The World Air Games begin in Dubai, UAE, this coming week and IAC member-pilots are on hand to compete against the best in the world in both powered and glider aerobatic events and represent the USA. Current US National Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland left two days ago for the Emirates and will practice at the contest site on December 1st. Rob will fly Zoltan Veres' MXS. Eric Lentz-Gauthier will be competing in the glider aerobatic competition and will fly a Swift shared with Markus Feyerabend. The competition flying will run from the 2nd through the 5th of December and will be covered at…

KNOWNS, FREE KNOWNS, IAC, and CIVA

by Mike Heuer, IAC President

I have appreciated the discussion regarding the new Free Known flight programs CIVA will introduce at the World and European Championships in 2016, both in power and glider, and thank all of you who have provided feedback and opinions. My comments below are rather lengthy but bear with me as the issues are worthy of further discussion.

Just to provide some background, the idea of the “Free Known” has been around a couple of years. I can remember one of our Unlimited Team pilots discussing…

A video of the induction of Sean D. Tucker into the International Aerobatics Hall of Fame on November 5th is now available at the following link:

https://youtu.be/Stv4Gg1uGGU

The video includes Sean's inspiring acceptance speech, his tribute to IAC and EAA, and a brief presentation on his aviation, aerobatic, and airshow career.

The 2016 Known sequences are now available online, along with the Unknowns for the 2014 and 2015 contest seasons. (Member login required.)

The IAC Board has approved the appointment of three new people to our leadership team of volunteers:

• IAC Collegiate Program – this important program which brings college students into aerobatic flying will now be headed by Jordan Ashley of Marion, Indiana. A graduate of Purdue University, Jordan currently heads up accounting and finance for a church in his area. Well versed in collegiate aviation, he headed up Purdue’s aviation student organization roundtable and is an active flight instructor. He holds a commercial license, has…