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The FAI World Aerobatic Championships (WAC) is a competition in sport
www.fai.org/civa-events/civa-events-calendar-and-results#
http://www.german-aerobatics.com
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aviation
Aviation includes the activities surrounding mechanical flight and the aircraft industry. ''Aircraft'' includes fixed-wing and rotary-wing types, morphable wings, wing-less lifting bodies, as well as lighter-than-air craft such as hot air ...
organized by CIVA (Commission Internationale de Voltige Arienne), the aerobatic commission of the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale
The (; FAI; en, World Air Sports Federation) is the world governing body for air sports, and also stewards definitions regarding human spaceflight. It was founded on 14 October 1905, and is headquartered in Lausanne, Switzerland. It maintai ...
, the world air sports federation.
The WAC was formed in 1960, replacing the freestyle Lockheed Trophy contests.
Winners Aresti Cup
Winners by teams
See also
*FAI European Aerobatic Championships The FAI European Aerobatic Championship is an aerobatic competition held biennially, alternating with the World Aerobatic Championship.
Manfred Strößenreuther cup winners Individual winners
Winners by teams
Bibliography
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* Aerobatic maneuver
Aerobatic maneuvers are flight paths putting aircraft in unusual attitudes, in air shows, dogfights or competition aerobatics. Aerobatics can be performed by a single aircraft or in formation with several others. Nearly all aircraft are capab ...
* Competition aerobatics
Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which ground-based judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatic flying. It is practised in both piston-powered single-engine airplanes and also gliders.
An aerobatic competition is sanctioned by ...
* Aerobatic aircraft
An aerobatic aircraft is an aerodyne (a heavier-than-air aircraft) used in aerobatics, both for flight exhibitions and aerobatic competitions.
Most fall into one of two categories, aircraft used for training and by flight demonstration teams, whic ...
References
;Notes ;Bibliography * http://www.wac2011.it/www.fai.org/civa-events/civa-events-calendar-and-results#
http://www.german-aerobatics.com
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Aerobatics
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...
Aerobatic
Aerobatics is the practice of flying maneuvers involving aircraft attitudes that are not used in conventional passenger-carrying flights. The term is a portmanteau of "aerial" and "acrobatics". Aerobatics are performed in aeroplanes and glid ...