Aerobatic Competency Programs

Warbird Aerobatic Competency Evaluator (ACE) Program  

In the late 1980s the International Council of Airshows (ICAS) developed their Aerobatic Competency Evaluator program to provide check rides for members' Statement of Aerobatic Competency. But warbird aircraft do not have the same flight characteristics as a purpose-built aerobatic airplane, so the EAA Warbirds of America, in conjunction with the FAA, developed the Warbird Aerobatic Competency Evaluator program, based on the successful ICAS ACE program.

This program has been important to those EAA Warbirds of America pilot members who need an aerobatic competency card to fly an aerobatic routine in air shows or even to perform basic aerobatic maneuvers during a warbird air show. The uniqueness of the program is that it utilizes our own Aerobatic Competency Evaluators, most of whom are also ICAS ACEs and maneuvers are limited to loops, rolls or any combination of the two at a minimum altitude of 250 feet. Surface level maneuvers require a check-out by an ICAS ACE.

Current Warbirds ACE's are:

John Baugh	Dan Dameo
John Ellis	Neil Granley
Jeffrey Michael	Fred Johnson
Lee Lauderback	Vlado Lenoch

For further information on the Warbird ACE program contact the Warbirds office.

  EAA Aviation Center
  P.O. Box 3086
  Oshkosh, WI 54903-3086

www.warbirds-eaa.org
Phone: 920.426.4800
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