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.
Péter Besenyei is a Hungarian aerobatics pilot and world champion air racer.
Steve Jones is a British airline and aerobatics pilot who competed in the Red Bull Air Race World Series, flying a Zivko Edge 540. He is now the championship's head judge.
The European Gliding Championships is a gliding competition held every two years.
Frank Versteegh is a Dutch aerobatics pilot. He is also an airshow organiser, a flight safety committee member, a FAI judge and a freestyle aerobatics competitor.
Jerzy Makula is a Polish pilot who won the FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships seven times.
Markus Feyerabend is a German glider aerobatic pilot.
Mikhail Mamistov, is a Russian powered and glider aerobatic pilot.
Alexandr Panfierov is a Russian glider aerobatic pilot who won the FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships and World Air Games Glider Aerobatics Championships 2001.
Wilhelm Düerkop is a German glider and motor glider aerobatic pilot and promoter of glider aerobatics in Germany for many years. He is known by the nickname Salzmann. This is because he was a pit foreman in a salt mine.
Olaf Schmidt is a German glider aerobatic pilot.
Sándor Katona is a Hungarian glider aerobatic pilot.
Gene Soucy is an American aerobatics pilot. The son of 2 pilots, he would wash airplanes at a local airport in exchange for flight time while growing up in Kentucky. He soloed in a glider at age 14, and in a regular airplane at 16.
Matt Hall is a third-generation pilot, a former Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) fighter combat instructor, international unlimited aerobatic competitor and the first Australian to be selected to compete in the Red Bull Air Race World Championship, starting in 2009. He won the championship in the final season of Red Bull Air Race in 2019.
Zbraslavice Airport is located 1,5 km North of the small city of Zbraslavice, near the main motorway nr. 126. between the city of Zbraslavice and Štipoklasy village in Central Bohemia. The airfield may be used by light aircraft, helicopters, gliders and ultralights. The keeper is civic society Aeroclub Zbraslavice. Zbraslavice airport is the synonym for superior gliding conditions among pilots and fans of aviation sports worldwide. Therefore, the airport is a place where a number of national and international competitions is held and a lot of pilots from the Czech Republic use the airfield as training base.
Two Seater and Retro Glider Aerobatic Cup Zbraslavice is a special combined aerobatic competition, held at Zbraslavice Airport in the Czech Republic. The very first competition took place in August 2013 and the second is planned to May 2014.
Luca Bertossio is an Italian aerobatics pilot performing glider aerobatics as competitor for the Italian National Glider Aerobatic Team and as a professional Airshow pilot and Flight Instructor.
The air sports tournaments at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was played between 21 and 23 July. 64 acrobatic gymnastics competitors, from 22 nations, participated in the tournament. The air sports competition took place at Szymanów Airport in Szymanów.
The parachuting canopy piloting tournaments at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was played between 21 and 22 July. 11 Parachuting canopy piloting competitors, from 8 nations, participated in the tournament. The air sports competition took place at Szymanów Airport in Szymanów.
The paramotor slalom tournaments at the 2017 World Games in Wrocław was played between 21 and 23 July. 17 Paramotor slalom competitors, from 5 nations, participated in the tournament. The air sports competition took place at Szymanów Airport in Szymanów.
