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At their meeting in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on November 11-12, the IAC board of directors approved the recommend Known Compulsory sequences for both power and glider categories for the 2024 contest season.

The sequences attached at the bottom of this page were prepared by the sequence committee. The committee recommended using the same Primary Known from last year. 

All Sequences went through the 30-day member comment period and although there were very few comments (6 total with only 2 having recommendations and 4 being complementary of the sequences), recommendations were fully…

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"The Leo" - National Point Series Championship
By Bob Freeman, IAC 8532

The 2023 season saw an increase in pilots meeting the 
3 region criteria for competing for the National Point Series Championship and the Annual Leo Trophies.   As a reminder, the NPSC is a National point series comprised of ranking points for pilots that fly in at least 3 different IAC regions.   
It is no small commitment to fly in 3 different IAC regions and this series recognizes those who rank highly in doing so across the nation.  Pilots meeting that criteria are ranked at the end of the season… Read more

      IAC Collegiate Program Chair, Nina Stewart, offers her congratulations to the winners of the 2023 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, 2024. The results of the championships have been verified and are as follows:

Team Championships:
1st - University of North Dakota, Scoring 8438.16 out of 9690.00 points / 87. %

2nd - United States Air Force Academy, Scoring 10513.66 out of… Read more

The 2024 edition of the IAC Contest Rules is now available to members at: 
www.iac.org/download-contest-rules  

Most of the changes are a direct result of your input.  Forty-six proposals were submitted by members. After these were published last fall, other members provided valuable comments.  The Rules Committee discussed each proposal and associated comments in depth, then provided recommendations to the IAC Board of…

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The final scores have been tabulated for the 2023 Regional Series Competition. Seventy-seven (77) pilots successfully competed at three or more contests needed to qualify in their respective region.

The IAC awards first, second, and third-place titles in all categories in each of six regions. Each pilot flies a three-contest minimum with the Nationals as a wild-card. The average of the three best contests flown in a region are used to arrive at a total percentage.

MidAmerica: 
Primary: 1st Justin Miller 
Sportsman: 1st Tim Taylor, 2nd Kelly Fawcett…

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Stephen Kurtzahn, IAC Executive Director, will be leaving the EAA/IAC team on January 31, 2024. 

Stephen has answered the call to return as pastor within the Wisconsin Evangelical Lutheran Synod. Previous to coming into the IAC job, he had served in pastoral ministry for 36 years and is responding to a tremendous need for pastors in his denomination.

In a letter to the IAC Board of Directors, Stephen expressed his appreciation to them in hiring him in October of 2019. “This has been a great place to work, with many wonderful and professional people. It has indeed…

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by Keith Doyne, IAC Safety Chairman

The FAA received reports of multiple types of cracks after low flight hours on WACO Classic Aircraft Corporation Model 2T–1A–2 airplanes.  In response to this, the FAA reviewed WACO Great Lakes 2T–1A–2 Service Bulletin GL–SB0002, Revision NR, dated July 6, 2023 (WACO SB 2T–1A–2, Revision NR). 

This service information specifies procedures for inspecting the leading edge former ribs and trailing edge former ribs in the upper wing center section for cracking, replacing any cracked ribs, and modifying the upper wing center section assembly by…

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Happy New Year!
Each month you can enjoy a variety of aerobatic planes when you download IAC desktop wallpaper.

For January 2024 we feature the Christen Eagle II. Download either 1068x768 or 2560x1600 sizes here: https://www.iac.org/in-the-loop-desktop-wallpaper 

From the Chicago Tribune

Donald Bernard DeWitt was born on September 18, 1942 in Ponca City, 
Oklahoma, to Bernard & Alice DeWitt. He joined his brother, Richard, 
while his father was a flight instructor for Royal Air Force pilots during WWII. 
The family returned to Palos Heights, IL where his sister, Diane DeWitt (Asheville, NC), joined them. Both of his parents were pilots and the whole family flew together out of Howell Airport in Crestwood, IL. 

Don enlisted in the Army as a helicopter mechanic in 1961 after his graduation from Blue Island…

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Many people have made significant contributions to the sport and art of aerobatic…

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