The statistical scoring program called the Fair Play System (FPS) is being used a the US National Aerobatic Championships this year in accordance with IAC policy.  A statistical system has been used in World Aerobatic Championships since 1978 and FPS is the latest development of those systems. FPS is implemented through the scoring software we use at Nationals called ACRO -- different than the JasPer program currently in use at regional contests throughout the USA.  ACRO's author is Nick Buckenham of Great Britain, who attended US Nationals in 2012 and is frequently a Chief Judge at…

Late last night, the first video of the 2014 US Nationals Aerobatic Championships was posted on YouTube.  The 3-minute video can be viewed here:

Available below are the two Unlimited Free Unknown II programs (labeled A and B on the Forms) that will be flown here at Nationals.  These were posted at the airport this afternoon and all pilots have now chosen one of them to fly tomorrow.  Challenges for these fine pilots ahead!

These Forms were created in Visio/Aresti by Brian Howard, IAC's Rules Chairman.  Brian is located in Tucson, Arizona but set aside the time to do this important work for IAC today.  Thanks, Brian. 

Available below for download in PDF are the Intermediate Unknowns to be flown at Nationals in both Power and Glider. 

It might be interesting to see which Regional Series titles are in play at the Nationals. Recall that the Nationals is a wild card contest that counts for every one of the regional series contests. Read more about Regional titles in play at the Nationals.

See the Regional Series Standings and the Nationals Standings to follow the fight.…