Ladislav Bezák (1932 – November 2018) was a Czechoslovak
aerobatic pilot, the first winner of the
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 federat ...
in 1960, and first to win the
Biancotto Trophy in 1965. In 1971, he
defected
In politics, a defector is a person who gives up allegiance to one state in exchange for allegiance to another, changing sides in a way which is considered illegitimate by the first state. More broadly, defection involves abandoning a person, ca ...
by flying to
West Germany
West Germany was the common English name for the Federal Republic of Germany (FRG) from its formation on 23 May 1949 until German reunification, its reunification with East Germany on 3 October 1990. It is sometimes known as the Bonn Republi ...
. He loaded his wife and four sons into a two-seat
Zlín Z 226 that took off in Prague and landed in Nuremberg, where all six were granted political asylum by West Germany. He is famous for performing the
Lomcovák acrobatic maneuver for the first time. Bezák died in November 2018.
See also
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Competition aerobatics
Competition aerobatics is an air sport in which ground-based referee, judges rate the skill of pilots performing aerobatics, aerobatic flying. It is practised in both Reciprocating engine, piston-powered single-engine airplanes and also Glider (sa ...
References
Sources
Ladislav Bezak, revista Quick exklusivLadislav Bezak, the flying uncle, Nathalie DelcroixInternational sporting career, germanaerobatics.com* Web sit
External links
Le plus grandexploit du champion du monde d'acrobatie ap.rienne Paris-Match-WebMěl jsem proti sobě vrahy
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1932 births
2018 deaths
Aerobatic pilots
Czech aviators
Czechoslovak defectors