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Laurie ZalezkiJudging the 2008 Kathy Jaffe Challenge

Aerobatic Judging

Chapter 52 is pleased to host the introductory and advanced courses in competition aerobatics judging and appreciation in downtown Philadelphia, PA on Saturday and Sunday March 14th and 15th

We offer the two day introductory course for $75. Previously certified judges may attend the recurrency portion on Sunday for $50. Regional or National judges may attend the Advanced class on Saturday for $55. Attend both the Advanced and Recurrency classes for $80. The cost of attendance includes morning coffee.

Veteran aerobatic judge and Kathy Jaffe Award winner, Ray Rose will teach the introductory and recurrency classes Saturday and Sunday.

IAC Hall of Fame member Bill Finagin will teach the Advanced class on Saturday.

Enroll in the course using one of the buttons below, or by sending a note to Kristel Fillmore, Morey's Piers Kristel.Fillmore@moreyspiers.com, phone 609-846-1628. If you send a note, please indicate which course you will attend. Please let her know as well if you would like her to bring a preprinted 2009 rule book for you at cost.

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Mark Mattioli's Law Firm will provide their excellent downtown conference facilities for the class:

Post & Schell Conference Center 
Four Penn Center 
1600 John F. Kennedy Blvd. 
Phila, PA 19103
Click for directions.

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Bring your whole family and explore the History, Culture and Fun, that Philadelphia has to offer.

Plan to join us for a group Dinner, Saturday Evening at Maggianos’s Located 1201 Filbert Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19107-2818. (Additional Cost Applies per person attending dinner.)

Find hotel accommodations with Club Quarters (215) 282-5000, Windsor Suites (877) 784-8379, or www.hotels.com. Hotel rates start from about $100.00 per night.

Kristel Fillmore 
Events & Entertainment Manager 
Morey's Piers 
3501 Boardwalk 
Wildwood, NJ 08260 
Phone: 609-846-1628 
Fax: 609-729-0788
www.MoreysPiers.com

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Laurie ZalezkiSee them up close

Who should attend this seminar:

  • IAC members who would like to become certified as an IAC Regional Judge
  • Companions/spouses of competition pilots who would like to learn to critique
  • Newcomers to aerobatics who would like to learn the basic rules for judging
  • Competition pilots seeking a better understanding of judging criteria
  • Previously certified Regional or National Judges who need to satisfy recurrency requirements (2nd day)
  • Current Judges who would like to brush up their knowledge of judging criteria (2nd day)

Course content

The two-day course presents basic concepts of aerobatic judging.

Day One:

  • Review of Requirements for becoming an IAC Judge
  • Overview of the Competition Arena
  • Introduction to the Aresti Aerobatic Catalogue
  • Learning the Aresti Language
  • Constructing Aerobatic Figures
  • Review of Catalogue Families

Day Two (Recurrency Session):

  • Contest Flight Program Rules
  • Checking a Freestyle Sequence
  • Detailed Judging Criteria

Upon completion of this course you will be qualified to volunteer as an assistant judge at any IAC competition, and will have completed one requirement towards becoming an IAC Regional Judge. See the IAC 52 Contest List for a list of 2008 Northeast region contest dates.

Previously certified judges fulfill recurrency requirements for attending a Judges Seminar (as defined in IAC Rule 2.6.3) by attending the second day of the two day course.

Materials Provided in this course:

  • Course notes
  • Regional Judge Exam (only for those seeking initial certification as a regional Judge; this exam is also available elsewhere on the IAC web site.)
  • An IAC Judge/Assistant Log

Students may download and print the IAC rule book (244 pages; be sure to wait for the 2009 version) or advance order a preprinted book at cost from Kristel.

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