BRADY PASSES
Long-time ICAS member and pioneering air boss Jim Brady passed away at his home in Wisconsin on Saturday, January 9 from complications related to the chemotherapy that he was undergoing for throat cancer. Jim’s family is hosting a wake at the Haase-Derrick-Lockwood Funeral Home in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin from 3:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Friday, January 15. Funeral services will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, January 16 at St. John's Catholic Church in Twin Lakes, Wisconsin. For additional information, contact Haase-Derrick-Lockwood Funeral Home at 262-877-3013 or on the internet at hdlfuneralhomes.com.
DOOLEY PASSES
Long-time air show performer and ICAS member Joe Dooley passed away on Christmas day at his home in Minnesota after a long battle with cancer. Known as the Flying Irishman, Dooley performed in his Pitts S1S for 17 years, primarily in the upper Midwest. Joe was 56 years old.
ICAS LAUNCHES AUTOMATED SAC APPLICATION PROCESS
After several months of development, ICAS has launched its automated statement of aerobatic competency application process. Developed to help simplify and streamline the process by which pilots apply for their SAC cards, the new web-based application tool is easy to use and understand. But, like any significant change to a long-established process, ICAS members should anticipate a brief learning curve as they use and become familiar with the new process. For obvious reasons, anybody using the new system – member or non-member, applicant or evaluator – must be logged in on the ICAS website to use the system. Pilots using it for the first time to apply for or renew their statement of aerobatic competency should click here for simple, clear instructions. Aerobatic Competency Evaluators using the system to evaluate and recommend issuance of a SAC card to an air show pilot should click here to get a set of graphically-illustrated directions.
REGIONS PLAN ANNUAL CONFERENCES
The SWAN conference has been scheduled for February 5-6, 2010 at MCAS Miramar in San Diego. For more information, visit the SWAN website at www.swansafety.com.
The Northeast Council of Airshows conference has been scheduled for February 19-21, 2010 at the Niagara Falls Air Reserve Station in Niagara Falls, New York. For more information, please visit the NECAS website at http://www.necas.org/conference/index.asp.
The Northwest Council of Airshows conference has been scheduled for March 5-6, 2010 at the SeaTac Marriott Hotel in Seattle, Washington. For more information please visit: www.nwcas.org.
SANBORN MAKES OPENING KEYNOTE ADDRESS AVAILABLE TO CONVENTION DELEGATES, ICAS MEMBERS
In response to the many requests ICAS received following his presentation, Mark Sanborn, the opening keynote speaker for the 2009 ICAS Convention, has agreed to make his keynote address to ICAS Convention delegates available to all ICAS members. Held on the morning of Monday, December 7, Sanborn’s presentation was among the most well-received in ICAS Convention history. To order your copy of Sanborn’s 60-minute presentation, send credit card information or your $35 check (payable to ICAS) to ICAS headquarters, 750 Miller Drive, Suite F-3, Leesburg, Virginia 20175, Fax: 703-779-8511, e-mail: icas@airshows.aero. Please also include your shipping address. You should receive your DVD within ten days to two weeks.
ASB.tv NAMES HINTON PERSON OF THE YEAR
AirShowBuzz recently named Steve Hinton as the recipient of the AirShowBuzz Person of the Year Award. The youngest ever Unlimited Gold Champion at the National Championship Air Races in Reno, Nevada, Hinton was recognized by ASB as a “prodigy in the air show arena.”
Previous winners of the ASB Person of the Year Award include U.S. Air Force Major Paul “Max” Moga who was the first Air Force F-22 Raptor Demo Pilot, and Advanced World Aerobatic Champion Rob Holland.
ICAS FOUNDATION SILENT AUCTION A SUCCESS
The ICAS Foundation reports that its 2009 Silent Auction and convention activities raised just over $21,000. These annual fundraising activities allow the Foundation to carry out their programs, including the Air Show Hall of Fame, the Scholarships program, and the Family Fund.
Tax receipts and statements were emailed to both donors and high bidders on December 20. If you did not receive your statement and need a replacement, please contact Caroline Trinkwalder at caroline@icasfoundation.org.
