Lockheed Trophy

The Lockheed Trophy was a freestyle aerobatics competition held in England from 1955 to 1965. It ran for roughly a decade and in 1963 was held during the Baginton National Air Race. Leon Biancotto won it three times, and when he died in competition in 1962 the event was superseded by the Biancotto Trophy competition, which was named in his memory. The trophy is also remembered as the forerunner of later international aerobatic contests, since the FAI World Aerobatic Championships were formed in 1960 as the successor to the freestyle Lockheed Trophy contests.