In sport aerobatics, precision is everything and mistakes are easily made. Last week, 60 of the top aerobatic pilots in the world gathered in Châteauroux, France, to battle it out, dancing in the sky with their high performance airplanes in the FAI (Fédération Aéronautique Internationale or World Air Sports Federation) World Aerobatic Championships.
With margins of error so narrow, it is rare for any one pilot to dominate. However, the host nation did steal the show. France took home all three cumulative rankings, winning the team trophy, and France’s the men’s and women’s individual competitions with Alexandre Ortowski and Aude Lemordant at the podium.
