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Adams (IAC 1999) learned to fly by training with his father and helped pay for college by dusting crops in a 450 Stearman. He served in the Marine Aviation Cadet program in Pensacola, flying A-4D Skyhawks, and eventually began a 32-year career with Northwest Airlines. Adams retired as a captain on the 747-400 after logging time in more than 100 different aircraft types.

His aerobatic career began with a self-built Pitts S-1C in regional IAC contests. He has…

While there is no official IAC award specifically for the RV series of aircraft, IAC board member Ron Schreck maintains a list of standings on the Vans Air Force website. http://www.vansairforce.com/community/showthread.php?p=1302132

Ron writes: Congratulations to Brian Pfam who scored a first place finish in the final IAC competition of the season. Brian is the sole RV pilot competing in the Primary category this year and expects to move up to the Sportsman level in 2019…

This year 22 proposals, evaluated by the eight member Rules Committee, were recommended to the IAC Board of Directors for adoption into the 2019 Rule Book, and an additional three rules proposals were conditionally recommended if indicated changes were included.  Of these, 11 were approved.  Approved proposals have been sent back to the Rules Committee for inclusion in the 2019 IAC Rulebook.

The approved proposals are

2019-02  Glider seatbelt requirements eased.
2019-04  Allow CIVA Judges to judge at the IAC Nationals.
2019-…

For the last two years IAC has hosted their merchandise on the EAA Shop site. Recently EAA did an upgrade on on their site and the arrangement of items has changed from what has been in place previously. The clothing is no longer divided up into divisions such as, Warbirds, IAC and Vintage. When shopping the site now you will see categories of clothing such as Mens, Womens, Kids, etc.

In coordination with our merchandising vendor Promotional Designs, Inc. (PDI) we are in the planning stages of having an IAC only…

The videos are available at: https://www.iac.org/nationals-videos (member login required)

Thanks to Forrest Fox Productions for the many hours of videography and editing.

Seventyeight of the the nation's best aerobatic pilots came together during the week of September 22-28 at the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to compete for national championship titles. Offical pre-contest practice began on Friday, September 21 and the first day of competition flights began on Saturday, September 22.

The Opening Ceremony on Saturday morning was held in the Founder's Wing at the EAA Aviation Museum, a beautiful and memorable location. Contest Director, John Smutny…