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Good News! Revised Guidance for Aerobatic Practice Areas and Contest Box Waivers

August 28, 2021

Bruce Ballew, IAC Government Relations Chair

On August 10, 2021, the FAA released revised guidance for getting an aerobatic practice area (APA) and an aerobatic contest box (ACB) certificates of waiver. The new guidance reflects many positive changes and clarifications on recurring issues related to APAs and ACBs. Kevin Raymond, the FAA Team Leader, is responsible for getting the final version out and included the IAC, and me during the revision process at every step of the way.

Part of the change included where the new guidance can be found. It is still in 8900.1, Volume 3,…

Nationals organizers monitoring COVID-19 guidelines

August 26, 2021

Please be advised that the organizers for the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships are monitoring daily developments in Salina, Saline County, Kansas for COVID-19 infection rates and guidelines updates. The organizers will abide by the state and county guidelines.

As of August 23, the update for Saline County was 35 new cases identified and reported by the health department. 166 variants were identified in 290 samples.

At this time there is no mask mandate for Saline County. The organizers will have hand sanitizers available to all…

"The Leo" National Championship Points Series Update

August 23, 2021

Leo Update as of 8/23/2021

Another week, another contest added to the NPSC results for the Leo Trophy. We've completed a lot of flying through early August with about 214 NPSC competitors spread across 17 NPSC qualified contests. Nathan Ruedy, Brittanee Lincoln, Matt Dunfee and Dave Watson have each flown in 3 different regions as you'll see in the results here and so have earned qualifying points in the series. It looks like the Advanced category is shaping up to be a tight battle between Matt Dunfee and Dave Watson. Dave closed the gap a little with his 1st…

August issue of In the Loop Exclusive Content

August 17, 2021

The August issue of In the Loop e-newsletter went out to over 13,000 subscribers this afternoon. Some of the exclusive content in the e-newsletter include articles on the following subjects;

2021 U.S. National Aerobatic Championship updates.

Tom Myers, IAC 16830, …

Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award present to IAC member Larry Macon

August 10, 2021

Congratulations to Larry Macon, IAC# 26541, pictured here with friends and family during the Wright Brothers Master Pilot Award presentation in July. Larry has been an IAC member since 1999 and has competed in 42 IAC contests in 11 states. He has over 1,000 hours in aerobatic flight.

“Larry has been accident-free, with no violations or accidents for 50 years of flying,” Paul Meyer, FAASTeam program manager from Charlotte, North Carolina said. “I have gotten to know Larry through the process of this award to be an aviation ambassador, always promoting aviation to someone.”

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IAC Election Results

July 30, 2021

The election of IAC officers and directors concluded at 6:00p.m. CDT on Tuesday, July 27, 2021. A total of 630 ballots were cast.

The Ballot Certification Chair, DJ Molny and committee members, Tom Myers and Wes Liu certified the following results;

Vice President

o ✓ Rob Holland: 445

o Justin Hickson: 179

Treasurer

o ✓ Jordan Ashley: 570 (running unopposed)

Board of Directors (four open seats)

o ✓ Dagmar Kress: 384
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Balloting is Closed

July 27, 2021

Balloting for Officers and Board Members is now closed. The results will be announced at the Annual Membership Meeting, Friday July 30th at 8:30am CDT, in the Vicki Cruse Educational Pavilion at the IAC Aerobatic Center.

National Point Series Championship Update

July 20, 2021

Who is leading in the new National Point Series Championship?

The series recognizes IAC competition pilots who achieve the highest percentage points during a contest season from three different regions.

Having flown in two regions the current leaders are:

Sportsman - Michael Hoy

Intermediate - Jerry Esquenazi…

IAC Election for Officers and Directors - Deadline to vote is July 27!

July 20, 2021

REMINDER - Vote in the 2021 Officer/Director Election. DEADLINE is NEXT WEEK - JULY 27!

On June 30, 2021 our IAC election for a new Vice-President, Treasurer and four Directors opened. VOTE HERE: https://www.iac.org/2021-board-election

The IAC is privileged to have very capable men and women step forward to show their willingness to serve in these positions. Running this year are:

For Vice President: Justin Hickson, and Rob Holland

For Treasurer: Jordan Ashley…

Aircraft parking in the IAC area during AirVenture 2021

July 19, 2021

Looking for aircraft day parking at EAA's AirVenture #IAC_AV2021? Join us air show center for a day or for the week out in the IAC parking area directly across from the IAC Aerobatic Center. Here's what you need to know:

Arrival by Aircraft

The 2021 NOTAM which describes AirVenture arrival and departure procedures can be downloaded in a digital version of the NOTAM at www.EAA.org.

The NOTAM describes…

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