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Items are available in four categories: Men's, Women's, Youth and Accessories. Check out the new item additions. And yes, the iconic IAC items will always be available!

Here is the store link: www.iac.org/store.  You can browse the store at any time to give it a "fly over" view.

This store functions independently of our previous web store. For payment transaction security reasons it will require a new…

At a Special Teleconference Meeting of the IAC Board of directors held today, Ron Schreck IAC #433751 was chosen, by unanimous affirmation by the Board of Directors, as the Contest Director for the 2019 U.S. Nationals to be held in Salina, Kansas, 21-27 September 2019.

Ron is a member of the IAC Board of Directors and serves as the South Central Regional Director, a position he has held since he was elected in 2016. Ron lives in Gold Hill Airpark, North Carolina. He is an Intermediate competitor in his RV-8 Miss Izzy and a National Judge. Ron was also a member of the…

A formal Nationals Site Review Process was ordered by the IAC Board of Directors at the annual Fall Board meeting in November of 2018 and Bob Freeman was tasked with conducting the process. Bob’s team consisted of Lorrie Penner, IAC Executive Director, IAC Secretary Lynn Bowes, former Director and founding member of Wichita Chapter 119 A.J. Hefel, and Kansas City Chapter 15 members John Morrissey and Linda Meyers-Morrissey. 

In January, the Board met by teleconference where Bob presented his findings. In all, forty-four centrally located airports were assessed including previous U.S…

Make a difference in your own IAC

Everyone volunteers at contests and enjoys the social opportunities of making friends and working on a team. It’s clear that team-building is a large part of the IAC culture on more than just the Unlimited and Advanced Aerobatic Teams that represent the United States at world events. Now is your chance to contribute and join a team on a larger scale!

In all of our 4000+ members, there are so many of you with valuable skills and talents in the safety field, internet technology, marketing and more. IAC has expanded programs and…

The 2018 winner of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is Larry Ernewein of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada.  Larry is the first Canadian to win the award as well as being one of the oldest, at 67.

The purpose of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is to recognize the pilot who achieves the highest scoring percentage at three or more contests during a contest season (best scores averaged together). To qualify, one of those contests must be…

IAC Collegiate Program Chair, Jordan Ashley, offers his congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Collegiate Championships. The collegiate eagle trophies will be presented to the recipients at the IAC Member Gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at AirVenture on Friday, July 26, 2019. The results of the championships have been verified and are as follows:

1st: UND - reclaimed first place from MSU - Denver with a total score of 6454.45 out of 7620 possible points /  84.70%

2nd: MSU - Denver with a total score of 5211.74 out of 6200 possible points /  84.06%…

At a teleconference today, a majority of the IAC Board of Directors met to discuss the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships and a future location. At the Fall Board meeting in November 2018, the Board had tasked Bob Freeman with researching potential locations for Nationals using the center of the United States as a starting point and at today's teleconference, Bob made a presentation of his research findings.

We are in another phase of our transition to the new IAC Web Store. In preparation, the majority of IAC merchandise has been shipped to Promotional Designs, Inc. (PDI) to take over warehousing and fulfillment. For the next two weeks IAC merchandise that is available on the EAA Shop will be limited. Expect an announcement the first week of February for the new IAC Web Store launch!

While we are waiting for the new store to be completed, those few IAC Premium Collection items that remain on the EAA Shop website can be found at: www.…

Director/Officer Nominations Sought

If you or an IAC member you know is interested in running for an officer or director position, here are the item's you'll need to do so:

1. Candidate Petition Form with 10 current IAC members' signatures; download the attachment below. Note members can sign separate petition forms and e-mail them after they have printed, signed and scanned it. All names do not have to be placed on one form. Email endorsements will NOT be accepted; it must be on the…