Laurie ZalezkiJudging the 2007 Kathy Jaffe Challenge

Introduction to Aerobatic Judging

Chapter 52 is pleased to host a course in competition aerobatics judging and appreciation at the Greenwood Lake Airport (4N1) in West Milford, New Jersey on Saturday and Sunday March 1st and 2nd (formerly February 23rd and 24th).

We offer the two day course for $100. Previously certified judges may attend the recurrency portion on Sunday for $60. The cost of attendance includes morning coffee, lunch, and afternoon tea both days.

Enroll in the course by sending a note to Doug Lovell doug@wbreeze.com. Indicate whether you will attend the two day course or the Sunday recurrency course.

Registration will open at 8am on Saturday morning. Class will begin at 9am both Saturday and Sunday.

We will meet in the conference room upstairs. The stairs are outdoors, opposite the entrance to the cafe and FBO, right under the Constellation.

Thanks to Wagner Air and Greenwood Lake Airport for providing their excellent meeting and conference facility for the school.

Accomodations

Overnight accomodations are available from hotels about twenty-five minutes from the airport:

• Howard Johnson. $79 + tax per night. 17 North Airmont Road, Suffern, NY. (845) 368-1900.
• Holiday Inn. $124.99 + tax per night. 3 Executive Blvd, Suffern, NY. (845) 357-4800. Essentially co-located with the Howard Johnson. Has indoor pool, sports bar and restaurant.
• Sheraton Mahwah Hotel, Crossroads Corporate Center. Starts at $139 + tax per night. 1 International Blvd # 100, Mahwah, NJ. (201) 529-1660
• Doubletree Hotel Mahwah. Four star. 180 Route 17 South, Mahwah, NJ. (201) 529-5880.

Breakfast and Dinner

The Blue Skies Cafe at Greenwood Lake Airport, just downstairs from the classroom, opens at 7:30am for breakfast.

Join us for dinner on Saturday evening at the Memento II Italian restaurant in West Milford, about three and a half miles from the airport.

Directions

These directions from Google Maps get you from the hotels, to the Greenwood Lake Airport

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 website.)
• An IAC Judge/Assistant Log

Students may download and print the IAC rule book (244 pages) if they did not order a preprinted book.

Print this poster for your local airport bulletin board.