Origins - Development - Background - Aircraft

AIR&SPACE Magazine has prepared the following background on competition aerobatics drawn from reprints of articles it has published.

Ballet Among The Clouds

The 1990 World Aerobatic Championships in Yverdon, Switzerland marked the beginning of the current domination of the sport by the French. Read about it in this reprint from the Aub/Sept 1991 AIR&SPACE magazine.

Quest for the Cup

The 1996 United States Aerobatic Team has undergone an unprecidented training program in an effort to gain credibility in the world aerobatic community and return to the status of contenders. Read about it in this reprint from the Aug/Sept 1996 AIR&SPACE magazine.

The Gender Factor

Women occupy an unusual status in the sport. They compete under identical conditions and rules as men, yet are accounted for--and some say judged--differently.

It's a Snap!

The Snap Roll, a high speed accellerated stall resulting in a corkscrew rotation of the airplane about its fuselage, is the cornerstone of unlimited aerobatic competition.

The Weather Factor

It's hard enough to dance a two hundred mile an hour airplane around a thousand meters of sky on a calm day. Past a certain top wind speed, it isn't even worth trying....

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