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Unlimited Championship September 2013 2012 Unlimited Championship •IAC Airspace Protection •WAC 2013 •Aircraft Control System We are proud of the partnership between Ford and EAA and the benefits we can bring together to AirVenture. Our relationship spans more than a decade, and we continue to expand each year! Our goal is to enhance the EAA experience for all members and to improve the consideration of Ford Motor Company products. EAA appreciates Ford’s active involvement at AirVenture by supporting the opening day Chicago concert, the nightly Fly-In Theater, the fantastic Thunderbirds Edition Mustang benefitting the Young Eagles and so much more. 2013 AirVenture was a remarkable week of excitement and fun. Thank you for attending AirVenture and we look forward to seeing you again next year! Edsel B. Ford II Jack Pelton Board Director, Ford Motor Co. EAA Chairman EAA members are eligible for special pricing on Ford Motor Company vehicles through Ford’s Partner Recognition Program. To learn more on this exclusive opportunity for EAA members to save on a new Ford vehicle, please visit www.eaa.org/ford. EAA_Divis_Sep_Thank_You_Ad.indd 1 8/8/13 4:35 PM OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB Vol. 42 No.9 September 2013 A PUBLICATION OF THE INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB CONTENTSOFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB I’m excited to be back on the team again. It’s always an honor to represent the USA. –Rob Holland FEATURES 4 IAC Airspace Protection Fund Established by Bruce Ballew 6 2012 Unlimited Championship by Reggie Paulk 14 27th WAC 2013 by Mike Heuer 22 MXS/MXS-R Aircraft Control System Inspection Procedure by Eric Minnis 31 Greg Koontz Airshows Aerobatic Instructor Scholarship Removes Age Limit DEPARTMENTS 2 / Letter From the Editor 3 / News THE COVER 28 / Ask Allen Rob Holland performing 30 / Contest Calendar during the 2013 AirVenture airshow. Photo by 32 / FlyMart & Classifieds DeKevin Thornton. OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB REGGIE PAULK COMMENTARY / EDITOR’S LOG OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB PublISher: Doug Sowder IAC MAnAger: Trish Deimer-Steineke edItor: Reggie Paulk OFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONAL AEROBATIC CLUB edItITOR In ChIeF: J. Mac McClellan SenIor ART dIreCTOR: Olivia P. Trabbold A fight worth fighting ContrIbutIng AuthorS: And the excitement of championships Bruce Ballew Reggie Paulk Mike Heuer Allen Silver Eric MinnisOFFICIAL MAGAZINE of the INTERNATIONALJim Ward AEROBATIC CLUB This issue of Sport Aerobat- from Jim Kimball Enterprises, an- IAC CorrespondenCe ics has a piece regarding a new swering questions and selling air- International Aerobatic Club, P.O. Box 3086 fund established by the IAC to help planes . all day . every day of Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086 tel: 920.426.6574 • Fax: 920.426.6579 protect our valuable airspace from AirVenture. In the six years I’ve at- e-mail: [email protected] the overreach of local authorities tended, Larry has stood out there who have an axe to grind with the by those airplanes every year! AdVERTISIng flying community. When you read Speaking of AirVenture, we have Katrina Bradshaw [email protected] Sue Anderson [email protected] the story, you can’t help but shake a small group of dedicated volun- Jeff Kaufman [email protected] your head at the obvious frivolity teers who show up and make sure of the claims against the pilot. Even airplanes are parked correctly, fo- MAIlIng: Change of address, lost or damaged rums begin on time, and questions magazines, back issues. are answered. Chairman Nancy eAA-IAC Membership Services I had the privilege of Carter, Co-Chair Jordan Ashley, and tel: 800.843.3612 Fax: 920.426.6761 e-mail: [email protected] our Chairmen Emeritus Jim and having both Rob Holland Jean Taylor all help make things run the International Aerobatic Club is a division of the eAA. smoothly as the week goes by. and Jason Stephens on You’ll notice I waited a bit to a conference call for our publish our story on the National EAA® and SPORT AVIATION®, the EAA Logo® and Aeronautica™ are Unlimited champions from last registered trademarks and service marks of the Experimental Aircraft year’s contest. I thought, with Association, Inc. The use of these trademarks and service marks without interviews, and the story the permission of the Experimental Aircraft Association, Inc. is strictly both Nationals and the WAC hap- prohibited. Copyright © 2013 by the International Aerobatic Club, Inc. flows directly from that pening in the United States this All rights reserved. year, it would be great to run the The International Aerobatic Club, Inc. is a division of EAA and of the phone call. story closer to those events. I had NAA. the privilege of having both Rob Holland and Jason Stephens on a A STATEMENT OF