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Hello, IAC members, it is time to nominate our 2022 slate of officers and directors. Nominating petitions are due by April 15. Voting will be done electronically on the IAC website, beginning June 26, voting ends on July 26. New officers and directors will be installed at the close of the IAC Annual Membership Meeting at AirVenture in Oshkosh on July 29, 2022.

Positions to be filled are President, Secretary, and three Directors. Directors are elected "at large", not by region, and are then assigned a region after they're elected. If you wish to see which directors'…

The IAC board of directors held a special meeting on Tuesday, January 18th. In the agenda were the 2022 Known Power and Glider sequences, which were approved unanimously. The sequences are attached to the bottom of this page and will later be stored on this website by clicking on the navigation bars above at "Competition>Known Sequences" and at "Competition>All Sequences".

Updated 01-20-22: The Primary power sequence will remain the same as in 2021.  See attached below.

The final scores have been tabulated for the 2021 regional series competition. Seventy-nine (79) pilots successfully competed at three or more contests needed to qualify for the series and place in the top three in their category for their respective region.

The regional series began in 2002. To be eligible, a pilot must fly at least three contests during the year and one contest may include the U.S. Nationals. If more than three contests are flown, the highest scores are used to arrive at each participant’s total percentage. First, second and third place decals are awarded to…

IAC Collegiate Program Chair, Jordan Ashley, offers his congratulations to the winners of the 2021 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 29, 2022. The results of the championships have been verified and are as follows:

1st: Metropolitan State University of Denver - with a total score of 9770.53 out of 11600.00 possible points /  84.23%

2nd: U.S. Air Force Academy - with a total score of 7999.82 out of 9810.…

The IAC Member comment period on the 2022 Known sequences ended on December 29, 2021. Outgoing Sequence program chair, Michael Lents has evaluated the comments and recommendations have been forwarded by the Sequence Program Committee to IAC president Jim Bourke. A special board meeting will be called within the next 10 days for the board to review, request modifications, or approve the sequences. Attached below are the sequences that are up for approval. They will be uploaded, as soon as the Knowns are finalized at the special meeting, to the online sequence bank here: …

By Doug Jenkins, IAC 436255

October 14th-16th 2021 saw IAC Chapter 107 hold its annual Hill Country Hammerfest contest in beautiful Llano, Texas.  This year’s event attracted seventeen pilots competing in Primary through Advanced and flying airplanes ranging from a 115 HP Citabria to an Extra 330LX.  There were even several biplanes sprinkled in.  But more on that later.

               An impending Tropical Storm (?) along with a looming cold front threw all of our careful planning into disarray shortly before the contest, forcing a call to delay the event until noon on…

The 2021 Winner of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is Michael Hoy of Oshkosh, Wisconsin.  

The purpose of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is to recognize the pilot who achieves the highest scoring percentage at three or more contests during a contest season (best scores averaged together). To qualify, one of those contests must be the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships.

Michael has been an IAC member since 1996. He did well in competition through 2013 and then took a calculated break. Between 2013 and this current contest…