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NZAC Newsletter – March 2025

New Zealand Aerobatic Club Newsletter

March 2025

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…)

NZAC Newsletter – March 20252025-04-02T20:59:53+13:00

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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Aerobatic Turn Arounds2021-09-19T00:02:37+12:00

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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2019 NZAC Nationals2021-09-18T23:56:45+12:00

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 Pre-flights for Pilots2022-11-22T21:42:37+13:00

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 22021-09-18T23:49:41+12:00

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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Aerobatic Sequence Design Part 12021-09-18T23:47:00+12:00

Timing is Everything

Grant has previously written about loops, and today we introduce the ‘square loop’.

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Timing is Everything2021-09-18T23:41:07+12:00

The Thrill of Competition Aerobatics

Don’t let the word ‘competition’ deter you from getting involved. If you’ve been following Grant’s articles, you’ll realise that feeling any pressure about flying aerobatics means you’ve got something wrong. Our members just really enjoy flying upside down, sharing knowledge, talking shop and having a laugh. In this episode, Grant explains exactly what happens at our competition events.

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The Thrill of Competition Aerobatics2021-09-18T23:42:08+12:00

Spinning Out

Resuming our series on the various aerobatic flight manoeuvres, today Grant introduces the spin. The technique is an important one to know and if conducted properly looks awesome from the ground.

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Spinning Out2021-09-18T23:29:00+12:00

Good Aeros Done Bad

Like anything in life, if it can go wrong, it probably will. One blessing in aviation is that the industry goes out of it’s way to calculate and assess every possible risk to make it ‘as safe as practically possible’. Even still, aviation accidents do still happen. In this article, Grant analyses the most common reasons these accidents happen, and the steps we go through to prevent them.

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Good Aeros Done Bad2021-09-18T23:23:43+12:00
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