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FLIGHT international, w e 10 January 1976 67 fHivate Aerobatics 1976 A training team of 12 pilots has been selected in preparation for the British entry in the Eighth World Acrobatic Championships, to be held at Kiev in the USSR from July 23 to August 5. This will be the first world contest to be held for four years. A final British team of up to five pilots will be selected in May or June. All 12 will be flying Pitts, with the exception of Bob Mitchell who has a KZ 8; there is a possibility that Neil Williams will be able to compete in the Cranfield Al. The pilots are listed below; former members of the British team in previous world championships are shown with their competing years in parentheses: — Tony Bianchi, James Black (1966, '68, '70, '72), John Firth, Pete Jarvis (1970), Philip Meeson, Bob Mitchell (1972), David Perrin, Mike Riley (1972, reserve 1970), Carl Schofield (1968, '70), Ian Senior, Brian Smith, Neil Williams (1964, '66, '68, '70, '72). There will be four competitive flights during the championships, in accord ance with the FAI aerobatic regula tions. The four programmes consist of a known compulsory, unknown com pulsory, free and unlimited free se quences. The sequence of manoeuvres for the known compulsory programme has been released and circulated. It has to be flown between maximum and minimum heights of 1,000m, 3,280ft and 100m, 328ft, and within an area of 1,000m by 800m. Four minutes are allowed for take-off and climb, and seven minutes for the com pletion of the programme. To illustrate the complexity and intensity of a current world-class com petition sequence, here is the com plete known compulsory programme which will be flown at Kiev in July (all figures start and finish in horizon tal flight): — 1 Four-point roll in a 45° climb, exit normal flight 2 One-turn negative spin, exit in verted 3 Half a vertical four-point roll, half inverted loop, vertical dive, exit inverted 4 Half roll in a 45° climb, exit normal flight 5 One-turn negative flick roll in a vertical dive, exit inverted 6 Horizontal 8: inverted half loop, 45° dive, normal half loop, 45° inverted dive, exit inverted Half vertical roll, exit inverted One-and-a-half-turn normal spin, exit normal flight Three-quarter vertical roll, exit inverted Three-quarter positive flick roll in a vertical dive, exit inverted Tailslide, "canopy down," exit normal flight Half a vertical eight-point roll, half inverted loop, vertical dive, exit inverted Half inverted loop, half roll, exit inverted Rolling circle with three rolls, rolling outwards (opposite to direction of turn) Half inverted loop, exit normal flight One-turn positive flick roll in a 45° dive, exit normal flight Stall turn, exit normal flight Half vertical four-point roll, exit normal flight 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 "tiffiP it irii'BHnirnMnBMWrnlW HUMWSllI WW British aerobatic competitions in '76 Seven contests have been arranged for the British aerobatic calendar this year. The four classes of competition are as follows, with a typical class air craft shown in parentheses: Standard (Cessna Aerobat, Tiger Moth); Inter mediate (Chipmunk); Advanced (Stampe with inverted system); and Unlimited (Pitts). Each competition takes place over a weekend, with the sequences planned This modified Pitts (left) has been provided for competition-aerobatics training by Mr Peter Cadbury of Air Pegasus. Modifications in clude larger ailerons and a redesigned wing section. It will be flown by John Firth and Philip Meeson, members of the British train ing team, and will also appear at air displays this year. Above, smoke gets in your vortices: Art Scholl slides his Super Chipmunk through his own smoke trails in a display during the I97S Reno Air Races
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