Introduction to Aerobatic Judging Seminar

Quick Facts

Location: Western Air Flight Academy
Instructor: DJ Molny
Cost: $75 for the full course, $50 for the 2nd-day recurrency portion

Please bring...

• The IAC's "Red Book" of rules, available in PDF format (free).
• The Aresti Catalog of aerobatic figures, available from: http://www.arestisystem.com/english/catalogue

Course Description

Day One topics:

1. Review of Requirements for becoming an IAC Judge
2. Overview of the Competition Arena
3. Introduction to the Aresti Aerobatic Catalogue
4. Learning the Aresti Language
5. Constructing Aerobatic Figures
6. Review of Catalogue Families

Day Two (Recurrency Session):

1. Contest Flight Program Rules
2. Checking a Freestyle Sequence
3. 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. For previously certified Judges, attendance at this seminar will fulfill recurrency requirements for attending a Judges Seminar as defined in IAC Rule 2.6.3.

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

Who should attend this seminar:

• IAC members who would like to become certified as an IAC Regional Judge (see IAC Rule 2.6.1)
• Companions/spouse 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 attend a Judges Seminar to satisfy the recurrency requirements defined in IAC Rule 2.6.3
• Current Judges who would like to brush up their knowledge of judging criteria (only need to attend 2nd day).