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Judging Clinics: Contest Practice for Judges, Too! SPORT JUNE 2011 OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB Judging Clinics: Contest practice for judges, too! • Dad’s Pitts • Accurate 45 Downlines OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB Drive one. 2011 Ford Edge 10,000 Commands at Your Fingertips The Privilege of Partnership The 2011 Ford Edge delivers best-in-class 285 horsepower, EAA members are eligible for special pricing on Ford Motor Company unsurpassed fuel economy, outstanding safety features and vehicles through Ford’s Partner Recognition Program. To learn looks like nothing else on the road. With MyFord Touch more on this exclusive opportunity for EAA members to save on technology, an 8” configurable cabin interface, the 2011 a new Ford or Lincoln vehicle, please visit www.eaa.org/ford. Ford Edge is miles ahead of anything else. VEHICLE PURCHASE PLANPMS 661 PMS 430 0611 FordEAA EdgeAdV3.indd 1 4/17/11 5:12 PM OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB The IAC’S new e-newsletter OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB Vol. 40 No. 6 June 2011 A PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB CONTENTSOFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB Drive one. My older sister, Terry, described our father’s Pitts as “the most beautiful airplane in the world.” –James Doyle FEATURES 06 Judging Clinics 2011 Ford Edge Practice for judges, too! by Jim Ward 16 Dad’s Pitts The way they used to be built by James Doyle 18 Judges’ Perspective Qualitative analysis by Steve Johnson 28 Half Cubans, Accurate 45 Downlines by Giles Henderson COLUMNS 03 / President’s Page Doug Bartlett 26 / Ask Allen Allen Silver 10,000 Commands at Your Fingertips The Privilege of Partnership DEPARTMENTS The 2011 Ford Edge delivers best-in-class 285 horsepower, EAA members are eligible for special pricing on Ford Motor Company THE COVER unsurpassed fuel economy, outstanding safety features and vehicles through Ford’s Partner Recognition Program. To learn 02 / Letter From the Editor Andrew Slatkin and looks like nothing else on the road. With MyFord Touch more on this exclusive opportunity for EAA members to save on Colleen Keller judge 04 / News Briefs figures. technology, an 8” configurable cabin interface, the 2011 a new Ford or Lincoln vehicle, please visit www.eaa.org/ford. Ford Edge is miles ahead of anything else. 30 / Contest Calendar and Advertisers Index 31 / FlyMart and Classifieds Photo by Steve De La Cruz VEHICLE PURCHASE PLANPMS 661 PMS 430 PHOTOGRAPHY COURTESY JAMES DOYLE 0611 FordEAA EdgeAdV3.indd 1 4/17/11 5:12 PM REGGIE PAULK COMMENTARY / EDITOR’S LOG PUBLISHER: Doug Bartlett IAC MANAGER: Trish Deimer EDITOR: Reggie Paulk SENIOR ART DIRECTOR: Phil Norton DIRECTOR OF PUBLICATIONS: Mary Jones COPY EDITOR: Colleen Walsh CONTRIBUTING AUTHORS: Doug Bartlett Reggie Paulk James Doyle Allen Silver Giles Henderson Jim Ward Steve Johnson IAC CORRESPONDENCE International Aerobatic Club, P.O. Box 3086 Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 Tel: 920.426.6574 • Fax: 920.426.6579 E-mail: [email protected] Spring Thaw PUBLICATION ADVERTISING ON JUNE 21, AT maNAGER, DOMESTIC: 1:16 p.m., the sun will be I wanted to point out to contest Sue Anderson at its highest point of the year, marking organizers that due to the lead times Tel: 920-426-6127 the first day of summer. That means most for each magazine issue, it is important Fax: 920-426-4828 of us will have gotten used to shorts, to list your contest as early as possible maNAGER, EUROPEAN/ASIAN: T-shirts, and a nice glass of iced sweet tea. on the IAC website so I can get it in the Willi Tacke Yes, even folks like me out in Colorado are magazine on time. A couple of people Tel: +498841/487515 now familiar with this Southern libation. contacted me about why their contest Fax: +498841/496012 It means competition season is well wasn’t listed in the magazine, and E-mail: [email protected] underway, and many contests have been knowing about the time issue set COORDINATOR, CLASSIFIED: flown. It also means there are a lot more things straight. Alicia Canziani to go, and a lot of opportunities for E-mail: [email protected] improvement for both pilots and judges. MAILING: Change of address, lost or We spend a lot of magazine real Due to lead times for damaged magazines, back issues. EAA-IAC Membership Services estate talking about what’s going on Tel: 800.843.3612 Fax: 920.426.6761 inside the airplane, but competition con- each magazine issue, E-mail: [email protected] sists of an important ground component as well. For some competitors, judging The International Aerobatic Club is a division of the EAA. it is important to list may seem just as ethereal as aerobatics once did. To that end, we are giving you your competition as two slightly different perspectives of WWW.IAC.ORG WWW.EAA.ORG judging to help pilots understand the early as possible. process a little better and judges improve EAA® and SPORT AVIATION®, the EAA Logo® and Aeronautica™ are registered trademarks and service marks of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. The use of these trademarks and their critiquing skills. service marks without the permission of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. is strictly prohibited. Copyright © 2011 by the International Aerobatic Club, Inc. All rights reserved. Time in the magazine world really For those of you who’ve sent The International Aerobatic Club, Inc. is a division of EAA and of the NAA. seems to fly by quickly. 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