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Congratulations to the 2014 IAC Open West Champions Jake Carter, Beth Stanton, Cameron Jaxheimer, Sam Mason, and Tim Just. The 40th Annual Happiness is Delano in centennial late summer heat, in the Central Valley of Southern California north of Bakersfield, was a 44 competitor big contest, next to the last of the 2014 contests in California. IAC Chapter 26 hosted and Stephen de la Cruz Directed. Read something about it at Happiness is Delano.

Reports from the Rebel Regional at Union City, Tennessee are that it was one of the more fun and pleasurable contests in recent experience. Weather was favorable. Lots of great people showed up. There was a whole lot of flying. Food was delicious and abundant. Attitudes were upbeat, moods happy, dispositions positive. Great company was enjoyed by all.  Read all about the Rebel Regional. 

The United States National Aerobatic Championships begins in less than three weeks and Contest Director Gray Brandt and Assistant Contest Director Casey Erickson will be putting the finishing touches to the event in the remaining days ahead. 

The contest will take place from 20-27 September 2014 at the North Texas Regional Airport (KGYI) in Sherman/Denison, Texas.  The event has been held at this airport almost continuously since 1972.  As always, National Champions will be named as well as a US Aerobatic Team in Unlimited category.  The Team will compete at the 28th FAI World…

The IAC Board of Directors met by teleconference on Thursday, August 28th, to make appointments to fill vacancies created on the Board by the latest election.

Former IAC President Doug McConnell was appointed Vice President, to serve out the remainder of President Mike Heuer's term. Doug brings enormous experience to the Board as it was under his administration IAC reached its peak in membership numbers. In recent years, he has served as our Memberships Chairman and has been a fountain of ideas regarding ways to expand our membership and retain those we have through improved…

CP Aviation is pleased to announce the winner of this year’s Emergency Maneuver Training Scholarship given each year in memory of Vicki Cruse.  Congratulations go to Jason Navarro of Waukesha, WI.  Jason is a fairly new pilot and wants to continue to challenging his skills and become a safer pilot.  He also said in his essay that his reasons are selfish and that he would be remiss if he didn’t mention the element of wanting to experience aerobatics.  We look forward to meeting Jason and introducing him to unusual attitudes and basic aerobatics.

The Kathy Jaffe Challenge has run since 1999 at various places in IAC Chapter 52 territory-- first at Monticello, New York in the Catskill Mountains,  then for many years at the Flying-W in Lumberton, New Jersey; one year at Hammonton in southern New Jersey; lately at South Jersey Regional, also in Lumberton, New Jersey.

Read something about the 2014, fifteenth annual Kathy Jaffe Challenge

For those of you who missed Beaver State this year, we missed you. As usual, the contest was lots of fun with a wide and diverse group of competitors. Our normal cast of characters and some new faces from the local area as well as some old and new faces who traveled to come all combined to make it a great contest.

Starting out in the Sportsman Category, Sean Van Hatten came with his A game in Jim Bourke’s Extreme Decathlon. Beth Stanton came up from Chapter 38 in Northern California. Beth is the President of Chapter 38 and was flying Dave Watson’s Super D. Steven Bennett placed 3rd…

Kokomo, Indiana is between Indianapolis and Fort Wayne; between Chicago, Illinois and Columbus, Ohio; South of Lake Michigan and the Michigan Mitten.  Mid-America IAC Chapter 124 held their contest, the Hoosier Hoedown in Kokomo earlier this month.

To read all about it, see the Hoosier Hoedown Report

You may now propose a rule change online! The deadline is Sept. 1.