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The Unknown Compulsory is the last flight of the contest, and serves as a final elimination flight. Published by CIVA at the contest, it is different at every contest throughout the year. Serious competition pilots will fly practice the figures that can be expected in an Unknown, and combinations of them, but no pilot has a chance to practice the Unknown at a contest before flying it. That is the essence of the flight, and the true challenge of the contest overall.

The 1996 WAC Unknown, shown below as flown left to right into a wind coming from the right, consists of 16 compound Aresti figures. Each pilot carries a copy of the Unknown mounted on the cockpit instrument panel for rapid reference during a flight. See "Ballet in the Sky" for a description of flying the Unknown.

1. Pull, pull, pull humpty with inside snap (flick) roll on the upline. 8.1.1., 9.9.1.4.
2. Outside snap roll on a 45 upline, pull, 4 point hesitation roll on an inverted 45 down line. Inverted recovery. 8.17.1, 9.10.7.4.
3. From inverted, push, push, push humpty with inverted recovery. 8.2.2.
4. Inside loop 7.5.1.
5. 1 & 1/2 aileron rolls on a 45 upline, pull, full roll on a 45 down, positive recovery. 8.15.1., 9.1.2.6., 9.1.4.4.
6. Immelman with 1 & one-half rolls 7.2.1., 9.1.3.6.
7. 180 degree level turn with two rolls to the inside. 2.6.1.
8. One-half inside loop to inverted. 7.1.1.
9. Three-quarter loop from inverted, one-half inside snap roll on the downline, upright recovery. 8.44.2., 9.9.10.2.
10. Pull, push, push humpty, 3 of 4 point roll up, 3/4 outside snap roll down, upright recovery. 8.3.1., 9.4.1.3., 9.10.5.3.
11. Inside loop with 1 & 1/2 inside snap rolls on top, inverted recovery. 7.6.1., 9.9.3.6.
12. One-half loop from inverted to inverted with one-half roll on the bottom. 7.3.2., 9.1.3.2.
13. Rolling 360 degree turn from inverted with three rolls to the inside. 2.14.2.
14. One and one-half outside snap rolls from inverted to upright. 1.1.4., 9.10.3.6.
15. Normal pull, pull hammerhead turn. 5.1.1.
16. Half loop from upright to upright with 4/8 of 8 point roll on bottom. 7.3.1., 9.8.3.2.

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