Aerobatics World Championships Men: Individual Year Location 2009 Torino (ita) 2007 Granada (spa) Ramón Alonso (spa) Renaud Ecalle (fra) Mikhail Mamistov (rus) 2005 Burgos (spa) Sergey Rakhmanin (rus) Oleg Shpolianskiy (rus) Renaud Ecalle (fra) 2003 Lakeland (usa) Sergey Rakhmanin (rus) Aleksandr Krotov (rus) Robert Armstrong (usa) 2001 Burgos (spa) Mikhail Mamistov (rus) Robert Armstrong (usa) Eddy Dussau (fra) 2000 Muret (fra) Eric Vazeille (fra) Mikhail Mamistov (rus) Eddy Dussau (fra) 1998 Trencin (svk) Patrick Paris (fra) Nikolay Timofeyev (rus) Matt Chapman (usa) 1996 Oklahoma City (usa) Viktor Chmal (rus) Patrick Paris (fra) Nikolay Timofeyev (rus) 1994 Debrecen (hun) Xavier de Lapparent (fra) Nikolay Nikityuk (sov) Peter Besenyei (hun) 1992 Le Havre (fra) -- -- -- 1990 Yverdon (swi) Claude Bessičre (fra) Patrick Paris (fra) Nikolay Nikityuk (sov) 1988 Red Deer (can) Henry Haigh (usa) Kermit Weeks (usa) Jurgis Kairis (sov) 1986 South Cerney (gbr) Petr Jirmus (czs) 1984 Békéscsaba (hun) Petr Jirmus (czs) Manfred Strössenreuther (wge) Kermit Weeks (usa) 1982 Spitzerberg (aut) Viktor Smolin (sov) Henry Haigh (usa) Manfred Strössenreuther (wge) 1980 Oshkosh (usa) Leo Loudenslager (usa) Henry Haigh (usa) Kermit Weeks (usa) 1978 Ceské Budejovice (czs) Ivan Tucek (czs) Kermit Weeks (usa) Jirí Pospisil (czs) 1976 Kyiv (sov) Viktor Letsko (sov) Igor Yegorov (sov) Ivan Tucek (czs) 1972 Salon-de-Provence (fra) Charlie Hillard (usa) Aleksey Pimenov (sov) Gene Soucy (usa) 1970 Hullavington (gbr) Igor Yegorov (sov) Bob Herendeen (usa) Charlie Hillard (usa) 1968 Magdeburg (ege) Erwin Bläske (ege) 1966 Moskva-Tushino (rus) Vladimir Martimyanov (sov) 1936 Berlin (ger) Otto von Hagenburg (ger) Petr Siroky (czs) Frantisek Novak (czs) 1934 Vincennes (fra) Gerhard Fieseler (ger) Mchel Detroyat (fra) Gerd Achgelis (ger) Note: 1992: abandoned due to bad weather