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IAC extends its congratulations to Shaun Brautigan who is recognized as the IAC competition pilot who achieved the highest percentage of points possible during the 2017 contest season. The criteria for the award is that a pilot must compete in three or more contests, one of which must be the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships. The trophy will be awarded to Shaun during the IAC Gathering of Members dinner on Friday night, July 27th, in the Nature Center at EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wisconsin.

In the 2017 contest season, Shaun flew in a staggering total of nine contests. He placed…

The final scores are in for the 2017 regional series competition. One hundred and seven (107) pilots successfully competed at three or more contests needed to qualify for the series. Sixty-three of those competitors placed in the top three in their category for their respective region.

Since the March 2002 Board of Directors meeting, an IAC Regional Championship Series format was officially approved and has been awarded annually. To be eligible, a pilot must fly at least three contests during the year…

Citing personal health issues, IAC President Mike Heuer has announced he plans to step down from the IAC presidency no later than March 19th, 2018. Mike has served as IAC President since the summer of 2014 and was also the club's leader from 1981 to 1990. He has served in virtually all IAC officer and director positions since the club was founded in 1970 and carries IAC membership number 4. His father, Bob Heuer was the first President of the organization and Mike has devoted much of his adult life to volunteer positions within the organization.

Mike plans to continue his work as…

By a majority vote of the IAC Board of Directors in a special meeting on Wednesday, December 6th, the decision was to return the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships to Oshkosh, Wisconsin in 2018. The dates for the championships will be Saturday, September 22 to Friday, September 28. The Contest Director was also appointed by the Board and will be John Smutny, IAC #25010, of Auburn, Washington. John directed the 2013 Nationals in Texas.

Jack J. Pelton, Chairman and CEO of EAA has pledged full support of the event and has pledged to the Board of Directors personally that the issues…

All Unknown sequences from the 2017 contest season are now online, along with the 2018 Known sequences.

Please visit https://www.iac.org/sequences (member login required)

The IAC Known Sequence Committee, consisting a highly experienced pilots in a wide range of aircraft, have issued their recommendaitons to the Board of Directors for the 2018 Known compulsory sequences that will be used in both power and glider categories next season. Those proposed sequences are available below in a downloadable PDF.

Comments on these sequences can be directed to the IAC Director who represents your region and iacrulescomments@gmail.com. Comments should be submitted no later than 1 November 2017 in order to be…

The IAC Rules Committee has issued its final report to the Board of Directors on the changes it recommends to the IAC Official Contest Rules in 2018. The report is available below in PDF format for download.

IAC members are invited to submit their comments on these proposals to the following address:

iacrulescomments@gmail.com

Comments must be received by 23.59 Central Time on 1 November 2017. These comments will then be compiled into an agenda document for the Board of Directors to consider when…

Every flight by every competitor is now online at: https://www.iac.org/2017-nationals-videos

Thanks to Forrest Fox Productions for the videography and editing.