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IAC Rules Committee Chairman Brian Howard has just released the report of the IAC Rules Committee that deals with the proposals submitted by members this year for consideration and possible adoption into our 2016 IAC Official Contest Rules.  Deadline for rules proposals was 1 July 2015.  The document is attached below as a PDF.

The Rules Committee reviewed all of the proposals and voted on whether to send them to the Board or to reject the proposals. Those which were not adopted by the Rules Committee are attached as an appendix to the report with the rationale for their rejection…

U.S. National Aerobatic Championships - September 20-26, 2015
Over 90 Glider and Power pilots are registered to compete at this year's Nationals.  18 Advanced pilots have declared their intentions to fly for US Advanced Team selection. 
Follow the action here  https://www.iac.org/us-nationals-news-updates and;
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Due to the tremendous success of the Pitts 70th Anniversary celebrations at EAA AirVenture this year and the popularity of the beautiful t-shirts (for men and women) and the caps we were offering, the items quickly sold out and were gone by the second day of AirVenture. They are now in stock again and will be on sale at the US National Aerobatic Championships in Sherman/Denison, Texas which begins on Sunday, September 20th.  Be sure to pick up your Pitts items at our sales area there.  You can also mail order at www.eaa.org/en/eaa-…

IAC has just released the document compiling all of the rules proposals made by our members to the Rules Committee for 2016. The committee is in the process of reviewing and commenting on all 18 of the proposals as of this writing.  Click here to view the document.

Once the Rules Committee completes its discussion and voting, the final recommendations of the committee will be published in a separate document which will go to the Board of Directors for consideration at its meeting in Oshkosh…

Most of the new line of IAC merchandise we call the "Unlimited Collection" is now on line at the EAA Store -  www.eaa.org/en/eaa-shop/iac_merchandise -- and just added are the very popular and eye-catching Pitts 70th Anniversary t-shirts which sold out in two days at AirVenture this year.  Be sure to visit the EAA Store and order today!

United States National Aerobatic Champion and US Team pilot Rob Holland won the Gold today in the "Final Freestyle" at the World Championships -- the Four Minute Free as it is known in the USA.  Fourteen pilots flew in this final programme of the 28th WAC this morning prior to the huge airshow that was staged at the Chateauroux, France airfield which has served as home for the WAC over the past couple of weeks.

This was Holland's third consecutive victory in this program at which he really excels and scored almost 300 points ahead of the second place pilot, Martin Sonka of the Czech…