We have collected a number of articles written by our members and fellow aerobatic pilots from around the world. Covering everything from an introduction to aerobatics, manoeuvres, scoring and advanced theory and principals of flight.
A special thanks to the authors and publishers of these articles for letting us share these with you here!
NZAC Newsletter – March 2025
March 2025
Contents
STRAPPED IN TIGHT – FROM THE PRESIDENT – MORRIS TULL
ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING 27.02.2025
THE AEROBATS CALENDAR
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STRAPPED IN TIGHT
FROM THE PRESIDENT – MORRIS TULL
Hi everyone and welcome to the 25/26 season. We have just had our National Aerobatic Championships and held the AGM during that event.
Myself and all the committee were re-elected and we conned Gill Phillips into joining us on the committee, thank you team and we all look forward to organizing and joining you in many aerobatic themed events and competitions.
With the completion of the nationals, that signals the end of the use of 2025 sequences. Grant Benns will take the 2025 IAC sequences and turn them into ours and get them up on the website. The 2025 CIVA free known figures will be used from now to build your own sequences for intermediate and up. The Primary and Recreational sequences don’t change from year to year but we may tweak the known II and Known III. This gives you all 12 months to practice them so no excuses. (more…)
Aerobatic Turn Arounds
Competition aerobatics are flown inside a 1km by 1km box, affectionately known as ‘the box’. Aerobatic sequences are designed to keep aircraft within the box utilising manoeuvres that continuously reverse the direction of flight.
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2019 NZAC Nationals
Ever wondered what it’s like getting involved with competition aerobatics? Paul Curran writes this article detailing his first experience at our 2019 Nationals event.
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Aerobatic Pre-flights for Pilots
Every pilot knows the importance of a thorough pre-flight… but for aerobatics we take it a step further… for obvious reasons! In this episode, Grant covers the in’s and out’s of an aerobatic pre-flight.
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Aerobatic Sequence Design Part 2
Grant has started writing articles for KiwiFlyer. In this first episode, Grant ponders a philosophical discussion on ‘Why Aerobatics’ and then looks at some ideas on how to get started.
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Aerobatic Sequence Design Part 1
All competition aerobatic events require pilots to fly a ‘sequence’. These sequences are made up of various manoeuvres that must be flown in a particular order. But how are these sequences made? Check out Grant’s latest article explaining exactly this.
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