The annual plenary meeting of CIVA will take place in Salzburg, Austria on 25 and 26 October at the Hotel Heffterhof.

Agenda Packages for the meeting are now available at www.fai.org/aerobatics/meetings/2008.

The deadline for the submission of pilot entries for the World Air Games has now passed and the following pilots will compete in the Games next June in Turin, Italy:

In Power aerobatics, competitors will be Renaud Ecalle (FRA), Ramon Alonso (ESP), Mikhail Mamistov (RUS), Svetlana Kapanina (RUS), Michael Racy (USA), Debby Rihn-Harvey (USA), Gerald Cooper (GBR), Martin Sonka (CZE), Pierre Marmy (SUI), and Marco Bosoni (ITA).

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Today, the pilot selection for the World Air Games in Turin, Italy begins.

I have sent messages to the Delegates of those countries eligible to participate in the Games asking for their selections. CIVA will not select pilots -- as some other FAI Air Sports Commissions do -- but will leave it to our NACs to do so.

Countries eligible to select pilots for the Power Aerobatics division of the Games include France, Spain, Russia, USA, Great Britain, Czech Republic, Switzerland, and Italy. Russia and the USA are eligible to send two pilots each -- one male and one female.

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The 1st World YAK 52 Aerobatic Championships was concluded in Novosibirsk, Russia. The event was held on 17-24 August and 23 pilots from 7 countries participated in the Championships.

The YAK 52 event was conceived in recent years in order to bring the possibility of participation in FAI Aerobatic Championships to more pilots. The next event of this kind will be held in Lithuania in 2009. After that, it is expected to be held every two years.

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Ferenc Toth of Hungary flew to victory in the 9th European Glider Aerobatic Championships in Radom, Poland. The EGAC concluded on 17 August. Toth flew the Swift S-1 aerobatic glider.

In second place was Erik Piriou of France and in third, Markus Feyerabend of Germany.

The Team of the Czech Republic took first place in the Team Championships with Russia in second and Germany in third.

Detailed results can be found at the following website:

http://aerobatics.mwebservices.net/

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Rob Holland was named the 2008 World Advanced Aerobatic Champion today at the completion of the AWAC in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. The protest period expired at 16.34 (Pacific Daylight Time) and the results and final standings became official.

Team USA captured the Team Championship followed by South Africa and Great Britain.

Congratulations to all the winners!

Flying resumed at the Advanced World Aerobatic Championships in Pendleton this morning. Weather had interrupted flying yesterday and the competition was called off early in the evening.

The organizers called an 06.00 briefing this morning - two hours earlier than normal - to take advantage of good flying weather that is predicted to last throughout the morning. Roughly two-thirds of the pilots remain to be flown.

The 2nd Unknown compulsory sequence is now available for download below. Flying of this programme will begin this morning at 11.30 local time in Pendleton, Oregon, USA.

The First Unknown programme completed last night and once again, Rob Holland of the USA took first place in his MX2. He was followed by Alex Land (USA) in second and Craig Dobesh (USA) in third. Land was flying a Sukhoi SU-29 and Dobesh a Pitts S-1XTC.

Full results can be found at www.civa-results.com/2008/AWAC08/indexpage.htm

Rob Holland of the United States Team flew to victory in the Free Programme at the 8th World Advanced Aerobatic Championships currently underway in Pendleton, Oregon, USA. The flight programme was completed last night and results became official this morning after the resolution of two protests.

In second and third place were Hector Ramirez and Norm DeWitt, also of the USA.

The 1st Unknown Programme began this morning and will continue throughout the day.
Rob Holland