You’re invited to join IAC Chapter 61 for the 2024 Giles Henderson Memorial Challenge (formerly known as the Salem Illinois Regional Aerobatic Contest). The event will be held at the Salem Leckrone airport (SLO) and will include Primary through Unlimited power categories.
Please send a pdf of your Free forms A, B, and C (individual files) to the chapter (iacchapter61@gmail.com) by 7 June 2024 We will make all the required copies, so you don’t have to worry about that!
Plan to bring a check, credit card, or Venmo account to the contest as we would prefer not to work with cash.
If you don’t have a Twitter (now called X) account, please get one (free) and follow our chapter (@IChapter61) as that is how we will be providing real-time contest info (order of flight, score results, volunteer assignments, news updates, etc.) to reduce person-to-person contact and gathering around paper taped to walls/windows.
Registaration and Practice will be held on Friday 7 June, starting at 10:00. The contest will begin with a 7:30 briefing on Saturday, 8 June and conclude by noon on Sunday 9 June.
The banquet will be held at the Elk’s Lodge in Salem.
See contest layout at https://chapters.eaa.org/iac61/slo-contest
Lodging and Transportation:
Holiday Inn Express: 618-740-0913
Quality Inn and Suites: 618-548-2177
Super 8: 618-548-5882
Days Inn: 618-479-0381
Chapter members will provide shuttle service between the hotels and airport.
Entry fees for competitors:
As a tribute to Sean Sweeney, one of our members/officers who enjoyed our contest very much and was tragically killed in an aircraft accident in 2023, Chapter 61 will sponsor the entry fees ($190) for the first 4 first-time competitors to arrive at our 2024 contest. They can compete in any category as long as it’s their first contest.
For non-first-time competitors:
Primary – Unlimited: $190
Entry fee includes 2 nights hangar, T-shirt, 1 banquet ticket (Saturday dinner), lunch & dinner Friday, lunch & dinner Saturday, lunch Sunday, and 1 raffle ticket. Extra nights in hangar are $20, extra banquet tickets $25, extra raffle tickets $10 for 5 tickets.
