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This year 22 proposals, evaluated by the eight member Rules Committee, were recommended to the IAC Board of Directors for adoption into the 2019 Rule Book, and an additional three rules proposals were conditionally recommended if indicated changes were included.  Of these, 11 were approved.  Approved proposals have been sent back to the Rules Committee for inclusion in the 2019 IAC Rulebook.

The approved proposals are

2019-02  Glider seatbelt requirements eased.
2019-04  Allow CIVA Judges to judge at the IAC Nationals.
2019-…

For the last two years IAC has hosted their merchandise on the EAA Shop site. Recently EAA did an upgrade on on their site and the arrangement of items has changed from what has been in place previously. The clothing is no longer divided up into divisions such as, Warbirds, IAC and Vintage. When shopping the site now you will see categories of clothing such as Mens, Womens, Kids, etc.

In coordination with our merchandising vendor Promotional Designs, Inc. (PDI) we are in the planning stages of having an IAC only…

The videos are available at: https://www.iac.org/nationals-videos (member login required)

Thanks to Forrest Fox Productions for the many hours of videography and editing.

Seventyeight of the the nation's best aerobatic pilots came together during the week of September 22-28 at the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships held in Oshkosh, Wisconsin to compete for national championship titles. Offical pre-contest practice began on Friday, September 21 and the first day of competition flights began on Saturday, September 22.

The Opening Ceremony on Saturday morning was held in the Founder's Wing at the EAA Aviation Museum, a beautiful and memorable location. Contest Director, John Smutny…

See you in Oshkosh!

The Collegiate Program Competition standings show MSU leading UND by a slim margin. The national championships count in the overall…

The WAAC is complete. The USA has done very well. Individual medals were received in all Unknowns with Aaron McCarton taking Gold in Unknown 2, and Matt Dunfee taking Bronze in Unknown 1 and 3. Overall, two members finished in the top 10 and as a Team they received the Silver!

This has been a remarkable event. The Advanced team has had to overcome some of the most difficult situations that can happen and continued to preform as a team and succeed!  As Mark Fullerton told me in briefings several times, "His guys " were doing well and he felt that he there were some that could make it…

The rules proposals for 2019 which were submitted by IAC members have been posted on this website. Members were requested to respond to iacrulescomments@gmail.com with their views and opinions on these proposals. However, to make this more efficient, the Rules Committee has introduced a "survey style" method for members to comment. To begin the survey, please click on this link:

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/…

When you visit https://www.iac.org/contests you'll see a blue 'Register' button next to every upcoming event. Just click it, fill out the required information, and submit the form.

To see who else has registered for an event, go to https://www.iac.org/contests, click on a contest name, then click the blue 'View Pre-Registrations' button. Contest organizers will see complete details, while everyone else will see basic info (name, category, etc.) Contest organizers will also have the option to…