The 2020 season will be long remembered for the Coronavirus shutdown which took most of our competition season away. While it was not possible for everyone to compete, some of our most die-hard enthusiasts worked very hard to make the competition season as full as possible. This year, the IAC recognizes those who put in extra effort with a special IAC Presidential Recognition certificate.
IAC president Jim Bourke is honored this year to award an IAC President’s Award to John Housley for his work in creating a new award program specifically for biplane enthusiasts.
2020 IAC President’s Awards
The following people performed service of exceptional merit and shall receive an IAC President’s Award with a plaque, a signed letter, and special notice on the website:
- John Housley for arranging the Highest Scoring Biplane Award
John created a proposal, arranged for a sponsor, and successfully established a new award program that has broad popular support for its potential to unite and encourage grassroots competitors.
IAC Presidential Recognition
Awards to Competitors who Almost Qualified for Regional Standings
The Regional Series requires 3 contests. The Southwest region finished the season with 2 contests; Akrofest and Foxy Figures. The top finishers from the Southwest are recognized for their efforts:
- Primary: Shanna Crawford
- Sportsman: Lloyd Massey
- Intermediate: Michael Hartenstine
- Advanced: Barrett Hines
- Unlimited: AJ Wilder
Recognizing our Contest Directors
The Contest Directors dealt with a lot of extra work to make their contests happen. They are hereby recognized:
- Akrofest: Bryan Jones
- Ben Lowell Aerial Confrontation: Nick Slabakov
- Canadian Nationals Rocky Mountain House: Lenora Crane
- Clyde Cable Rocky Mountain Aerobatic Contest: Jamie Treat
- Corvallis Corkscrew: Travis Forsman
- Foxy Figures: Susan Bell
- High Planes Hotpoxia: Duncan Koerbel
- Hill Country Hammerfest: Doug Jenkins
- Kathy Jaffe Challenge: Eric Anderson
Recognizing Special Contributions
The following volunteers are recognized for special work to make the 2020 contest season happen.
- Dave Watson and Britt Lincoln for administering the achievement awards
- Jordan Ashley for treasurer during a financially difficult time
- IT, the entire Tech committee, Tom Myers, Bob (Bwana) Buckley, Brennon York, Doug Lovell and DJ Molny for working on updating our systems
- Lenora Crane and Jeff Seaborn for reinvigorating IAC activity in Canada
- Lorrie Penner for her work on updating the IAC Policies and Procedures documents
- Michael Lents and his committee for providing contest Unknowns
- Mike Heuer, for maintaining the IAC archives and sharing his knowledge of the IAC's history during our 50th anniversary year
- Sara Arnold for her work arranging IAC webinars
- Sara Arnold and Michael Church for arranging four full days of IAC AirVenture seminars (which were cancelled however, some were converted to webinars)
- Wes Liu, DJ Molny, Steve Johnson and Hector Ramirez who put together the spring online judges' school
