2008 Judges School

The Kansas City Aeroabtic Club, IAC Chapter 15, will be hosting an Introdution to Aerobatic Judging class on March 15-16 at the Johnson County Executive Airport, Olathe, KS, (OJC). Classes will be held in the Kanas City Aviation Center classroom, daily from 8 am - 5 pm. The instructor for the class will be Mike Steveson.

Pre-registration is avialable and encouraged. The pre-registration deadline is Monday March 10, 2008.

If you have any questions, just send us an email at info@iac15org or call 913.638.6221.

This 2-day class provides basic concepts of aerobatic judging:

1. Review of Requirements for becoming an IAC Judge
2. Overview of the Competition Arena
3. Introduction to the Aresti Aerobatic Catalogue
4. Learning the Aresti Language
5. Constructing Aerobatic Figures
6. Review of Catalogue Families

    Day Two (Recurrency Session):

1. Contest Flight Program Rules
2. Checking a Freestyle Sequence
3. Detailed Judging Criteria

Upon completion of this course you will be qualified to volunteer as an assistant judge at any IAC competition, and will have completed one requirement towards becoming an IAC Regional Judge. For previously certified Judges, attendance at this seminar will fulfill recurrency requirements for attending a Judges Seminar as defined in IAC Rule 2.6.3.
 

• Competition pilots seeking a better understanding of judging criteria
• IAC members who would like to become certified as an IAC Regional Judge
• Companions/spouse of competition pilots who would like to learn to critique
• Newcomers to aerobatics who would like to learn the basic rules for judging
• Previously certified Regional or National Judges who need to attend a Judges Seminar to satisfy the recurrency requirements
• Current Judges who would like to brush up their knowledge of judging criteria (only need to attend 2nd day).

• Course notes
• Regional Judge Exam (only for those seeking initial certification as a regional Judge)
• An IAC Judge/Assistant Log
• For students who PRE-REGISTER, we will also provide a free copy of the 2008 IAC Official Contest Rules.

The pre-registration deadline is Monday March 10, 2008.

Additional Materials:

• Students should also aquire copies of the Aresti Aerobatic Catalog (fee based download from Aresti System website). The IAC is not authorized to provide this copyrighted document.
• A limited number of printed 2008 IAC Official Contest rules will be avialable for purchase on-site for students who did not pre-register or you can download and print your own copies from: http://members.iac.org/contests/rulebook.html.

Course Fees:
     Two day Class:  $95.00
     One day Class:  $75.00 (Sunday Only)
     Fees to be paid when you arrive for the first day of class.

The pre-registration deadline is Monday March 10, 2008.