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July 20, 2021
Who is leading in the new National Point Series Championship?
The series recognizes IAC competition pilots who achieve the highest percentage points during a contest season from three different regions.
Having flown in two regions the current leaders are:

Sportsman - Michael Hoy

Intermediate - Jerry Esquenazi…
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July 20, 2021

REMINDER - Vote in the 2021 Officer/Director Election. DEADLINE is NEXT WEEK - JULY 27!

On June 30, 2021 our IAC election for a new Vice-President, Treasurer and four Directors opened. VOTE HERE: https://www.iac.org/2021-board-election
The IAC is privileged to have very capable men and women step forward to show their willingness to serve in these positions. Running this year are:
For Vice President: Justin Hickson, and Rob Holland
For Treasurer: Jordan Ashley…
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July 19, 2021

Looking for aircraft day parking at EAA's AirVenture #IAC_AV2021? Join us air show center for a day or for the week out in the IAC parking area directly across from the IAC Aerobatic Center. Here's what you need to know:

Arrival by Aircraft

The 2021 NOTAM which describes AirVenture arrival and departure procedures can be downloaded in a digital version of the NOTAM at www.EAA.org.

The NOTAM describes…

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July 14, 2021

The Regional Series awards the top placing participants in each of the six U.S. regions who fly in at least three IAC sanctioned contests during the year. 

At the time of this writing, three contests have been run in these regions; South Central, and Southeast.

South Central region qualified (flown in three contests in the region) leaders are;

Sportsman: 1st place David Lutes , 2nd place David Valaer, 3rd place Andrea McGilvray

Intermediate: 1st place Craig Fitzgerald, 2nd place Doug Jenkins,…

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July 6, 2021

By popular request, you can now access the IAC archives for all the current 2021 Known sequences and the 2021 IAC Official Rule Book without a member login!

2021 Known sequenceswww.iac.org/known-sequences or access through the 'Competition' menu above which now includes 'Known Sequences'.

IAC Official Rule Book: www.iac.org/download-contest-rules or access through the 'Competition' menu above : Rules>Get Rulebook
June 30, 2021

During EAA AirVenture, the International Aerobatic Club typically holds a couple of important club activities: the IAC Annual Membership Meeting early in the day and the IAC Member Gathering and Dinner in the evening. 

This year the IAC Annual Membership meeting will be held in the Vicki Cruse Educational Pavilion at the IAC Aerobatic Center at 8:30-9:30a.m on Friday, July 30,2021.…

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June 29, 2021
The deadline for IAC Rules Change proposals is July 1, as noted in Section 1 of the IAC Contest Rules. If you're planning to propose a rules change, the best way to do so is to go to this address: https://www.iac.org/propose-rule-change, fill out the form, and hit "Submit". IAC member login is required.
If you happen to be an IAC member but for whatever reason can't use the above link, you can send a proposed change to ruleschair [at] iac.org and it will be forwarded to the Rules Committee chair. If you go "…
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June 28, 2021

The IAC helps facilitate the three following scholarships annually. All three scholarships have an application deadline of June 30, 2021. Application forms can be downloaded from the IAC website: www.iac.org/scholarships . Follow the submission instructions on the application form carefully. Return the completed applications to: iac@eaa.org  The recipients of the these three scholarships are announced at AirVenture on July 30, 2021 at the IAC Membership Gathering (the recipient does not…

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June 25, 2021
Today the U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Team, led by team manager Mike Heuer, officially withdrew from the 2021 World Advanced Aerobatic Championships.
 
"The USA's support for international aerobatic competition is unwavering, but the international sanctioning body, CIVA, came up with a plan that was entirely incompatible with the needs of the U.S. Team," said IAC President Jim Bourke. "Our team could not work with the changing contest dates or venues which made it impossible to ship planes nor could they arrange to have a coach present at the contest. …
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June 22, 2021

Celebrate aerobatic flight on Saturday, June 26, during the inaugural National Aerobatics Day!

National Aerobatics Day is the perfect day to host an aerobatic camp, a BBQ, a practice session, or to share videos of aerobatic activity online. With over 40 chapters nationwide and two international chapters, IAC members are organizing these types of activities and others to engage the public and general aviation pilots in aerobatics.

CHECK OUT the Upcoming IAC National Aerobatics Day Events … Read more