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{{Short description|Czechoslovak aerobatic pilot (1932–2018)}}
'''Ladislav Bezák''' (1932 – November 2018) was a Czechoslovak [[Aerobatics|aerobatic pilot]], the first winner of the [[FAI World Aerobatic Championships]] in 1960, and first to win the [[Biancotto Trophy]] in 1965. In 1971, he [[Defection|defected]] by flying to [[West Germany]]. He loaded his wife and four sons into a two-seat [[Zlín Z 26|Zlín Z 226]] that took off in Prague and landed in Nuremberg, where all six were granted political asylum by West Germany.<ref>[https://archive.today/20130216050521/http://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1948&dat=19711222&id=AMlJAAAAIBAJ&sjid=Lh0NAAAAIBAJ&pg=2702,1638964 Czech Defector Gains Asylum.] Associated Press. ''[[The Modesto Bee]]'' 22 December 1971: A-8. <br/> [http://www.tigerclub.co.uk/redhill.html Red Hill Air Displays.] The Tiger Club.</ref> He is famous for performing the [[Lomcovák]] [[acrobatic maneuver]] for the first time. Bezák died in November 2018.<ref>{{cite news |title=Ladislav Bezák – World Aerobatic Champion #1 |url=https://www.civanews.com/news/ladislav-bezak/ |access-date=12 October 2024 |publisher=Civa News |date=17 February 2019}}</ref>

== See also ==
* [[Competition aerobatics]]

== References ==
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== Sources ==
* [http://delcroix-nathalie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/quick.pdf Ladislav Bezak, revista Quick exklusiv]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426025958/http://www.delcroix-nathalie.com/2010/12/ladislav-bezak-flying-uncle/?lang=en Ladislav Bezak, the flying uncle, Nathalie Delcroix]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120515085659/http://www.german-aerobatics.com/(S(whqr5s55bkwoplvp1l2t0v45))/GAProfilDisplaySmall.aspx?GUID=Bez%C3%A1k,%20Ladislav International sporting career, germanaerobatics.com]
* Web site [http://www.ladislav-bezak.com/en/welcome/]

== External links ==
* [http://www.delcroix-nathalie.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Paris-Match-Web1.pdf Le plus grandexploit du champion du monde d'acrobatie ap.rienne Paris-Match-Web]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426030003/http://www.slidil.cz/super/clanek.php?id=1047 Měl jsem proti sobě vrahy]
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20120426025958/http://www.piloti.snadno.eu/Letecke-pribehy.html www.piloti.snadno.eu/Letecke-pribehy.html]
* [http://www.gonzoaviation.com/clanok/prvni-mistrovstvi-akrobatu&h=320&w=217&tbnid=8YUbXLIkZFw9oM:&zoom=1&tbnh=91&tbnw=62&usg=__qMqo8ut1SZhOoqozDnoYFxSIdAo=&docid=Oqlps-Ij-0JLeM&sa=X&ei=G7hUU5LMNcboOqbggTA&ved=0CD8Q9QEwBA&dur=2828]
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