The Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest in Vermont last weekend was absolutely the place to be for Northeast aerobatic competitors. Forty-three competitors made it to Hartness-Springfield airport (KVSF): two Primary, nineteen Sportsman, fourteen Intermediate, five Advanced, and three Unlimited.

Thanks to Eddie Ruhl, Wes Liu, Neville Hogan, and John Perkins for watching and judging thirty-eight flights of Sportsman.

Thanks to Blair Mohn, Jay Hewett, Farrell Woods, and John Perkins for watching and judging forty-two flights of Intermediate.

IAC Chapter 35 President Farrell…

The new, later-in-the-season deadline for proposing Known Programs and rules changes is September 1, only six weeks away.

Known Programs for Primary, Sportsman and Intermediate categories are solicited for both powered aircraft and gliders, as applicable.1  Please submit at least a Form B.  Include a list of figure catalog numbers and K-factors if possible.2

Please write each rule proposal as specifically as possible and include the rationale for the change.  When applicable, identify rules affected by your proposal by…

Elections for IAC board seats for the 2014-2016 term remain open for a short time longer.  If you haven't yet voted, please do so here or by returning the paper ballot included in your May 2014 issue of Sport Aerobatics.

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If you're planning to be at EAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2014 at the end of this month, make sure to stop by the Vicki Cruse Educational Pavilion at the IAC building right off of show center, where we have an all-star lineup of speakers scheduled. Here's the schedule:

Wednesday, July 30
8:30 am - 9:45 am     Will Berninger and Tom Wheeler, International Miniature Aerobatic Club
10:00 am -11:15 am   Bill…

IAC Chapter 88 and Contest Director Brian Roodvoets hosted the Michigan Aerobatic Open in Jackson, Michigan on the weekend before the Fourth of July. They flew sixteen competitors in four categories, Primary through Advanced Power.

Find Jackson, Michigan at the bottom of the Michigan "Mitt," the lower peninsula, north of the border with Ohio. It's thirty or forty miles West of much maligned Detroit, the same distance East of world famous Kellogg's Battle Creek. Snap, Crackle, and Pop were unable to attend. The Great Lake Erie is East. The Great Lake Michigan is West.

Two…