The U.S. Advanced Team has been polishing up their flying in preparation for WAAC, which begins with arrival and registration on this Thursday, August 4 in Radom, Poland. Competition flights begin on Friday, August 5, along with the Opening Ceremonies. 

Coach, Nikolai Timofeev has been putting them through their paces in Hosin, Czech Republic. Some team members arrived with their planes as early as July 17. All of the planes are assembled and functioning well. Practices have been sporadic, with weather interruptions and various logistics matters…

On Thursday, July 28, the IAC was notified by FAA in Washington of the publication of FAA policy N 8900.372 which extends a long-term Aerobatic Practice Area (LT APA) from 24 months to 36 months. This is very good news and is the result of the work of our Government Relations Committee and in particular Bill Finagin and Wayne Roberts. Sue Gardner, FAA’s national airshow coordinator, provided the document to to the IAC on Thursday.

A copy of N8900_372 LT APA 36 month is attached…

This morning, July 29, 2016, at the IAC Annual Meeting in the IAC Pavilion at AirVenture, the 2016 election results were announced. Ballot Certification Chair, DJ Molny, certified the following results:

President
  √ Michael Heuer (319 votes)

Secretary
  √ Lynn Bowes (319 votes)

Board of Directors (3 open seats)
  √…

IAC Gathering of Members takes pace tonight at the EAA Nature Center, 6:00-8:00pm. New this year, during the gathering the 2015 Annual Non-Flying Award Recipients will be presented with plaques for the Kathy Jaffe Award, Frank Price Cup, Harold Neumann Trophy, Robert L. Heuer Award and the Curtis Pitts Memorial.

Join us at the IAC Pavilion for the forums on Friday, July 29.

8:30-9:45am       IAC Annual Meeting

10:00-11:15am  Airshow Adventures - Debbie Gary

11:30-12:45pm  A Look into the World of Airshows - Skip Stewart

Join us at the IAC Pavilion for the forums on Thursday, July 28, 2016;

8:30-9:45am      Getting Your Head Around Unusual Attitude Recoveries - Billy Werth 
10:00-11:15am  Life Looks Better Upside Down - Patty Wagstaff
11:30-12:45pm  Five Tools for Taming a Taildragger - Greg Koontz

Billy Werth will start off the morning with his
forum titled, "Getting Your Head Around Unusual
Attitude Recoveries".

With over 8,000 hours of flight in 20 different
aircraft and over 900 hours teaching folks how
to fly upside-down he will have a…