The 32nd FAI World Aerobatic Championships came to a close on August 24 with the Closing Ceremony and a Farewell Party. Congratulations to USA Team Captain Rob Holland on finishing up with an overall third place bronze medal and reclaiming the Four-minute Freestyle championship (Now his sixth time winning the prestigious award.)

"I'm pretty happy with my results leaving with A Gold medal in the Freestyle, Bronze overall in the "Classical" and 2 Silver and one Bronze Flight medals. It has been a crazy few weeks to get here", Rob wrote on his Facebook page. 

He…

Linda has stood on the podium at World Aerobatic Championships many times representing the United States in her career. Her international finishes were impressive with a 4th place at the World Aerobatic Masters Tournament in 1984 and a 3rd place female at the 1994 WAC in Debrecen, Hungary, 5th overall, and consistent and numerous individual flight medals. She has been recognized by her peers with the Fond du Lac Cup in 1991, the Pitts Cup in 1992, the Betty Skelton Trophy in 1995, the Harold Krier Cup in 1992, and has won countless medals and regional awards in regional and national…

UPDATE 8-16-2024 
Rule change proposals are received in different forms, which can make it challenging to interpret what the submitter wanted to offer.  This year, it was found that the proposal 2025-1 we published was quite different from what the submitter intended.  Since we want the input to be fairly evaluated as it was meant to suggested, we are now are now publishing the corrected version for review and feedback to all members.  As for the other proposals, we would appreciate…

New this year, IAC members flying in sanctioned IAC contest…

At the IAC's Annual Meeting held on Friday, July 26 in the Vicki Cruse Memorial Pavilion during EAA AirVenture Oshkosh the newly elected officers and directors were announced.

Re-elected were: President Jim Bourke, Secretary Sara Arnold,  Director Marty Flournoy, and Director Doug Bartlett. Welcome new director Shad Coulson.

Voting for the 2024 IAC elections closed at approximately 6:00p.m. CDT July 23, 2024.  A total of 351 ballots were cast. We thank everyone who took the time to vote for the leadership of the IAC. The officers began their term, July 26, 2023.