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The Open Championships are a once a year title awarded to the winner of each competition category at one Eastern and one Western regional IAC Sanctioned aerobatic contest. Read more to learn dates and locations of this year's IAC Open Championships.

East. At the Ohio Aerobatic Open, Bellefontaine Regional Airport (EDJ) in Bellefontaine, Ohio.  Friday, June 13 to Sunday, June 15. Brought to you by Chapter 34.

To obtain a copy, please visit www.iac.org/download-contest-rules [member login required].

Thanks, as always, to Brian Howard for the time, effort, and expertise that goes into producing this book each year.

Last summer, members voted to revise IAC’s By-laws to improve the way our club operates.

However, the update contains a clerical error that changes the years in which directors are elected.¹  We’re not permitted to “just fix” this; we need members' approval to do that.

Would you take a minute and help us correct this mistake?  Please vote to do so online.  (Our webmaster can help you log in if needed.)  If you’d prefer to vote the old-fashioned way, you’ll find a ballot card included with your March…

IAC members have presented quite a few web-based seminars through EAA. You can now access those recordings whenever you like through our new page: www.iac.org/webinars. (Or go to www.iac.org, then click on Pubs/Archives and Webinars.)

Thanks to Lorrie Penner for her work on setting up the web page, and organizing the original webinars themselves.

Each year, the membership of the IAC nominates outstanding volunteers to be recognized for their contribution to the sport of aerobatics. 

This is an excellent opportunity to give recognition to an outstanding IAC member who spends their valuable time volunteering for the benefit of many.  Let's recognize our unsung heroes!

Use this link https://www.iac.org/award-nomination-form to make an on-line nomination.…

Nominate someone you think has made a significant contribution to aerobatics.  The history of the IAC Hall of Fame and the nomination form is here.

Draft minutes of the Fall 2013 IAC Board of Directors meeting are available, as is a summary of board actions most significant to members.

IAC's Board of Directors will meet in Oshkosh on Wednesday and Thursday, November 13 and 14, 2013.  The preliminary agenda, including director and committee reports, 2014 rule change and Known Sequence recommendations, is available for download to all IAC members.

Update: A revised agenda is now available.

The dates for the 2014 US Nationals are September 21st through 26th, rain date of the 27th.

The IAC Fall Board Meeting is coming up on November 13 and 14. Your IAC Regional Directors are soliciting chapters interested in hosting the two IAC Open Championships, East and West, and will present potential candidates to the board at that meeting.

If your chapter is interested in hosting one of these new championships, please review P&P 701, then contact your…