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February 8, 2019

The 2018 winner of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is Larry Ernewein of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada.  Larry is the first Canadian to win the award as well as being one of the oldest, at 67.

The purpose of the L. Paul Soucy Trophy is to recognize the pilot who achieves the highest scoring percentage at three or more contests during a contest season (best scores averaged together). To qualify, one of those contests must be…

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February 5, 2019

IAC Collegiate Program Chair, Jordan Ashley, offers his congratulations to the winners of the 2018 Collegiate Championships. The collegiate eagle trophies will be presented to the recipients at the IAC Member Gathering in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at AirVenture on Friday, July 26, 2019. The results of the championships have been verified and are as follows:

Team Championships:

1st: UND - reclaimed first place from MSU - Denver with a total score of 6454.45 out of 7620 possible points /  84.70%

2nd: MSU - Denver with a total score of 5211.74 out of 6200 possible points /  84.06%…

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January 29, 2019
The 2019 edition of the IAC Rule Book is now available to members at: https://www.iac.org/download-contest-rules. A summary of all of the 2019 Approved Rules Proposals can be found at the bottom of the Contest Rules page.
 
A working group, appointed by the IAC Executive Committee to *incorporate the Rule Proposals that were approved at the November 2018 Fall Board meeting, has now completed their work in a little under three weeks.
 
Special thanks to Wayne Roberts,…
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January 25, 2019

At a teleconference today, a majority of the IAC Board of Directors met to discuss the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships and a future location. At the Fall Board meeting in November 2018, the Board had tasked Bob Freeman with researching potential locations for Nationals using the center of the United States as a starting point and at today's teleconference, Bob made a presentation of his research findings.

Since the November Board meeting, Bob developed a checklist of desirable qualities that a Nationals site should have. He systematically reviewed airports within a one…
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January 25, 2019

We are in another phase of our transition to the new IAC Web Store. In preparation, the majority of IAC merchandise has been shipped to Promotional Designs, Inc. (PDI) to take over warehousing and fulfillment. For the next two weeks IAC merchandise that is available on the EAA Shop will be limited. Expect an announcement the first week of February for the new IAC Web Store launch!

While we are waiting for the new store to be completed, those few IAC Premium Collection items that remain on the EAA Shop website can be found at: www.…

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January 22, 2019

Director/Officer Nominations Sought

If you or an IAC member you know is interested in running for an officer or director position, here are the item's you'll need to do so:

1. Candidate Petition Form with 10 current IAC members' signatures; download the attachment below. Note members can sign separate petition forms and e-mail them after they have printed, signed and scanned it. All names do not have to be placed on one form. Email endorsements will NOT be accepted; it must be on the…

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File Attachment(s): Fm-Nomination 2019 RV.pdf