Join us for the Columbia County Kline Kill Patch at NY1 on Saturday, October 13, 2007. Members of the International Aerobatic Club Chapters 52 and 35 will fly aerobatics on the east side of the airport all day starting at 8am. The airport will remain open for regular arrivals and departures. Pilots please remain clear of the east side of the airport.

IAC National and Regional Judges will be on-hand with IAC Smooth award forms to score your figures and make you eligible for "patches" in the IAC achievement program. The judges will provide personal feedback about your figures as well as grades; so, you can benefit to improve your flying as well.

Participation is free. Aerobatic flying is limited to IAC members only. Food and warm beverages will be available to all for purchase on site.

Press release

Kline Kill airport (NY1) is in Columbia County, New York. It has a 4000 x 75 foot, meticulously groomed turf runway with clear approaches. You will find Kline Kill

• near the Columbia County airport (1B1),
• mid-way between the Hudson River and the Massachussetts border,
• about 25nm south-southeast of Albany,
• about 20nm west-southwest of Pittsfield, MA
• about 15nm west-northwest of Great Barrington, MA.

AirNav information for NY1

Here is an album of aerial images made in the Fall of 2005.

The "rain date" is Sunday, October 14, 2007.

Sunrise and sunset times at Kline Kill on October 13 are 7:05 and 18:16 Eastern Daylight Time. (Daylight time ends at 2am on November 4.)

R.S.V.P. and mail questions to Douglas Lovell. Doug will update anyone who has replied with status on the rain date or cancellation. Expect confirmation on the Friday before.

Information About the Smooth Awards

The IAC "Patch" program is a series of achievement awards for pilots to document their skill in aerobatics. Smooth awards recognize non-competition flying at five levels of proficiency. Each proficiency level lists specific figures flown for the award. Pilots may fly any of the figures in any order with any number of breaks in front of an IAC approved regional or national judge. Pilots do not have to fly all of the figures on the same flight or on the same day. The sequences linked below are samples. The summaries are unofficial. See the linked IAC forms for the official presentation of the achievement requirements.

Primary IAC gif pdf OLAN

One turn spin, loop, slow roll, 270 degree turn

Sportsman IAC gif pdf OLAN

One turn spin, loop, hammerhead, Immelmann, triple-pull humpty, half cuban, reverse half cuban, slow roll

Intermediate IAC gif pdf OLAN

One and one quarter turn spin, hammerhead with quarter rolls up and down, half cuban, slow roll on 45 up, snap roll on 45 down, Immelmann, four point roll, reverse sharks-tooth, square loop.

Advanced IAC gif pdf OLAN

One turn inverted spin, loop with integrated snap roll, half cuban with 2/4 down, three-quarter snap on vertical down, outside loop, snap roll on 45 up, 90 degree rolling outside turn, opposite half rolls, inside-outside cuban eight, 360 degree rolling inside turn, pull-push-pull humpty with half roll up, eight point roll.

Unlimited IAC

One turn inverted spin with inverted exit, 4/8 roll from inverted, three-quarter roll on vertical up, eight-sided loop, outside loop, snap roll on vertical up, outside snap roll on 45 up, inverted entry hammerhead with half roll up, wheels-down tailslide, double-outside cuban eight, 360 degree inside-outside rolling turn, full roll into half loop up into 3/2 roll.