The IAC Collegiate Program is a finalist for a Lightspeed Aviation Foundation grant that would send five Collegiate competitors to H-R Aviation in LaPorte, Texas, to train five hours with Debby Rihn-Harvey.

The IAC Board of Directors met in San Carlos, CA on April 6 and 7, 2013.  While complete meeting minutes will be published at a later date, here's a summary of actions taken at that meeting.  Most actions described are covered in the agenda packet, which is available on the IAC website.

Pictured are: Front Row L to R: Jim Ward, Secretary/Doug Sowder, President/ Vicky Benzing, SW Region Dir/ Debby Rihn-Harvey, Int'l Dir/ Tom Adams, SE Region Dir/ Trish Deimer-Steineke, Manager 
Back Row L to R: Lionel Figueroa, Visitor/ Jonathan Gaffney,…

At the Spring Board Meeting on April 6/7, 2013, the IAC Board of Directors determined that Form A as produced by the current version of  OpenAero software is NOT ACCEPTABLE for Free Program submittal at U.S. Regional Contests. This is basically a CIVA form and does not meet the requirements of IAC Official Contest Rules Sect. 6.12, regardless of the logo that may be shown.  OpenAero-produced Forms B and C ARE acceptable provided that they are certified and dated by a current judge per Rules Sect. 6.14, along the right-hand margin on the long side of the form (in the usual place). Sample…

The 2013 Spring Board of Directors Packet is available to members at the top of the BOD meeting agenda and minutes page.

IAC Aerobatic Schools Liaison and founder Miriam Levin has resigned due to increasing demands for her talents. IAC South-Central Region Director Lynn Bowes has accepted the role.

The IAC Aerobatic Schools listing found at http://www.iacusn.org/schools/ is the brainchild of President Vicki Cruse, who contacted Miriam Levin and Doug Lovell in 2008 as volunteers to get it up and running.  Miriam provided business process expertise to make the site work, and has driven that process for these five years to assemble the listing and keep it up…