Join us for the 2024 Hammerhead Roundup in beautiful Borrego Springs, California! By day, you'll fly in the world's finest, permanently-waivered aerobatic box with markers larger than CIVA standards. By night, you'll trade laughs with some of the world's finest pilots at a relaxing desert resort.

The box is right next to a 5,000-foot runway and the judging line is right next to that. No shuffling to some remote cow patty; all the action happens right at Borrego.

LODGING

Call the Borrego Springs Resort at (760) 767-5700 and ask for the "Aerobatic Pilots Rate". Call early because it sells out! 

If no rooms are available, try Casa Del Zoro at (760) 767-0100. There are also cheap motels in town, a few minutes from the field.

TRANSPORTATION

Rental cars, Uber, and Lyft are usually not available. However, the Borrego Springs Resort has a free shuttle you can call on demand. It's a 5-minute ride. Some people will also have cars available. Ground transportation has never been a problem.

CATEGORIES

Power:

• All 5 categories
• Unlimited 4-minute Free (smoke oil and sound system on site.)

Glider:

• All 5 categories
• *Please contact the CD so we can confirm type, tow-plane status, etc.

APPROXIMATE SCHEDULE

Thursday, April 18th:

• 0900 to 1600 — Registration
• 0900 to Sunset — Practice
• TBA Barbecue?

Friday, April 19th:

• 0630 — Continental breakfast*
• 0700 — Mandatory Pilot Briefing
• 0830 — Flying until sunset

Saturday, April 20th:

• 0630 — Continental breakfast*
• 0700 — Mandatory Pilot Briefing
• 0830 —  Flying until we’re done, then 4 minute free. 
• 1200 — 1300 ish. 4 minute free.
• 1730 — Cocktail Hour at the Borrego Springs Resort
• 1830 — Awards Banquet

* Breakfast burritos available from the Borrego Springs Resort IF you tell them you want one beforehand.  

PRE-REGISTRATION

Do NOT use the IAC pre-registration system. Instead, visit iac36.org and use the registration link that will be available on our website closer to the contest date. There is a discount for early registrations.

FREES

If you'd like, email your Free sequence (as a PDF) to registrar@iac36.org and we'll print copies for you so you don't have to bring any. To use this service, you MUST email your Free no later than 10 days before the contest.

PRICING

Early Entry Fee — $299
On-Site Entry Fee — $330
First-Time Primary Competitors — $250

• Two continental breakfasts ( Coffee, Croisant, juice)
• Two lunches
• Award Banquet Dinner
• T-shirt for pre Registration up to 10 days before

First-time Primary competitors also receive a free one-year membership to IAC 36 ($50 value), which allows them to practice in the Borrego aerobatic box year-round.

QUESTIONS?

Email the Contest Director: avimatt [at] mhs-works [dot] com