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Late last night, the first video of the 2014 US Nationals Aerobatic Championships was posted on YouTube.  The 3-minute video can be viewed here:

Available below are the two Unlimited Free Unknown II programs (labeled A and B on the Forms) that will be flown here at Nationals.  These were posted at the airport this afternoon and all pilots have now chosen one of them to fly tomorrow.  Challenges for these fine pilots ahead!

These Forms were created in Visio/Aresti by Brian Howard, IAC's Rules Chairman.  Brian is located in Tucson, Arizona but set aside the time to do this important work for IAC today.  Thanks, Brian. 

Available below for download in PDF are the Intermediate Unknowns to be flown at Nationals in both Power and Glider. 

It might be interesting to see which Regional Series titles are in play at the Nationals. Recall that the Nationals is a wild card contest that counts for every one of the regional series contests. Read more about Regional titles in play at the Nationals.

See the Regional Series Standings and the Nationals Standings to follow the fight.…

The Advanced and Unlimited pilots at Nationals selected their Unknown figures last night at the airport after flying.  The Advanced will fly only one Free Unknown and the Unlimiteds will fly two.  Free Unknown #1 in Unlimited will be flown this morning, Tuesday, September 23rd. 

While the Unlimited pilots have to submit their sequences for the 2nd Free Unknown today -- which will then be checked and posted by the Jury -- the Advanced pilots have more time as their sequences are not due in until tomorrow, Wednesday, September 24th.  They will fly their Free Unknown on Thursday if the…

The sequences for the first Free Unknown in Unlimited are available. Only three were submitted by pilots and can be downloaded below as PDF's.  The filenames identify the sequences as A, B, and C.  However, those letters do not appear on the Forms.

The US Nationals results page is now available:

https://nationals.iac.org/files/results/index.htm

Raw scores appear as long as the results are provisional. Once the protest periods have expired, as the contest progresses, the results will become official and the Fair Play System (FPS) implemented in the score computation.  "Fitted values" then appear on the individual pilots' pages.  You can look at each pilot's scores by clicking on the blue…

The 2014 US National Aerobatic Championships opened today at the North Texas Regional Airport in Sherman/Denison, Texas with the general briefing for all participants and flights in Unlimited category of the Known compulsory.

Altogether, 88 pilots have registered to fly in the event with 12 in Unlimited. These pilots will compete for positions on the US Aerobatic Team that will compete in France in August 2015. 

The day's schedule was a busy one.  Unlimited Chief Judge Charlie Harrison conducted a Judges Refresher Course on behalf of Judges Program Chairman Greg Dungan for…

For those IAC members who are serving as National Judges at the US National Aerobatic Championships next week, please note that according to IAC policy, you must attend a Judges Refresher Course at the contest site.  This year's course will be held at 11:30 am, Sunday, September 21st, at the airport.  Just ask any contest official for the exact location.  The course will be administered by Charlie Harrison, Unlimited Chief Judge and judges school instructor. 

The Chairman of the Judges Program, Greg Dungan, has prepared an excellent 30-question written review that will accompany the…

Contest Director Gray Brandt and his staff have put the finishing touches on the Schedule of Events for the US National Aerobatic Championships which will begin on Sunday, September 21st.  Unlimited category will be first up on Sunday and will fly their Known compulsory sequence. 

The Schedule can be found as an attachment here in PDF and can be downloaded and printed for easy reference.  The US Nationals website (https://nationals.iac.org) will be updated as well.  IAC members and contest participants who want to sign up for messages on the…