clark Marion Cole Vicki Cruse Mario de Bernardi Giovanni De Briganti Tommaso Dal Molin Glen Dell Matthias Dolderer Wilhelm Düerkop Walter Extra Markus Feyerabend Gerhard Fieseler Jozef Gabris Michael Goulian Matt Hall Wayne Handley Ray Hanna Charlie Hillard Bob Hoover Bevo Howard Nicolas Ivanoff Nader Jahanbani Petr Jirmus Steve Jones Jurgis Kairys Svetlana Kapanina Sándor Katona Petr Kopfstein Charlie Kulp Anatoly Kvochur Nigel Lamb Amanda Lee Jim LeRoy François Le Vot Leo Loudenslager Nancy Lynn Alejandro Maclean Pete McLeod Jerzy Makula Stanisław Makula Mikhail Mamistov Mike Mangold Scott Manning Catherine Maunoury Yoshihide Muroya Pyotr Nesterov Alexandr Panfierov Ivy May Pearce Adolphe Pégoud František Peřina Tom Poberezny Peter Podlunšek Maciej Pospieszyński Sergey Rakhmanin Amelia Reid Olaf Schmidt Art Scholl Klaus Schrodt Betty Skelton Erde Skip Stewart Martin Šonka Gene Soucy Chris Sperou Victor Tchmal Reinhold Tiling Ferenc Tóth Sean D. Tucker Nick Turvey Ernst Udet Gabor Varga Juan Velarde Frank Versteegh Pavel Vlasov Patty Wagstaff Kermit Weeks Neil Williams Walter Wolfrum Janusz Żurakowski
Other	3D Radio control

Winners Aresti Cup[edit]

Winners by teams[edit]

See also[edit]

References[edit]