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At the IAC fall board meeting, November 11-12, Jordan Ashley was confirmed unanimously as 2023 AirVenture Chairman. This will be Jordan's second year as AirVenture Chairman. Jordan marks 2023 as his 28th year at AirVenture and 15th year as a volunteer. 

"AirVenture 2022 was what I would consider a resounding success. This was a year of trying many new things, growing the volunteer base by several hundred percent and seeing one of the largest turnouts of aircraft that we have had in years. Thanks to generous sponsorship funding, we were able to try a host of new initiatives aimed at…

This is a reminder that the deadline of October 26 is quickly approaching to send in your comments on the 2023 rule proposals.

The submission deadline for IAC members to propose changes to the IAC Official Contest Rules for the 2023 contest season was July 1st. These proposals have now been compiled by IAC Rules Chair Barrett Hines. A total of 27 proposals from the membership were received. A PDF with all of the rule proposals is available for download below.  Although organized some to assist with their evaluation, these are listed essentially in the order received…

Congratulations to the 2023 Advanced Team Members: 

Marty Flournoy, Marco Bouw, Don Hartmann, Matt Dunfee, Mike Ciliberti, Brittanee Lincoln, Kyle Collins and Michael Lents. Team members will compete at the 15th World Advanced Aerobatic Championship in Las Vegas, Nevada, October 24 to November 4, 2023.

Follow the team on their FaceBook page: https://www.facebook.com/usaadvancedaerobaticteam/

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Extra Aerobatic Planes Founder and CEO Walter Extra announced today the formation of Extra USA based at the DeLand Airport (KDED), in DeLand, Florida.  Extra USA’s mission out of the Deland facility will be to provide factory authorized support for spares and maintenance to all North America Extra aircraft owners.  Additionally, all new Extra models of aircraft bound for North America will be received at DeLand and checked out by factory authorized staff for delivery.   Extra has been building the world’s finest aerobatic aircraft for more than 40 years and the United States is one of the…

MT Propeller has requested the FAA issue an Airworthiness Directive (AD) with the goal of locating and updating the small number of propellers that have not yet had MT SB 30 accomplished.

This only affects a very small population of selected MT prop manufactured between late 2013 and 2014.  These props may contain lag bolts in the blade roots from a run that did not meet the standards demanded by MT-Propeller.

If your MT Prop s/n is between 13XXXX and 14XXXX, you need to check the SB 30.pdf document to see if your prop s/n is included. See attached below on this page.

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