Victor Tchmal Explained

Victor Tchmal (30 October 1960 – 14 June 2015) was a Russian glider and powered aerobatic pilot.^[1]

He won the 18th FAI World (Powered) Aerobatic Championships 1996 in Oklahoma City flying a Sukhoi Su-26.^{[1] [2]} In the 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships in Fayence in 1995 he won the team gold medal together with Mikhail Mamistov and Sergey Rakhmanin. They all flew Swift S-1.^{[3] [4]}

Notes and References

1. http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/pilot.asp?id=85 FAI Pilot profile of Victor Chmal
2. http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/chronology.asp?id=13 FAI World (Powered) Aerobatics Championships
3. http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/EventDetails.asp?id=147 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships
4. http://events.fai.org/aerobatics/fullresults.asp?id=147&gender=o 6th FAI World Glider Aerobatic Championships: overall results