Congratulations to the individuals on the following page who have applied for and received Achievement Awards from flying in a non-contest environment (Smooth Achievement) or at at contest (Stars Achievement) in the Fourth quarter of 2014.

All award recipients since 1970 can be found on the Achievement Award webpages:
Power: https://www.iac.org/legacy/power-achievement-awards-home
Glider: https://www.iac.org/legacy/glider-achievement-…

Wes Liu of Brookline, New Hampshire has been appointed the new Chair of the IAC's Judges Program.  The program serves to certify and renew IAC Regional and National Judges and to organize Judges Schools across the country.  Since all contests require competent judges, the program has been one of IAC's most important initiatives since 1970.  The Judges Chair also serves on the IAC Rules Committee.

Wes has been a member of IAC since 1984 (IAC #10467), served as a chapter president, been a National Judge since 2007, and has competed since 2002 in his Pitts S-2A and currently flies…

As a key ingredient in "The New IAC" initiative announced by IAC President Mike Heuer in the January issue of Sport Aerobatics, a new family of IAC logos has been rolled out this month in the culmination of a months-long project to re-brand IAC and to update our look and image.  That project was undertaken by IAC's marketing chair, Margo Chase of California, who is a marketing and branding professional, a long-time IAC member, and active pilot and competitor. 

All of IAC's logos and monograms have been re-designed yet retain the shield that has been IAC's hallmark since 1970.  The…

The 2015 Known sequence for the Primary category is now officially approved and published -- see the attachment below.

During its meeting on the 12th and 13th of November in Oshkosh, the IAC Board of Directors reviewed all of the proposals for Known sequences for the 2015 contest year.  These were submitted to the Board for consideration by IAC Rules Chairman Brian Howard.  Every proposal was reviewed by the IAC Known Sequence Sub-Committee, made up of experienced pilots with different backgrounds and competition histories. 

The Board did vote on making minor changes to the…