NZAC Nationals 2026 Report
NZAC’s Nationals 2026 event report
NZAC Newsletter – December 2025
NZAC’s December 2025 newsletter is out now
South Island Akro Fest 2025 – Registrations Open
South Island Akro Fest 2025
Ashburton, New Zealand
Registration is now open for the NZAC’s 2025 South Island Akro Fest, in Ashburton – hosted by the Mid Canterbury Aero Club.
This year, we are celebrating 40 years of the NZ Aerobatic Club and the 80th Anniversary of the Pitts Special. It is shaping up to be another classic with the categories all super competitive with pilots improving and moving up for a bigger challenge, as others acquire and learn new types in the infamous aerobatic box. We look forward to seeing you in Ashburton later next month. Also a big shout out to all our amazing supporters and volunteers who are returning in 2025!
To register:
- Read the Procedures Manual
- Download, complete, and return the Registration form including your licence, BFR, medical, aerobatics BFR, (where appropriate) LLDA, and aircraft insurance
Key dates:
- 10th November – Registrations and Free Knowns (where applicable) due
- 18th-19th November – Arrival, tech inspection, and practice days
- 20th November 2025 – Official practice and Competition flights start
- 21st November 2025 – Competition flights continue
- 22nd November 2025 – Competition flights continue to completion
For further information or assistance contact Andy Love
Happy practicing and we look forward to seeing you in 6 weeks time!
NZAC Newsletter – September 2025
NZAC’s September 2025 newsletter is out now
2025-26 Subs Due
NZAC 2025-26 Membership Subs Due
NZAC Judge Training
Judge Training Session [Level 2]
Join us online* Friday 27th June at 6pm NZ time for the winter judge training seminar, expanding on Level 1 Judging Fundamentals – this session will be focusing on:
- Judging flow
- Deductions
- Consistency in speaking and scribing
- Scribing shorthand
- Q&A
Live streaming here on YouTube from Friday 27th from 6pm (NZ time)
(https://youtube.com/live/9hCovxrOMvg?feature=share)
Catch you there!
– NZAC Committee
(* NOTE: event moved to online-only due to weather)
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…)