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New England Aerobatic Club - IAC Chapter 35 Contest History Archive
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2011 Contest
Information
2011 Keene Fall Classic Contest - October 8, 2011 at Dillant-Hopkins Municipal Airport (KEEN ) Keene, New Hampshire. Click here for Contest Results
This was a new-format contest for IAC 35. We flew one flight of one category on one day only, using the 2011 Sportsman known program. Aircraft were limited to weight to power ratios not to exceed 7.8 pounds per horsepower so that we were, to the extent possible, testing pilots and not aircraft. We had a number of Super Decathalons and one YAK-52 flown by eight pilots participate. Our intent was to provide a simple low-stress, low-cost contest experience that would be easier and less costly to stage than the standard three day full contest format. Those that were there had a great time and the club officers feel it was a successful contest that we will attempt again another year.
2011 Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest - July 8 - 10, 2011 at Hartness State Airport (KVSF) Springfield, Vermont. Click here for Contest Results
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Many Thanks to our Sponsors for 2011!
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2010 Contest Information
The 2010 Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest was held at Hartness State Airport (VSF) in Springfield Vermont.
It was a fun time inspite of Saturday's wash-out. We flew all categories, two flights.
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Many Thanks to our Sponsors for 2010!
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2009 Contest Information
The 2009 Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest is
history. The ramp at the Springfield, VT is once again empty, and
the neighborhood has returned to its natural quiet.
Much thanks to all of
the folks who came to fly, and who came and helped run the contest.
With all of the helpers, and with Mother Nature finally giving us a few days of
good weather, we got every competitor 3 flights, and we flew the 4-Minute Free
event.
Many thanks to our sponsors, Whirl Wind Propeller, David Clark,
and Concorde Batteries for their support. Great people with great
products.
Thanks to Executive Flyers for donating the use of their van to
transport our contest gear to and from Vermont, and for sending their gaggle of
competitors.
Many Thanks
to our Sponsors
for 2009!
Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest - June 15-17, 2007 Click here for Contest Results
The 2007 Green Mountain Aerobatic Contest at Springfield Vermont is now history! Mother Nature smiled upon us and we had beautiful weather Thursday and Friday, and the afternoon thunderstorms on Saturday and Sunday marched by and we had blue sky to end each day.
With great weather on Friday and 33 pilots present, we were able to fly the Advanced Known and Free, Intermediate Known, and Primary. That allowed us to start Saturday with the Sportsman Known and then fly the Intermediate Unknown as the second Intermediate flight. Advanced got to fly their Unknown and Primary flew again on Saturday before the thunderstorms built too much. Sunday saw us flying the second Sportsman flight and the Intermediate Free program. The Intermediate pilots got a weather intermission, but the storms moved through, we finished them up, and the skies cleared even more for all to fly away home.
This year Chapter 35 fielded a new crew of volunteers and Chapter 58 was nice enough to send Priscilla Bashore and Deb Wisman to show us how to run Registration. We are very grateful for their help. We must recognize Evan Suits for leading the box marker crew over hill and dale to place the markers. We thank Carlos Almeida for running the scoring computer instead of flying. Farrell Woods put together a GREAT Saturday night banquet.
For 2007, two of our local partner flight schools stepped up to support our contest. Paul Rice and New England Flight Services at the Danielson CT airport sponsored the Primary and Sportsman trophies. Paul managed to fly to second place in Primary. Rob Holland and Aerial Advantage at the Nashua NH airport sponsored the Intermediate and Advanced trophies. We thank both for their support. IAC chapters need flight schools to introduce pilots to aerobatics. Flight schools need IAC chapters to hold contests so that those pilots see their lower-than-expected scores and go rent more airplane and instructor time.
Our regular Spring contest was scheduled this year, for the first time, at Rochester, New Hampshire. It had to be canceled for a combination of weather and technical reasons.
Our annual Fall contest
was held again at Springfield, Vermont on the weekend of August 25 through 27.
We had some good practice on Friday afternoon, but had to wait until Saturday
afternoon to actually start the competition because of a persistant low cloud
layer that hung in around the airport. In addition to delaying the start of the
contest the weather also prevented several of our Massachusetts - based
competitors from flying in to the contest. All that said, we had a great time
and managed to get all categories flown on Saturday.
On Sunday morning,
the day was overcast but flyable and we managed to fly the Primary, Advanced and
Unlimited categories before the weather closed in again. Thus ended the "Green
Mountain Aerobatic Contest" for 2006.
Given the relatively small flying
windows on Saturday and Sunday, we credit the smooth contest operation by Chief
Judge Greg Dungan and Volunteer Coordinator Ann Salcedo for getting in as many
flights as we did. Thanks again, Greg and Ann!
Thanks too, to Craig
Chamberlin and Crown Point Aviation for all the help staging the contest, making
fuel and hanagar space available.
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