Registration is Closed!

Thanks to all the pilots and team members who registered paid their fees by the close of the registration period. It was great to see just about everyone make the deadline!

We have now closed registration and disabled the registration pages.

Note that the Participants page will be updated in the next few days to add a few last minute people and remove the few who, for whatever reason, failed to meet the deadline for payment. 

Hertz Offer for AWAC Attendees:

Registration fees include bus transportation between the hotels and airport. People wishing their own rental cars must make their own arrangements. Hertz (located at Pendleton airport) has established a special rate available to people attending either the Beaver State Regional Competition in June or in the area for AWAC 2008 during the months of July and August. The AWAC 2008 daily rates are substantially lower than the standard daily rates when making weekly reservations:

These rates are ONLY available when booking directly with the Hertz office at Pendleton airport. To make a reservation, please call the office at +1 541 276 3183 and mention you are looking for the AWAC 2008 rate. Please make reservations as early as possible as Hertz needs to estimate how many cars to have on hand during the summer. Also note that minivans are in short supply at that time of year. However, the AWAC 2008 Hertz rates make it possible to reserve to full size American cars for less than the price of one minivan.

Sponsorship Update:

Over the past months, AWAC 2008 Inc. has been talking to potential sponsors for the 8th Advanced World Aerobatics Championship. The good news is that some have already committed to the event, and we thank them all for that. However, there are still plenty of sponsorship opportunities available. 

We ask that any individual or organization interested in sponsoring AWAC 2008 contact us via the Email Us link above as soon as possible to discuss our potential sponsorship opportunities and associated media benefits.

Dates & Logistics:

AWAC 2008 is now set for August 1st through the 10th at Pendleton Airport in Pendleton Oregon. Click here for information on the airport. This places the event in the middle of what is generally months of the dry, warm weather that is normal for the high desert of Eastern Oregon. Expect warm sunny days with some degree of wind - bring sunscreen, a hat and be ready to drink a lot of water while at AWAC!

Two hotels are being used in the Pendleton area: the Pendleton Red Lion and the Pendleton Best Western. These hotels are almost right next to each other. All available rooms in these hotels are currently reserved to AWAC 2008 Inc. and should be booked via our registration process (use the Registration link in the menu above. Please do not try to directly book with these hotels as you will likely get told them have no rooms available during the championship.

Aircraft Availability:

We've had a number of requests from competitors outside of North America looking to rent, beg, borrow or ?? aircraft in which to compete. We have already obtained commitment from a number of aircraft owners to have their aircraft available for practice before AWAC 2008 and during AWAC 2008.  You can click on the Aircraft link in the menu bar above for more details and to contact the volunteer coordinating the information. Please note that it is necessary for pilots to contact aircraft owners and arrange the use of their aircraft directly - AWAC 2008 Inc. is not involved in those arrangements. We are providing information only to facilitate matters for pilots seeking aircraft to use at AWAC 2008.

Volunteers Needed:

Naturally, an event like this owes its success to volunteers. We'd like to encourage people to volunteer as we'll need help for a variety of tasks at the event. Please use the Email Us button above to let us know if you are interested. Given sufficient sponsorship, we intend to cover some of the expenses for volunteers.

Pre-AWAC Practice Areas & Local Competitions:

Sometime in March of 2008 we will publish on this website the location and descriptions of practices boxes that will be available in the region. The box at Pendleton will not be available until a few days before the AWAC event itself. All practice boxes will have a process for booking time. The same will be true for the few days that the Pendleton box is available.

There are some other practice opportunities:

• IAC Chapter 77 will be holding its regular Beaver State Regional Competition in June of 2008 - moved up two months from its normal time. That competition is open to all competitors and will take place in the same box that will be used for AWAC 2008.

• IAC Chapter 67 will be holding its annual Apple Cup Competition at the end of May 2008 in Ephrata Washington State - relatively close to Pendleton - with essentially the same weather and flying conditions.

Donations:

We have had some people ask if they could make a contribution towards the cost of AWAC 2008. In response, we have put in place a PayPal account to allow people to easily make a tax deductible (in the US!) donation to us. You can either click on the Donations button in the menu bar above for more details, or just click the Donate button below to make a donation now. We are thankful to everyone who has donated to date - and will be just as thankful to those who donate in the future!

Please note that if you use a major credit card, PayPal will email you a receipt that can be used with a US tax return. If you pay through a PayPal account, please don't forget to print your receipt as, in that case, PayPal will not send you an email receipt.

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