The official contest video for every flight of every competitor in the 2022 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships has been posted.
Thank you to Forrest Fox Productions for the videography and editing.
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November 28, 2022
Figure 1 Foundation is dedicated to aviation scholarships in order to educate, enable and inspire the general aviation community, at the grassroots level, with a mission to promote change in safety and growth in the aviation industry as a whole. The foundation offers a variety of scholarships including an Aerobatic Judge Certification Scholarship.
The certification program covers the cost of a weekend judges school and travel expenses to and from an aerobatic contest to earn the required judges assisting experience, as well as the regional judge's…
Read moreNovember 23, 2022
IAC President Emeritus Mike Heuer, IAC 4, was elected President of the International Jury for the FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championships to be held near Las Vegas, Nevada in the fall of 2023. His fellow International Jury members at the WAAC next year in Nevada will be Tamas Abranyi of Hungary and Pierre Varloteaux of France and serving as Chief Judge will be Nick Buckenham of the UK and president of CIVA. " It will be a pleasure to work with these experienced gentlemen," said Mike.
At the FAI Aerobatics Commission (CIVA) meeting held in Lausanne, Switzerland…
Read moreNovember 22, 2022
Sean D. Tucker: A Passion for Aviation
Presented at the National Air and Space Museum and Live on YouTube!
Thursday, December 1, 2022 at 8:00p.m. ET
No one rolled and tumbled an airplane like Sean D. Tucker.
For more than 40 years, this renowned aerobatic pilot has thrilled air show audiences by sharing his passion for flight. Starting his career as cropduster, Tucker learned aerobatics to feel more comfortable in the cockpit. He ultimately earned numerous accolades as an aerobatic pilot,…
November 19, 2022
There were 27 rule changes proposed by the IAC members for 2023. The proposals were posted for member comment and 19 members provided feedback on at least one item. After reviewing all comments, the Rules program committee lead by program chair Barrett Hines provided a report to the IAC board of directors. See the full report at: https://www.iac.org/meeting-docs (IAC member login required).
The IAC board of directors approved fourteen of the nineteen 2023 Rules change proposals recommended by the Rules Program Committee at the IAC…
Read moreNovember 18, 2022
Annually you will see a familiar call for IAC member participation on foundational programs that govern all IAC sanctioned contests. This year, Sequence Committee Chair Michael Ciliberti and Rules Committee Chair Barrett Hines sent out the same appeal to IAC members in the July/August time frame for rule change proposals and known sequences.
Once sequences were received, they were sent out to the membership for a 30-day comment period. The submissions were reviewed by the sequence committee, Mike prepared a report with recommendations to the IAC board of directors at the IAC fall…
Read moreNovember 16, 2022
Decisions of interest to the IAC Members
by Jim Bourke, IAC 434151
The IAC fall board meeting was held November 11-12 in the EAA Aviation Museum in Oshkosh, Wisconsin.
Committee Appointments
• Ballot Certification Chair: Doug Jenkins appointed.
• Sequence Chair: Resignation of Mike Ciliberti accepted, Rob Holland appointed.
• Executive Committee: Dagmar Kress, Craig Gifford appointed.
• 2023 AirVenture Chair: Jordan Ashley appointed
… Read moreNovember 14, 2022
At the IAC fall board meeting November 11-12, Rob Holland was named as the 2023 Sequence Program Committee Chair after a unanimous vote from the board.
Rob assumed the duties of sequence chair upon confirmation. One of the jobs of the sequence chair is to provide Unknowns to regional contests. If you would like more information about the committee or would like to submit Unknown sequences for 2023, please contact Rob at aerialadvantage [at] gmail.com.…
Read moreNovember 12, 2022
At the IAC fall board meeting, November 11-12, Jordan Ashley was confirmed unanimously as 2023 AirVenture Chairman. This will be Jordan's second year as AirVenture Chairman. Jordan marks 2023 as his 28th year at AirVenture and 15th year as a volunteer.
"AirVenture 2022 was what I would consider a resounding success. This was a year of trying many new things, growing the volunteer base by several hundred percent and seeing one of the largest turnouts of aircraft that we have had in years. Thanks to generous sponsorship funding, we were able to try a host of new initiatives aimed at…
Read moreOctober 21, 2022
The Board of Directors met last night (Oct 20, 2022) and set the dates for the 2023 U.S. National Aerobatic Championships.
Practice and contest dates will be Thursday, 21 September to Saturday, 30 September 2023.
Mike Heuer was appointed 2023 Nationals Contest Director.
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