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New England Aerobatic Championships

New England Aerobatic Championships

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Annual Contest:

1998 New England Aerobatic Championships, sponsored by the New England Aerobatic Club, IAC Chapter 35. A 5-category (power) contest, May 13-16, 1999 at Orange Municipal Airport, Orange, MA (KORE). Airport office phone 978/544-8189. The box is south of the east-west runway 14/32.

The tentative schedule is:

Wed May 12 -- box setup
Thu May 13 0900 - 1900 -- registration and practice
1900 -- food, drink, merriment (TBD)
Fri May 14 0900 - 1200 -- registration and practice
1200 -- Unlimited, Advanced and Intermediate briefing
1300 - 1830 -- Unlimited, Advanced and Intermediate contest flying
1900 -- food, drink, merriment (TBD)
Sat May 15 0700 -- all categories briefing
0815 - 1830 -- contest flying
1900 -- drinking, banquet, and probably more drinking
Sun May 16 0800 -- all categories briefing
0845 - 1430 -- contest flying
1500 -- awards ceremony

Hangar Space

Hangar space is limited at Orange. It will be assigned on a first-come basis.

Contest Director

Jim Ward
Email: jimw@orbital.mv.com
USPS: 15 Cleveland Hill Road, Brookline, NH 03033
Phone (home): 603/672-6336
Fax (home): 603/672-4825
Phone (work): 603/672-8600 x232

Fees

Contest registration:
Basic: $40
Sportsman: $45
Intermediate: $55
Advanced: $65
Unlimited: $70

Banquet

Steve Pennypacker has arranged for this year's banquet to be held Saturday evening at 7 pm at The Old Mill Restaurant. It's the same Westminster, Mass venue we used for last year's telling of tawdry tales and doing of dubious debauchery. Steve promised them we'd behave this time.

Lodging

area hotels to which we'll provide transport:
Super 8 Motel Gardner, MA 978/630-2888 ($)

Bald Eagle Motel Orange, MA 978/544-8864 ($)
Quabbin Gateway Motel Orange, MA 978/544-2986 ($)
Wachusett Village Inn Gardner, MA 978/874-2000 ($$)
Colonial Bed and Breakfast Gardner, MA 978/630-2500 ($$)

Orange Airport

By air: NY Sectional, Gardner (GDM) VORTAC 292 degree radial, 10.3NM. 42.34.04N, 72.17.28W. VOR and NDB approaches.

By car: U.S. Route 2 to exit 16 (U.S. Route 202, Amherst-Belchertown exit). Travel 1 mile N and turn left onto Partridgeville Rd. Travel .5 miles W; find the airport on your left.

Arrival: Runways 14-32: 4998'x150'; 1-19: 5000'x150'. Field elevation 555'MSL. Orange Unicom 122.8. Runway 1-19 will be closed during practice and contest flying except with 15 minutes prior arrangement by phone or radio. Fly right traffic for runway 32, left traffic for runway 14. Caution: The aerobatic box is southwest and parallel to runway 32 and immediately over runways 1-19. Do not overfly the airport.

What to Bring

Aircraft: airframe and engine logs; airworthiness certificate; registration certificate; radio; operating limitations; weight and balance data; in-pack chute (<120 days) & pack card; proof of insurance.

You: pilot and medical certificates; IAC membership card; FAI license (Unlimited competitors only); 7 copies each of free style forms A. B and C, signed and dated ('98) by a current IAC judge; $ Photocopies of documents are permissible for IAC contest registration; however, FAA requirements may differ.

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