ÿþ<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"> <HTML><HEAD><TITLE>Kraz Avian Photos</TITLE> <META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html; charset=utf-8"> <META content=Kraz name=Author> <META content="MSHTML 6.00.6000.16788" name=GENERATOR> <META content="cartoons, 'toon, kraz, krazations, kraztoons, artificial horizons, air racing, aviation cartoon, aerospace humor, airshow, air show, pictures, aviation art, art, doodles, warbirds, war birds, olympia gathering of warbirds, arlington, eaa, Reno Air Race, northwest, washington" name=Classification> <META content="Aviation cartoons, aerospace humor, aviation photography, avian-art and other general nonsence." name=Description> <META content="cartoons, 'toons, artificial horizons, kraz, krazations, kraztoons, air racing, aviation cartoon, aerospace humor, airshow, air show, pictures, aviation art, art, doodles, warbirds, war birds, olympia gathering of warbirds, arlington, eaa, Reno Air Races, northwest, washington" name=KeyWords></HEAD> <BODY text=#000066 vLink=#000066 aLink=#009900 link=#000066 bgColor=#a6cec1>&nbsp; <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=0 width=650 border=0 > <TBODY> <TR border="0"> <TD width=30 background=b-nw.gif border="0">&nbsp;.</TD> <TD vAlign=center align=center width=585 background=b-n.gif height=50 border="0"> <CENTER><B><I><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times"><FONT color=#ffffff><FONT size=+2>~ 2002 IAC Apple Cup ~&nbsp;</FONT></FONT></FONT></I></B></CENTER></TD> <TD width=30 background=b-ne.gif border="0"><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times">.</FONT></TD></TR> <TR border="0"> <TD background=b-w.gif border="0"><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times">.</FONT></TD> <TD bgColor=#cbcfdc border="0">. <CENTER><B>International Aerobatics Club</B> <BR><B>Ephrata, WA - May 16-18, 2002 - IAC#67</B></CENTER> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=500 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD width=200><A href="gal19.html"><IMG height=300 src="IMG_2525_ss.jpg" width=200 border=0></A> <CENTER><B><FONT size=-1><A href="IMG_2525_800.jpg">800x600</A> | <A href="IMG_2525_1024.jpg">1024x768</A></FONT></B></CENTER></TD> <TD><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times">The Apple Cup aerobatics competition is not the low-level, thrill-a-second, gravity-defying, spectator aerobatics "show" that is common at the larger airshows.&nbsp; Rather, the sanctioned IAC event is intended as opportunity to for pilots, many of whom are purely recreational pilots, to test themselves as well as against one another in a series of aerobatic routines.&nbsp; As such, the casual spectator may miss some of the finer subtleties and challenges of the event. But to the pilots, flying the precision of a complex series of aerobatic maneuvers is anything but casual....</FONT></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE></CENTER> <CENTER><FONT color=#cccccc><FONT size=-1>.</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT color=#006600><FONT size=-1>~Click on pictures to enlarge~</FONT></FONT></CENTER> <CENTER> <TABLE cellSpacing=0 cellPadding=5 width=520 border=1> <TBODY> <TR> <TD vAlign=center align=center> <CENTER><A href="gal1.html"><IMG height=67 src="IMG_2538_t.gif" width=100 border=0></A><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times"><FONT size=-2> Great Lakes &amp; Pitts</FONT></FONT></CENTER></TD> <TD vAlign=top width=325 rowSpan=8><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times"><FONT size=-1>THE AEROBATIC BOX</FONT></FONT> <BR><FONT face="Times New Roman,Times"><FONT size=-1>The aerobatic box is the area in which the aerobatic competitions take place.&nbsp; It is a block of air 3,300 feet long (1,000 meters) by 3,300 feet wide with corresponding markers on the ground.&nbsp; The upper and lower limits of the box are set based on the competition category (Basic, Sportsman, Intermediate, Advanced, or Unlimited) and range from a lower limit of 1500' to 328' AGL with a typical ceiling of 3500' AGL.&nbsp; 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