The FAI World Aerobatic Championships, often shortened to WAC, is the world championship of competition aerobatics in powered aircraft. It is organised by CIVA, the international aerobatics commission of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale, the world air sports federation. The championships were formed in 1960 and took the place of the earlier freestyle Lockheed Trophy contests. Competitors fly sequences of figures judged against the Aresti system of aerobatic notation, and results are recorded both for individual pilots in the Aresti Cup and for national teams. The championships sit beside the FAI European Aerobatic Championships and the glider aerobatic world championships in the calendar of competition aerobatics, and they have been won by pilots from many countries.
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The FAI World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) is a competition in sport aviation
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The WAC was formed in 1960
View the SourceGlen Dell (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Glen Dell, Biography, careerQuote, Competitors Include: Glen Dell, Biography, career
He competed in the World Aerobatic Championships since 1994
Sergey Rakhmanin (Wikipedia)
Competitors Include: Sergey Rakhmanin, Powered aerobatic competitionsQuote, Competitors Include: Sergey Rakhmanin, Powered aerobatic competitions
FAI World Aerobatic Championships in 2003 and in 2005
Madelyne Delcroix (Wikipedia)
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In 1966, at the age of 20, Delcroix competed in the World Aerobatics Championships in Moscow
Kermit Weeks (Wikipedia)
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earning three Silver medals and one Bronze medal in the FAI World Aerobatic Championships staged in Czechoslovakia
Vicki Cruse (Wikipedia)
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2007 World Aerobatic Championships, Women's Team Silver medalist
Catherine Maunoury (Wikipedia)
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She won the World Aerobatic Championships in 1988 and 2000 in the female category.
Tom Poberezny (Wikipedia)
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was part of the team that won the World Championship in 1972 at Salon, France
Chris Sperou (Wikipedia)
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has flown in 5 World Aerobatic Championships
Neil Williams (Wikipedia)
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went on to compete in the World Aerobatic Championships (FAI WAC)
Cecilia R. Aragon (Wikipedia)
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she was a bronze medalist at the 1993 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships and the 1994 World Aerobatic Championships
Péter Besenyei (Wikipedia)
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World Aerobatics Championships, 2nd
Timur Fatkullin (Wikipedia)
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In July 2019, he performed with the team at the World Aerobatics Championships in the Intermediate category in the Czech city of Břeclav.
Rob Holland (Wikipedia)
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In 2024 he achieved a bronze medal podium finish at the World Aerobatic Championships in Poland.
Aude Lemordant (Wikipedia)
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secured her third world aerobatics championship title on 30 August 2019
Patty Wagstaff (Wikipedia)
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In 1996, Wagstaff was the top-scoring US pilot at the World Aerobatics Championship.
Petr Jirmus (Wikipedia)
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winning the FAI World Aerobatic Championships in 1984 and 1986
Leo Loudenslager (Wikipedia)
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With the Laser 200, he won seven United States Aerobatic Championships and the 1980 World Aerobatics Championship.
Olivier Masurel (Wikipedia)
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winning the FAI World Aerobatic Team Championships in 2007, 2013, and 2017
Victor Tchmal (Wikipedia)
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He won the 18th FAI World (Powered) Aerobatic Championships 1996
Charlie Hillard (Wikipedia)
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won the World Aerobatics Championship
Galina Korchuganova (Wikipedia)
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she competed at the World Aerobatic Championship in Moscow and won gold in the women's individual competition
Mikhail Mamistov (Wikipedia)
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In September 2017, he won the World Aerobatic Championship in Malelane, South Africa
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