For those of you who missed Beaver State this year, we missed you. As usual, the contest was lots of fun with a wide and diverse group of competitors. Our normal cast of characters and some new faces from the local area as well as some old and new faces who traveled to come all combined to make it a great contest.

Starting out in the Sportsman Category, Sean Van Hatten came with his A game in Jim Bourke’s Extreme Decathlon. Beth Stanton came up from Chapter 38 in Northern California. Beth is the President of Chapter 38 and was flying Dave Watson’s Super D. Steven Bennett placed 3rd…

Kokomo, Indiana is between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne; between Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio; South of Lake Michigan and the Michigan Mitten.  Mid-America IAC Chapter 124 held their contest, the Hoosier Hoedown in Kokomo earlier this month.

To read all about it, see the Hoosier Hoedown Report

You may now propose a rule change online! The deadline is Sept. 1.

If you were at IAC Aerobatics Canada Chapter 3's Upper Canada Open at Tillsonburg, Ontario earlier this month, you saw a Harvard fly Primary, a Bucker win Sportsman, a Javelin fly Intermediate, and a One Design in Advanced. You also saw lots of Pitts Specials, an Extra, a Staudacher, and Citabria.

Read Larry Ernewein's article about the Upper Canada Open

We have flown five regional contests since last report on the 2014 IAC regionals a month ago: Can-Am in Cut Bank, Montana; Upper Canada Open in Tillsonburg, Ontario; Hoosier Hoedown in Kokomo, Indiana; Kathy Jaffe Challenge in Lumberton, New Jersey; and Beaver State in Pendleton, Oregon. See Cut Bank Can-Am Results for a report about the contest at Cut Bank, Montana

Next weekend, the last weekend in August has four contests: Rebel Regional in Union City, Tennessee; Hill Country Hammerfest in Llano, Texas; IAC Open West, 40th…