We’re hitting the trifecta in June.

On Saturday, June 15th, IAC15 will host breakfast at Signature Flight Support (KIXD) at 8am followed by an open box for some fun-flying starting at 9am.

To fly in the box, you must read and sign the waiver.

Later in the day, Rod Flinn is opening up hangar E15 for a hangar party at 4pm.

Please help us with food planning by leaving a comment on this post or sending an email to info@iac15.org if you plan on attending.

If you own an aerobatic airplane and want to know more about aerobatic flying or safely flying aerobatic maneuvers, please join us!

If you don’t own an airplane and just want to hang out, you’re welcome too.

Spread the word!

View the entire airspace waiver by clicking Airspace Waiver 2011-2013 Kansas City Aerobatic Club. (4.2 mb PDF)

Category: Chapter Information, Events, Play Day Tags: breakfast, hangar party, playday

Hopefully the treatment for spring fever is kicking in and everyone is getting some flying in while the weather is nice, or at the very least spending some time outside.

A couple things for the calendar.

Next Saturday, April 13th, we’ll hold the first playday of the season at Signature KIXD.  Plan on a 9am brief and we’ll fly until 4pm or until everyone has had their fill.  It will be a great opportunity to brush up for the Great Plains Collegiate Challenge on April 27th in McPherson.

The following Saturday, April 20th, the Wichita chapter has invited IAC 15 members to their annual spring cookout.  The event starts at 1030 at Rick Nutt’s hangar at Stearman Field (1K1) followed by lunch and some flying.  If you’d like to go but need transportation, please send an email to info@iac15.org.

Category: Chapter Information, Events, Play Day Tags: Chapter 119, playday, Stearman Field

A quick update on the Great Plains Collegiate Challenge in McPherson, KS.

It will be a primary-sportsman contest with the flying beginning mid-day on Saturday, April 27th and will roll over to Sunday, April 28th if needed.

While it will be a primary/sportsman contest, the sportsman category will have a subset category called Sportsman II for those who have been competing in sportsman for a while, or who typically compete in Intermediate through Unlimited.

Also, pilots flying in Sportsman II will be encouraged to draw a Sportsman free, which Lynn Bowes has volunteered to check.

There will be time to arrive at the contest on Saturday morning and still compete, or if there is enough interest you can show up Friday and get some box time.

Rod F. has indicated he will drive out on Friday, so if someone needs ground transportation he’s willing to help out in that regard.

As always, volunteers are needed!

Will send updates as new information comes in.

Category: Chapter Information, Contests Tags: Great Plains Collegiate Challenge, McPherson

IAC’s Fresh New Look

A few of you may have noticed the new look to the IAC.org National website.  A lot of hard work was put in by a number of people, and IAC.org has a fresh dress to spice up the web.

Along with the new website format comes a new user login for members.  If you’re current on dues, you should have received user name and password information from the webmaster.  If you haven’t received your login information, it may be that your email address on file with the EAA is no longer valid.  Update it at the EAA account management page, or call the EAA at 1-800-564-6322.

2013 R&C Exams Are Available

The 2013 Revalidation and Currency Exam is now available on the IAC.org website (here).  You can take the exam online via three different access point options.

Category: Chapter Information Tags: exams, IAC.org, R&C, webpage

The March meeting will be next Monday, the 18th at Signature Flight Support at KIXD at 7pm.

Meeting time will still be 7pm.  If there is interest, we could meet at Austins in Gardner for dinner and drinks before the meeting.

Topics for discussion:

• 2013 Chapter dues! $20 per member.
• Update regarding K-State Salina Spring contest
• IAC National News

Category: Chapter Information, Meetings Tags: meetings

If you’ve followed the news you know about the financial sequester that our elected officials have burdened us with, and it’s hitting aviation at a very local level.  The FAA has proposed to close 189 of the 251 contract towers across the nation (that’s 75%), while the rest of the FAA’s budget faces a 5% reduction.  This closure proposal is a disproportional cut compared to other FAA programs.

To put it simply, every civilian control tower in Kansas, with the exception of Wichita Mid-Continent is on the closure list.  This includes the New Century and Johnson County Executive towers.

This closure will have an effect on IAC15 playdays and access to the waivered airspace over the New Century AirCenter airport due to the way the waiver is structured.

Airports have until March 13 to make the case that the closure of their tower will have national implications.  FAA also made clear that they will contemplate keeping non-federal towers open at local airport expense.

If you have concerns about this proposal, you must contact your state representatives demanding more sensible action.

http://www.house.gov/representatives/find/

http://www.senate.gov/general/contact_information/senators_cfm.cfm

If this proposal is enacted, the control towers will close down effective April 7th.

Category: Chapter Information, Government Affairs Tags: control towers, government affairs, sequester

The February meeting will be next Monday, the 18th.  However, we’ll meet at Signature at KIXD in their conference room instead of Hangar 10 downtown.

Meeting time will still be 7pm.  Hopefully this location will better accommodate Southlanders, and still leave time for those driving in from work.

We are still in need of someone to organize a spring judges school.  There seems to be a general interest, we just need an organizer to put together all the details.  If you have a desire to be that person, send Grant an email at info@iac15.org

Topics for discussion:

• 2013 Chapter dues! $20 per member.
• Discussion about potential 2013 Judges School
• 2013 Harold Neumann Barnstormer Planning
• Update regarding K-State Salina Spring contest
• IAC Chapter 15 President succession
• IAC National News

Category: Chapter Information, Meetings Tags: meeting reminder

As we are in the planning stages for 2013 chapter activities, we are adding IAC and related aviation events to the IAC Chapter 15 Calendar.

There are several ways to stay abreast of changes to the chapter calendar.

1. Click on the calendar link here and bookmark the web address.
2. Add to your own Google Calendar via calendar ID: iac15kc@gmail.com
3. Click on the calendar feed link here and subscribe to the calendar feed.
4. Subscribe via iCal via this link:

https://www.google.com/calendar/ical/iac15kc%40gmail.com/public/basic.ics

Additional Resources

Learn more about feeds

iCal or iCalendar

Category: Chapter Information Tags: calendar

We are looking for volunteers during the World Aerobatic Championships.

The event takes place from October 9 through October 20, 2013 at the North Texas Regional Airport (KGYI).

If you’d like to volunteer for a day, a week or the whole 10 days of competition please contact our Volunteer Coordinator, Joy McKinney: jmckinney29@gmail.com

Joy will be coordinating volunteers for the following positions:

Recorders: sit with a CIVA judge and their assistant to record the judging scores. Prefer those with previous contest experience.

Line Judges (Boundary):  This is an important role as we must have all four boundaries manned. Prefer experienced regional judges or assistant judges, or experienced boundary judges.

Drivers:  Use of a truck to either move judge line items or drop off and pick up the boundary judges.  Driver’s must provide Driver’s license for clean DMV check.

Transport/Mover:  Help move the judge’s line equipment, tables and seating to alternate judging locations.

Score Runner:  Two types of score runners; 1. pick up scores on judge’s line and deliver them to the chief judge table., 2. transport the scores from the chief judge table to the scoring room.

Video assistant:  Help with the video work during competition.

Please feel free to share this information with anyone you know wants to come to WAC2013 to volunteer.  We want to start funneling all volunteer requests to Joy now. She is set up to receive requests and has herself all organized.

Thank you!

Category: Chapter Information, Contests Tags: volunteers, WAC 2013, World Aerobatic Championships

Download the January 2013 Newsletter here:

January 2013 Newsletter.pdf

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Category: Chapter Information, Newsletter Tags: newsletter