Judges School


Join us April 4th & 5th 2026 at KHWY. We’ll be in the conference room.

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Saturday will be the Introduction to IAC and the Aresti Language training. You can take this training online (and just come to day 2 on Sunday) or come and learn in person.

Sunday is the Practical Aerobatic Judging (Reccurency). If you are already a judge and would like to become current again you only need to attend this day.  Also, if you do the day one training online via the iac website (bring proof of completion) you only have to come on this day.

We guarantee you will pass the exam by the end of the class.

Class will start at 10a.m. Saturday and plan to be done mid-afternoon Sunday to allow driving/flying home.

The Judges School is FREE. Please email us at IAC11contest@gmail.com if you would like to attend.

For general information on IAC judges’ schools, visit https://www.iac.org/legacy/the-judges-program-and-judges-training

The below excerpt was copied from the above link:

INTRODUCTION TO AEROBATIC JUDGING WEEKEND SEMINAR

This course presents the basic concepts of aerobatic judging. This is a 2-day class.  This seminar presents the “Introduction to IAC and the Aresti Language” session on day 1 and the “Practical Aerobatic Judging” session on day 2.

Day One – Introduction to IAC and the Aresti Language:

  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 – Practical Aerobatic Judging (Recurrency Session):

  1. Contest Flight Program Rules
  2. Checking a Freestyle Sequence
  3. Detailed Judging Criteria

Upon completion of this course new Candidate Regional Judges 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 the Practical Aerobatic Judging session of this traing 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 here).
  • An IAC Judge/Assistant Log.   Note: Contests record Assistant Judge work that is uploaded and tracked on the IAC web site.  But it is reccommended that each individual log their experience towards their certification to back up the online record.

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 Practical Aerobatic Judging training 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 the Practical session).