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July 6, 2021

By popular request, you can now access the IAC archives for all the current 2021 Known sequences and the 2021 IAC Official Rule Book without a member login!

2021 Known sequenceswww.iac.org/known-sequences or access through the 'Competition' menu above which now includes 'Known Sequences'.

IAC Official Rule Book: www.iac.org/download-contest-rules or access through the 'Competition' menu above : Rules>Get Rulebook
June 30, 2021

During EAA AirVenture, the International Aerobatic Club typically holds a couple of important club activities: the IAC Annual Membership Meeting early in the day and the IAC Member Gathering and Dinner in the evening. 

This year the IAC Annual Membership meeting will be held in the Vicki Cruse Educational Pavilion at the IAC Aerobatic Center at 8:30-9:30a.m on Friday, July 30,2021.…

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June 29, 2021
The deadline for IAC Rules Change proposals is July 1, as noted in Section 1 of the IAC Contest Rules. If you're planning to propose a rules change, the best way to do so is to go to this address: https://www.iac.org/propose-rule-change, fill out the form, and hit "Submit". IAC member login is required.
If you happen to be an IAC member but for whatever reason can't use the above link, you can send a proposed change to ruleschair [at] iac.org and it will be forwarded to the Rules Committee chair. If you go "…
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June 28, 2021

The IAC helps facilitate the three following scholarships annually. All three scholarships have an application deadline of June 30, 2021. Application forms can be downloaded from the IAC website: www.iac.org/scholarships . Follow the submission instructions on the application form carefully. Return the completed applications to: iac@eaa.org  The recipients of the these three scholarships are announced at AirVenture on July 30, 2021 at the IAC Membership Gathering (the recipient does not…

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June 25, 2021
Today the U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Team, led by team manager Mike Heuer, officially withdrew from the 2021 World Advanced Aerobatic Championships.
 
"The USA's support for international aerobatic competition is unwavering, but the international sanctioning body, CIVA, came up with a plan that was entirely incompatible with the needs of the U.S. Team," said IAC President Jim Bourke. "Our team could not work with the changing contest dates or venues which made it impossible to ship planes nor could they arrange to have a coach present at the contest. …
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June 22, 2021

Celebrate aerobatic flight on Saturday, June 26, during the inaugural National Aerobatics Day!

National Aerobatics Day is the perfect day to host an aerobatic camp, a BBQ, a practice session, or to share videos of aerobatic activity online. With over 40 chapters nationwide and two international chapters, IAC members are organizing these types of activities and others to engage the public and general aviation pilots in aerobatics.

CHECK OUT the Upcoming IAC National Aerobatics Day Events … Read more
June 18, 2021

Dear participants, partners, friends, aerobatic enthusiasts,

We must announce with great regret that 14th FAI World Advanced Aerobatic Championship 2021, Hosín, Czech Republic is canceled.

The reason for the cancelation is the inability of Aeroclub of the Czech Republic as NAC and its Executive Board to keep up to commitments with FAI and sign the Organizer Agreement. Even though the Local Organizer of WAAC continuously and clearly declares its own commitment to organize the Event and CIVA/FAI in good faith expects that commitment will be fulfilled.…

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June 15, 2021
Beginning today, pre-registration is available for the U.S. National Aerobatic Championships at: www.iac.org/contests. IAC member login required.
 
Who should register? Pilots competing in the championships and all volunteers. Volunteers include any of our pre-planning group, judges, assistant judges, boundary judges, recorders and office helpers at registration or scoring.
 
For pilots, the contest fees have not changed from those in 2019;
$235 Collegiate…
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June 7, 2021

The U.S. Advanced Aerobatic Team, gathered again this week in Union City, Tennessee for a week of training under Rob Holland's direction. That said, we are sad to announce that some of our pilots have made the difficult decision not to travel to the Czech Republic for the World Advanced Aerobatic Championships which is scheduled for 14-24 July 2021. There are a variety of reasons for this, chief being the uncertainty of travel into the Czech Republic, which currently bans tourists from coming, to other issues both…

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May 24, 2021

Make Your Reservation Now for the IAC Member Gathering at Airventure

At the IAC’s Member Gathering at AirVenture this year, 6:00pm to 8:00pm on Friday, July 30 at the Pober Pixie Tent in EAA's Nature Center, we’re planning a full dinner. On the menu are fried chicken, BBQ ribs, baby-back pork ribs, red potatoes, macaroni and cheese, fresh fruit salad, 50th anniversary cake, soda and adult beverages. This will be an evening of food, fun and camaraderie!

Since we will be able to seat only 168 due to EAA health guidelines, we will be taking reservations for this year’s Member…

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