CIVA maintains an extensive range of documentation to define the operational structure, content and management required of its aerobatic championship events according to FAI sporting principles. Here are the up-to-date copies of CIVA's regulatory documentation and records, together with a link to a separate store of CIVA Plenary Meeting Minutes from the last 20 years. A more complete archive of such material is available from the CIVA Documents page of the official FAI website.
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RULES PROPOSALS FOR THE 2025 RC/JC AND GAC MEETINGS
Proposals Package for 2025 RC-JC-GAC Meetings v1.1
FROM THE 2024 CIVA PLENARY CONFERENCE
All documents relating to CIVA's annual Plenary Conferences are published in our Archive of past CIVA Meeting Minutes (see below) and also on the FAI website in the CIVA Documents > Meetings section. Here you can obtain copies of the papers submitted to every plenary for the past 20 years, together with the subsequent Summary of Conclusions and the Minutes that record all the significant approvals and decisions.
Summary of Conclusions 2024 v1.0
Minutes of the Plenary Conference 2024 v1.2
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Archive of past CIVA Meeting Minutes
EVENT BIDDING AND ORGANISATION
CIVA Championship Bidding Form 2024 v1.0 (downloaded & Save, then complete offline)
CIVA draft Organiser Agreement v2017-03 (historic legacy OA for reference only)
CIVA Guide to Championship Organisation (GCO) Issue 6 - 2024
GOVERNANCE OF CIVA
CIVA Internal Regulations 2025 v.0
SCHEDULE FOR REPORTS THAT ARE DUE TO CIVA IN 2025
CIVA Documents Deadline Schedule for 2025 v1
REGULATIONS FOR THE CONDUCT OF INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC EVENTS
Section 6: Part 1 - Powered Aircraft 2025 v1
Section 6: Part 2 - Glider Aircraft 2025 v1
Section 6: Part-3 - Power and Glider WAG and WG Events
Section 6: Part-5a - World Air Masters (WAM) events 2017 v1.1
Section 6: Part-5b - Formation Aerobatic Championships 2017 v1.1
Section 6: Part-5c - Sky Grand Prix Events 2023 v1
Section 6: Appendix FPS 2018 v1 (to Parts 1 and 2)
CIVA Open Tour Series Regulations v1
Excellence - Explanation rev1
Excellence - draft Sporting Code v2rev1
Air Masters Cup Series v1rev3
Creeds for Pilots and Officials v1
For historic archived years - visit FAI CIVA Documents
FREE KNOWN PROGRAMME-1 DESIGN GUIDANCE FOR PILOTS
CIVA Free Known Programme Guidance - Power Aircraft 2026
CIVA Free Known Programme Guidance - Glider Aircraft 2026
CIVA Power and Glider - Free Known .seq Master Figure files 2026
EVENT FORMS
Free Known Programme-1 Check List for Intermediate Power 2026
Free Known Programme-1 Check List for Advanced Power 2026
Free Known Programme-1 Check List for Unlimited Power 2026
Free Known Programme-1 Check List for Advanced Glider 2026
Free Known Programme-1 Check List for Unlimited Glider 2026
Chief Judges Flight Summary Sheet
CIVA Officials Declaration of Ethical Behaviour
Jury Event Final Report Form
Letter of Agreement for Trophy Safety
Protest Form
Scoring Office Check List
Wind Observation Form
POWER FINAL FREESTYLE PROGRAMME-5 SEQUENCE
CIVA Final Freestyle - Judging Sheet
CIVA Final Freestyle - Judges Summary Sheet
CIVA TECHNICAL DATA SHEETS (TDS)
Easy-reference data sheets for CIVA-approved technical systems
OpenAero sequence design software
ACRO contest results calculation software
Tablet based score-sheet scanner and transmitter
Final Results from the CIVA Survey 2024
CIVA Event Situation Review and Forward Strategy 2025
JUDGES DOCUMENTS
CIVA Championship Judge Application Form
CIVA Judge's Personal Data Record
CIVA TA Procedure Instructions 2024
CIVA TA Excel Claim Form 2024
CIVA List of Current International Judges in 2025 (updated 13/06/25)
CIVA List of Reserve International Judges in 2025 (updated 13/06/25)
CIVA List of Judges of Honour
FAI RESOURCES
FAI Jury Handbook: visit FAI Documents > Other FAI Documents
FAI General Section: visit FAI Documents > Sporting Code
FAI Anthems (To download: Right-Click and select "Save Link As ...")
___- Mp3 files: Short and Long versions
___- Sheet music: Conductor and Musicians
FAI Statutes & By-Laws: visit FAI Documents > Constitution
WADA & Anti-Doping: visit FAI Documents > All FAI Anti-Doping References
FAI Covid-19 Protocol Guidance: visit Covid-19 Information > COVID-19 documents