Training session #1
"Zee left foot more pleeze, and I must see 'ow you are sitting in zee aircraft!". This, and much more in Eric Vazeille's charming accent.

Wickenby was alive to aeros once more as the British team went through their paces under Eric's very critical eye. This was the first of six, three/ four day training camps during which the British team of Tom Cassells, Mark Jefferies, Gerald Cooper and Kester Scrope have committed to intensive training under Eric's tuition.

In support were Dave Cowden (Team delegate) Steve Green (Team Manager) and myself who will attend one day at each camp to give the judges view of progress. Steve, Dave and I were very impressed with the improvement in each pilot even from one days coaching.

This team can become a very real contender at the World Aerobatic Championships in Granada, Spain this year. The level of “Team spirit” is great, and will be important for mutual help at the championships.

The training camps have been made possible through the prodigious work of Dave Cowden and the British Aerobatics Foundation in funding Eric's valuable time. In the next report I will go into a little more detail of how Eric goes about his training sessions. His ability to translate to the pilot what inputs are required to correct errors is most impressive.
Graham Hill