Jozef Gábriš (25 June 1933 – 1994) [1] was a controlline aerobatics pilot (F2B) from the former Czechoslovakia. In 1958, he won his first international championship during the ninth Criterium of Europe, [2] in Belgium (his first international contest in this class). Eight years later, on the RAF Airbase in Swinderby he reached his first WCH title, followed by third in 1968 in Helsinki ( Finland). [3] The fourth WCH title he lost just by a "thumb", in 1972.
1971 he won the European Champion's title in Hungarian town Pécs, followed after 2nd place on the European Championship in Genk ( Belgium) 1969.
His most popular and nearly legendary construction was the F2B model Super Master. Powered by the MVVS 5,6A.
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Josef Gabris of Czechoslovakia, the World Champion in Aerobatics for the second time running, was the only non-American to get an outright win! The event was held at a fairground site, just minutes from the center of Helsinki, Finland.