Just a few weeks before the competition in Bygland I got the disturbing feeling that something was wrong.
And it was. The organizers failed to pay and send the cat2 application to the FAI in time. End even if all normal channels (justacro.com, Facebook and so on) had announced this as an cat2 event, FAI could not approve the delayed payment and applicationform.

The competition in Bygland, was the only competition in Norway this season, and the only easy way for norwegian pilots to get FAI ranking points, so this was a very bad situation.

The come back of AcroAria after a 5 years stops has been a total success with 3 solo and 3 synchro run completed. We have also seen the come back in competition of Raul and the presentation of many of the new twisted tricks.

AcroAria, the legendary acro world cup hosted by the scenic Italian town Omegna is back after several years break! Among many shooting stars this also inspired Raúl Rodriguez to return for a spin over Lago di Orta! 1-1 run is fully completed so far and only a few pilots pilots are missing for a completed second solo run as the weather wasn't favorable. The remaining pilots are going to fly tomorrow early and the second synchro run is expected to launch around midday.
Check out the current results here.

The first World Cup of the season with the participation of 29 international pilots has ended yesterday with the French dominating the podium!

Top 3 positions:
1. Francois Ragolski (FRA, 37.218 pts)
2. Eliot Nochez (FRA, 35.215 pts)
3. Félix Rodriguez (ESP, 33.447 pts)

Click to see the complete list here.