MARKETING IN THRILL ZONE DEMOGRAPHIC BROCHURES STILL AVAILABLE
For ICAS members trying to explain to prospective sponsors precisely who attends air shows, ICAS has bulk quantities of its 12-page, custom-designed demographics brochure available for purchase. “Marketing in the Thrill Zone” presents the results of the most recent ICAS spectator survey, including detailed demographic information on spectator household income, education levels, age, gender, home ownership, and more. Produced as a tool to help air shows and air show performers underscore the attractiveness and unique demographic make-up of air show audiences, the brochures are available for $3.00 each. For more information or to order your copies, contact ICAS headquarters.
STAFF RECAPS 2009 ACTIVITIES
At the end of each month, the ICAS staff provides the ICAS Board of Directors with a summary of staff activities during the previous 30 days. Recently, several members of the Board asked that staff provide a summary of these monthly reports to the entire ICAS membership to provide you with a clearer idea of what the ICAS staff does on a day-to-day basis on behalf of ICAS members and the air show industry. As we begin the new year, this seemed to be a good time to share some of those details.
· The ICAS staff works on issues related to the ICAS Convention throughout the year. >From education programming, booth sales and sponsor solicitation to hotel logistics, registration and social event planning, the annual convention is a very large event that requires staff attention for twelve months a year. Planning for the 2010 Convention has, literally, already begun.
· The ICAS staff writes and distributes approximately 18 issues of Fast Facts and 16 issues of the ICAS Operations Bulletin each year.
· The ICAS staff publishes a 300-page Industry Guide each summer.
· In cooperation with professional freelance writers and an award-winning graphic artist, ICAS staff produces four quarterly issues of Air Shows Magazine each year.
· ICAS Conducts 6-8 member surveys each year that provide a snapshot of facts, figures and member opinions on a wide range of issues throughout the year. The results of these surveys are published in Air Shows Magazine.
· Members of the ICAS staff speak on behalf of the air show industry at air show and non-air show seminars, workshops and conferences throughout the year.
· Members of the ICAS staff periodically write columns or editorials for magazines and newsletters looking for the perspective of the air show industry.
· Throughout the year, ICAS staff interacts with other aviation-related trade and professional associations on issues of common interest.
· During the last two years, ICAS has committed considerable staff time and resources to the challenge of changing the culture of air show safety. In 2009, that included finalization and implementation of our new incident response process.
· ICAS staff is responsible for continuously adding new materials and new updates onto the ICAS website.
· Each year, the ICAS staff processes nearly 400 Statement of Aerobatic Competency applications for air show pilots who fly aerobatics at U.S. and Canadian air shows.
· For the last several months of 2009 and over and above the day-to-day processing of statement of aerobatic competency applications, ICAS staff spent considerable time on developing and fine-tuning a system that will automate the statement of aerobatic competency application process.
· Throughout the year, ICAS staff works closely with federal regulatory officials in the United States and Canada to represent the interests of ICAS members.
· In 2009, ICAS worked closely with the U.S. Air Force on issues related to Air Force Instruction 10-1004, a document being developed to help provide Air Force project officers with clearer guidance on how to conduct air shows and open houses at Air Force facilities.
· In 2009, with the help of numerous ICAS members, the staff organized and conducted an ICAS Academy in conjunction with the Vectren Dayton Air Show in July and a new ICAS Air Boss Academy in conjunction with the MCAS Miramar Air Show in October.
· In the last three months of 2009, the staff coordinated a multi-faceted membership development campaign.
· ICAS staff coordinated and facilitated development of an Air Boss Safety De-Brief Checklist during 2009. To see the product of that work, click here.
· In 2009, ICAS staff testified via video link on a New Zealand criminal case involving a con man who bilked thousands of people out of hundreds of thousands of dollars in a small town in New Zealand.
· During the spring and summer of 2009, ICAS staff coordinated a nation-wide public relations program developed to highlight the trend toward increased attendance at air shows throughout the United States and Canada. Designed to highlight the low cost of air show attendance during difficult economic times, the campaign generated national media coverage, including a three-minute segment on the CBS Evening News in August.
· Each year, ICAS staff plans two different one-day seminars in which we provide instruction and guidance to FAA Flight Standards inspectors on how to most effectively monitor air shows.
· In cooperation with ICAS members, the ICAS staff completed work on the rewrite of the jet vehicle best practice document.
· Each year, the staff prepares an initial draft of the annual $1.4 million budget and submits it to the ICAS Board for discussion and approval. Throughout the year, the ICAS staff manages ICAS finances.
· The ICAS staff prepares meeting reports and briefing books for each of the association’s four board meetings and three executive committee meetings each year.
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Phone: 703-779-8510
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