Korea 2027

2027 FAI F3A World Championship

South Korea | October 1–9, 2027

The Event

A Title Defense on the World Stage

The FAI F3A World Championship brings together the leading precision aerobatic pilots and national teams from around the world. Each country selects its team through its national process, and the championship determines both an individual world champion and a team world champion.

For the United States, the 2027 championship is a title defense. Team USA won the team championship in 2025, and Andrew Jesky enters the event as the reigning individual world champion.

AC Glenn and fellow competitors watch a flight intently from the flightline, arms crossed.
Every maneuver is watched closely, from the judging line and the flightline.

Event Information

Dates
October 1–9, 2027
Host country
Republic of Korea (South Korea)
Pilots
Andrew Jesky, Jason Shulman, AC Glenn
Alternate
Pete Collinson
Team Manager
Joe Walker
Asst. Team Manager
Leslie Hochhalter
Caller (AC Glenn)
Chuck Hochhalter
Host city / site
Coming Soon
Event website
Coming Soon
Host association
Korea Model Air Sports Association ↗

Follow Along

The Road to Korea: Blog + Vlog

Written updates and video entries from the team as they train, travel and compete. New entries are added here as the campaign goes.

Team Blog

Written Updates

All Blog Entries

Team Vlog

Video Entries

Vlog Channel Coming Soon
Jason Shulman and AC Glenn hold their Voyager F3A aircraft, showing the size of a 2-meter competition model.
Two-meter aircraft, held for scale · Shulman and Glenn

What the Pilots Fly

Built for Precision

F3A aircraft are purpose-built for precision. Under current FAI rules, the models are limited to 2 meters in overall span and 2 meters in overall length. The pilot controls the aircraft from the ground and must place every maneuver accurately despite wind, distance, and changing conditions.

Flights are judged maneuver by maneuver. Judges score the quality of each figure, including geometry, positioning, smoothness, accuracy, and visible errors. As the championship advances, the schedules become more demanding and the room for error gets smaller.

2027 Competition Schedules

P-27 + F-27: Watch the Sequences

The 2026–2027 F3A cycle uses the P-27 preliminary schedule and F-27 semifinal/final schedule. The team will spend the months leading to Korea refining those sequences, preparing equipment, and practicing under as many conditions as possible. These are the sequences Team USA will spend hundreds of practice flights refining.

P-27Preliminary schedule
Video Coming Soon
F-27Semifinal + final schedule
Video Coming Soon

Team USA World Championship Record

The Title We're Defending

19Team world titles
8Individual world titles
2025Most recent · both titles
Ed Kazmirski1960Tom Brett1962Ralph Brooke1963 · 1965Phil Kraft1967Chip Hyde1991Quique Somenzini2007Andrew Jesky2025

U.S. individual world champions. Team titles include 2011 through 2019, 2023 and 2025.