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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…

Lorrie Penner joins the EAA staff as the IAC Executive Director on January 2, 2017. IAC members - please welcome her when you get a chance.

Lorrie brings superb qualifications to the job and you will find her incredibly easy to work with, dedicated, and deeply devoted to EAA and IAC and our missions and objectives. She currently works as an account manager at Executive Jet Management in Cincinnati and before that, worked in the non-profit field as an executive assistant at the University of Cincinnati’s Economics Center.

A number of our web-based contest functions are now being revised and effective immediately, we request that you list your contest on the IAC website’s Contest Calendar at the following link:

                                                https://www.iac.org/add-contest
 
The Contest Calendar is now here: https://www.iac.org/contests. Please update any bookmarks you may have saved from previous contest years. You can…

Some issues were identified in the previously-released Advanced Power Known sequence for 2017. A revised version is now available at: https://www.iac.org/files/Sequences/ADVP-KnownV2-2017.pdf

Note that only Figure 7 has changed.

Our library of aerobatic sequences has been updated to include all 2016 Unknown programs, courtesy of Brian Howard, and all 2017 Known programs. Check it out!

IAC President Mike Heuer issued a report to the organization's leadership group yesterday. The Board met in Oshkosh on November 11-12th and took action on a wide range of agenda items. These included rules changes for 2017, Known compulsory sequences for next season, planning for AirVenture and Nationals 2017, and many other issues.

In addition to Board business, the annual EAA Sport Aviation Hall of Fame induction ceremonies were held at the EAA Museum on Thursday evening, November 10th. Robert Armstrong was inducted into the International Aerobatics Hall of Fame and received his…

At its meeting in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on November 11th and 12th, the IAC Board approved the recommended Known compulsory sequences for both power and glider categories for the 2017 contest season. The sequences were created, reviewed, flown, and revised by IAC's Known Selection Committee (KSC) under the leadership of Rules Chairman Brian Howard. The KSC includes a variety of pilots with experience in all competition categories and their selections were thoroughly evaluated before submission to the Board. Files with the sequences (Forms A, B, and C) are attached below for download.

Friday, September 30th was the final day of a very successful U.S. National Aerobatic Championships. Special congratulations to Rob Holland in his sixth consecutive championship win in Unlimited!

If you see them and have a chance, take time to congratulate all the winners and champions:

Primary: Nick Meyer (Decathlon)
US Sportsman Aerobatic Champion (Power category): Cory Johnson (Pitts S-1C)
US Sportsman Glider Champion: Merrick Isely (DG1001)
US Intermediate Aerobatic Champion (Power category): David Taylor (Staudacher S600)
US Intermediate Glider…

Saturday, September 24th, got off to a great start for Nationals. You can see scores from the Unlimited Power category already posted here: www.iac.org/nationals and click on *Results*. Currently in the top three; after the Free Known - Rob Holland, Goody Thomas, and Mark Nowosielski. All of the scores throughout the championship will be posted to this location.

The figures for the Unlimited Free Unknown #1 have been posted to the IAC website. On Sunday, September 25th at noon the Free Unknown sequences are due in for review and will be…

The Free Knowns submitted by last night’s deadline are now online at the IAC website. Please go to the following link:
https://www.iac.org/us-national-aerobatic-championships-2016#FreeKnowns

Click on “Free Known Sequences” and the webpage will fill with small thumbnails of each pilot's Free Known. You can then click on the thumbnail to download a PDF of the…