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A Celebration of Jim Taylor’s Life will be held on August 18th at Sky Harbor Airpark in Webster, MN. It will be at Chuck and Jody Doyle’s place. It will start at 1:00 with Divine Swine catering lunch at 2:00. Please feel free to drive or fly in and Join in on the story telling, exaggerating and outright Fibs!!!
With deep sadness we share the news of the sudden passing of Mark Fullerton, IAC #434474, of Calhoun, Georgia.
Mark was a member of IAC 3 and frequent Contest Director for the Bear Creek Bash in Georgia. He started his aerobatic career with Michael Church of Sunrise Aviation. In recent years, he earned a place as a member of the 2014 and 2016 U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Teams. Again, he earned a spot on the 2018 U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Team as Alternate and subsequently was named Manager of the 2018 Team.
As a contest director, he was always very active in insuring that Primary…
Read moreThe deadline for submission for IAC members to propose changes to the IAC Official Contest Rules for the 2019 contest season was July 1st. These have now been compiled in a 53 page document by IAC Rules Chair Brian Howard. Altogether, 46 proposals from the membership were received. The PDF will all of the proposals is available for download below.
Members must submit their comments to this address: iacrulescomments@gmail.com
Those comments must be received by October 1st, 2018. All comments will be compiled and submitted to the…
Read moreThe IAC Vice President, Doug Bartlett, announced the results of the 2018 IAC Election at the IAC Annual Membership Meeting in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on July 27, 2018.
The results were *certified by the IAC Ballot Certification Committee Chair, DJ Molny, and were as follows:
Board of Directors (three open seats)
AirVenture was a blast at the IAC Pavilion! For the first time we went "LIVE" on social media. Catch up with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram. Special thanks goes out to Megan and Kaylin Hart, our AirVenture Interns for all the interviews and photos.
We had over 135 IAC members sign in on our guest book at the IAC Pavilion. Folks from as far as Australia and Great Britian as well as locals from Kenosha and Appleton, Wisconsin.…
Read moreOn Monday, July 16th, the new Giles Henderson Trophy arrived at Oshkosh Trophy, our awards vendor, and IAC is delighted with the results. The trophy features a large piece of crystal with Giles' photo cut into it along with images of his Clipped Wing Cub and IAC logo.
The trophy will be presented to the 2018 U.S. Sportsman Aerobatic Champion during the closing ceremonies and awards banquet at the U.S. Nationals in Oshkosh, Wisconsin. The banquet will be held in the Founder's Wing of the EAA Aviation Museum. Tickets will be available at the contest site.
IAC thanks all of the…
Read moreEAA AirVenture Oshkosh 2018 will include a full roster of forums at the IAC’s Vicki Cruse Educational Pavilion. The forums are scheduled daily from Tuesday, July 24, through Friday, July 29, 2018, and run for approximately one hour and 15 minutes each. Special guest Dan Rihn will give a forum on Wednesday morning titled “The One Design DR-107: The Origins and Legacy,” as part of the type’s 25th anniversary celebration at AirVenture. Philipp Steinbach will talk about building the Gamebird GB1 the same morning.
A fanastic lineup of aerobatic and unusual attitude forums throughout the…
Read moreOn May 3rd, the IAC Board of Directors agreed to the creation of a new Giles Henderson Trophy to be presented at the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships each year. The trophy will be awarded to the new U.S. Sportsman Aerobatic Champion. Giles lost his life in a skydiving accident in December 2017 and had most recently competed at the U.S. Nationals in Oshkosh last September.
The 2018 IAC Election balloting is now open. IAC members should go to the homepage's upper right hand corner where it says "Members: Please Vote" and review the election announcement and the profiles provided by the candidates in accordance with the IAC by-laws. After that review, click on the "cast your vote" link and vote. Balloting closes on Monday, July 23 at 6:00 p.m. CDT. Ballots must be received before closing to be counted.
The election results will be announced at the IAC annual membership meeting at EAA AirVenture on Friday, July 27th. The meeting will…
Read moreOn Thursday, May 3, 2018, the IAC Board of Directors met by teleconference to appoint Jim Bourke (IAC 434151) to the IAC Board as their Southwest Regional Director. He will complete the remainder of Tim Just’s term which runs through July of 2019. Tim submitted his resignation to the IAC Board of Directors on April 18, 2018.
In addition to his appointment as the Southwest Regional Director, Jim has accepted the appointment as the IAC Safety Program Chair and both appointments take effect immediately.
Jim has been a member of the IAC since 2008. He currently is active in the…
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