Jury and Judges

Jury members are as follows:

Lars-Göran Arvidsson, President

Sweden

   

 

Matti Mecklin

Finland

CIVA Delegate for Finland, representing National Aeroclub "The Finnish Aeronautical Association"
Judging in various European and World Championships both Advanced and Unlimited Category beginning AWAC in Sweden 2003.
Jury member WAAC 2008 in Pendleton USA,
Jury member WAAC 2010 in Radom Poland and
Jury President YAKWAC 2009 in Rojunai Lithuania.
   
   

John Gaillard

South Africa

   
 

CIVA Judging Sub-Committee:

 

 Pavol Kavka 

Chief Judge

Slovak Republic 

Many times: Chief Judge and Contest Director

Profession: Air Traffic Control Officer, Flight Instructor


   

 

Violeta Gedminaite 

Judge

Lithuania

 

Vytautas Armonas

Assistant Judge

Lithuania

   

 

Ludmila Zelenina 

Judge

Ukraine

Club: UKRAINE FEDERATION
Occupation: PILOT, Chairman of the Board of Simferopol aviasportclub
Type of pilot license: PPL, CPL
Total flying time: 2000
Aerobatic flying: 1200
Participation in European and the World Championships:
as  sportsman: the World Games 1997 (Turkey), World Cup, Euro 1998, 1999, 2000, 2001.
2005-2006 - member of the world's first female aerobatic team Patrouille Transhat (France)
Participate as a judge since 2004: WAC2009 (England), EAC2010 (Chehc Pepublic), WAAC2010 (Poland), WAC2011 (Italy), EAAC2011 (Slovakiya).

   

Sergiy Kryvoruchko

Assistant Judge

Ukraine


Club: UKRAINE FEDERATION
Occupation: own prototyping bureau
Total flying time: 400 hours
As an assistant judge took part in: WAC2009 (England), EAC2010 (Chehc Pepublic), WAAC2010 (Poland), WAC2011 (Italy), EAAC2011 (Slovakiya).

   

Jan Maxen

Judge

Denmark 

Have been judging at several unlimeted and advanced world and European championships  for 12 years.
Last judging at WGAC/EAAC  IN POLAND 2011 as judge.
He has been aerobatic pilot since 1978 and started flying in 1966! Glider pilot since 1972.
FORMER display pilot for CARLSBERG (THE BEER COMPANY ) IN CHRISTIAN EAGLE 2 , Stampe SV4C and Chipmunk  . COMPETITION PILOT UP TO ADVANCED UNTIL 1998.
Since 2009 glider aerobatic pilot too in Acro SZD 59, Pilatus and Fox. Most of recent  time flying upright in Motorglider Vivat L13 SDM and Glider aeroplanes as well.

   

Lis Arneberg

Assistant Judge

Denmark

Local Gliding Club: Midtsjaellands Gliding Club, Denmark
Profession: Medical Researcher
Pilot's license: Glider Pilot's license
Total Flying time: 310 hours / 1200 flights
Aerobatic Flying Time: 10 hours / 200 flights
Participated in WAGAC/WGAC 2011 as an assistant judge

 

   
 

Aldo Marengo

Judge

Italy

   

Franco Fabio

Assistant Judge

Italy 

   

 

Vladimir Razhin 

Judge

Russia

   

Alexey Pimenov

Assistant Judge

Russia

   

Richard Ponizil

Judge

Czech

Club: Aeroclub HRANICE (LKHN)
Profession: managing director of company LINAK
Type of pilot license: commercial pilot licence, instructor, test pilot
Total flying time: 4000 hours
Aerobatic flying: 1980 aerobatic hours
Participation in the Championships: WAC-England 1986

   

David Kaftan

Assistant Judge

Czech

Club: Aerobatics Centre Karlovy Vary (LKKV)
Profession: authorized expert
Type of pilot license: PPL, SEP
Aerobatic flying: 120 aerobatic hours
Total flying time: 600 hours


 

Chris Rudd

Judge

The United States of America


   

 

Mary Beth Rudd

Assistant Judge

The United States of America