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November 1, 2014

Nationals data is now integrated into the IAC contest database. (See Integrating Nationals for the ugly details. This was a big job this year.)

The primary impact for now is an update to the Regional Series Results. We'll soon complete computations for the L. Paul Soucy and Collegiate Series, that also depend on results from the Nationals.

Read details of Nationals impact on the 2014 IAC Regional…

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October 23, 2014

IAC is pleased to announce that we have expanded our archive of aerobatic sequences to include Unknown and Free programs as well as the Knowns. Visit: https://www.iac.org/sequences (member login required). Or you can find it under the Pubs/Archives menu item.

If you would like to contribute Freestyles -- your own or paperwork saved from contests -- please email them to webmaster@iac.org and I'll post them. PDFs are preferred, but GIFs and…

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October 21, 2014

We've added some photo galleries to the IAC web page: eight years of the U.S. Nationals including 2014, WAC 2013, and some miscellaneous pictures.

These are all publicly viewable, no login required. https://www.iac.org/galleries

If you have any aerobatic pictures you'd like to share with the world, you can email them to webmaster@iac.org or we can arrange for transfer via Dropbox or a similar file sharing service.

October 19, 2014

The Rules Committee finalized its work on the proposed Known sequences for 2015 and sent its report to the IAC President on Wednesday, October 15th.  Their report is attached here for download in PDF format.

Members are invited to send their comments on these proposals to the IAC Directors who represent their region.  A list of those Directors and their contact information is also attached below as a PDF for download. 

The Board of Directors will meet in Oshkosh, Wisconsin on 12-13 November and vote on the Knowns. Those sequences will go into effect for the 2015 contest…

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October 17, 2014

Congratulations to the following individuals who have earned Achievement Awards while flying in a non-contest environment (Smooth Achievement) or at at contest (Stars Achievement) during the third quarter of 2014;

1189 Randy Brooks Primary Smooth 1190 Tim Carter Primary Smooth 1191 Mignon Gery Primary Smooth 902 Donald Sefton Sportsman Smooth 903 Randy Brooks Sportsman Smooth 904 Tim Carter Sportsman Smooth 1496 Erin Kelly Sportsman Stars 1497 William Wright Sportsman Stars 1498 Bryan Hayden Sportsman Stars 1499 Blair Mohn Sportsman Stars 1500 Robert Dumovic Sportsman Star 496 Tim… Read more
October 15, 2014

The deadline for rules proposals for the 2015 contest year was September 1st and since that date, the IAC Rules Committee, under the direction of Chairman Brian Howard, has been busy reviewing the proposals, voting, and preparing their final recommendations to the Board of Directors. 

IAC members are now invited to direct their comments on the IAC Rules Committee's recommendations to the IAC Director who represents their Region.  Attached below, for download, are PDF's with the Rules Committee's report and the latest listing of regional assignments with contact information for your…

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