POLICY The International Aerobatic Club, Inc. cannot assume responsibility for the accuracy of the material though the city clearly has no case, conference call for our interviews, presented by the authors of the articles in the magazine. The pages they’ve placed a massive financial and the story flows directly from of Sport Aerobatics are offered as a clearing house of information burden on a member of our com- that phone call. A common theme and a forum for the exchange of opinions and ideas. The individual reader must evaluate this material for himself and use it as he sees munity. If this particular pilot were I’ve noticed when talking to cham- fit. Every effort is made to present materials of wide interest that will to fold and decide to walk away, the pions and inductees alike is a con- be of help to the majority. Likewise we cannot guarantee nor endorse consequences to our sport would stant, irrepressible drive to be any product offered through our advertising. We invite constructive criticism and welcome any report of inferior merchandise obtained be grave. Take the time to read better. They hold themselves to a through our advertising so that corrective measures can be taken. the story and decide for yourself if higher standard than most folks, Sport Aerobatics (USPS 953-560) is owned by the International you’d like to help out. We all have and achieve seemingly impossible Aerobatic Club, Inc., and is published monthly at EAA Aviation Center, Editorial Department, P.O. Box 3086, 3000 Poberezny Rd., Oshkosh, something to win in this fight. results because of it. They are an WI 54903-3086. Periodical Postage is paid at Oshkosh Post Office, I got back from Oshkosh a few inspiration to us all. Oshkosh, Wisconsin 54901 and other post offices. Membership rate for weeks ago and wanted to say hello I’d like to wish our competitors on the International Aerobatic Club, Inc., is $45.00 per 12-month period of which $18.00 is for the subscription to Sport Aerobatics. Manuscripts to Larry King. If you’re ever visit- the U.S. World Aerobatic Team the submitted for publication become the property of the International ing the IAC building at Oshkosh, best of luck this year at WAC. I will Aerobatic Club, Inc. Photographs will be returned upon request of you’ll see him standing next to the be there cheering you on, and look the author. High-resolution images are requested to assure the best IAC quality reproduction. POSTMASTER: Send address changes to Sport latest iteration of Pitts Model 12 forward to seeing you all there. Aerobatics, P.O. Box 3086, Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086. CPC 40612608 2 Sport Aerobatics September 2013 Please submit news, comments, articles, or suggestions to: [email protected] NEWS BRIEFS IAC’s 2013 Election and Proxy Solicitation to Be Rerun by Jim Ward IAC Secretary An issue arose with the IAC’s 2013 election and proxy solicitation that drove IAC board members, meeting at AirVenture, to vote unanimously to rerun it. One of three boxes containing ballots and proxy cards disappeared during shipment from IAC headquarters in Wisconsin to IAC’s Nominations and Ballot Certification chair in Texas. Though IAC and EAA staff and volunteers tried to locate the box, they were unsuccessful. VOTE The IAC board met to consider how best to address this. Following some discussion, the board TODAY voted to declare the original election results invalid and directed that the election and proxy solicitation be repeated. IAC needs As a result, directors and officers normally installed at the annual membership meeting at your help to get the AirVenture will instead take office immediately upon completion of the election. That’s estimated Lightspeed to occur in mid-October, well in advance of the fall Foundation board meeting. In the interim, current directors and officers will continue to serve. Grant. In accordance with club bylaws, the board will call a special membership meeting to choose whether to adopt the restated articles and bylaws proposed Go online earlier this year. You’ll find notice of this meeting in next month’s Sport Aerobatics and on the IAC website. today at Please watch for your new ballot and proxy card in the mail, then mark and return them at your www.lightspeed earliest convenience. Thank you. IAC aviationfoundation.org www.iac.org 3 IAC Airspace Protection Fund Established Legal support by Bruce Ballew Director, Mid-America Region The IAC Airspace Protection Fund has been in local circuit court, citing him with having violated established to help support legal efforts that affect specific FARs. core activities of our organization. It is becoming in- The city has ignored the numerous efforts by the mem- creasingly difficult to exercise our rights to use the air- ber to resolve this issue over the last 18 months, and con- space to safely and legally conduct aerobatic activities.
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