IAC is associated with the National Aeronautic Association in Washington, DC through a letter of agreement which grants IAC full sanctioning authority and powers to manage and administer aerobatic competition in the United States. NAA, in turn, is America’s member organization in the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) in Lausanne, Switzerland, which regulates all international competitions and record attempts.

Through our letter of agreement with NAA, the IAC is responsible for the rules for all sanctioned competitions; to administer and manage the US National Aerobatic...

As I have previously reported, ADS-B Out cannot keep up with aerobatic operations and it shows up “red” in the FAA's performance information, through no fault of the airplane’s operator or the equipment. Eventually, we hope for some sort of long-term fix which will likely be in the publication of additional FAA policy, yet to be decided.

As a follow up to articles in Sport Aerobatics this summer and fall regarding ADS-B Out equipment, we had a good meeting at AirVenture in Oshkosh in July with three FAA people heavily involved in ADS-B at the Washington level, outlining our problems...