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. The Flying-W and South Jersey Regional airports are very close together. One year at the Flying-W a beginning competitor flew their Primary sequence, got completely turned around, flew the pattern and and lined up to land at South Jersey.

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.

Wade Ayala won Primary with Kevin Coleman flying for patch.

Mitchell Kay won Sportsman over a field of six. He was first on the Known and Unknown. Kenneth Hunt was first on the Free program.

Intermediate went to Mitchell Wild. He won the Known and Unknown. Sarah Tobin won the Free.

Here is an article from IAC Chapter 3 member Larry Ernewein about the Upper Canada Open. If you were there, you saw a Harvard fly Primary, a Bucker win Sportsman, a Javelin fly Intermediate, and a One Design in Advanced. You also saw lots of Pitts Specials, an Extra, a Staudacher, and Citabria. Turning this over now to Larry:

We have flown five regional contests since last report on the 2014 IAC regionals a month ago:

• Can-Am in Cut Bank, Montana
• Upper Canada Open in Tillsonburg, Ontario
• Hoosier Hoedown in Kokomo, Indiana
• Kathy Jaffe Challenge in Lumberton, New Jersey
• Beaver State in Pendleton, Oregon

Next weekend, the last weekend in August has four contests:

More than a week since the Doug Yost and Best Box contests. The CanAm Challenge in Cut Bank, Montana might have flown over this most recent weekend. We're on the lookout for results. Coming up in the next three weeks, four more: the Hoosier Hoedown in Kokomo, Indiana on the weekend of August 9; the Kathy Jaffe Challenge in Lumberton, NJ; the Upper Canada Open at Tillsonburg, Ontario, Canada; and the Beaver State Regional in Pendleton, OR on the weekend of August 15.