Sponsorship Information
Aviation is of interest to the public. Americans, your customers, have always marveled at aerobatics and those crazy young men in their flying machines.
Actually, the aerobatic pilot demographic is not young and certainly not crazy. It is very broad consisting of working and retired men and women generally 20 to 75 years of age. They are predominantly higher income and professional. The group includes decision makers in many walks of life. Such a group certainly provides exciting and effective marketing concepts to the right business. This letter of introduction is for the purpose of soliciting selected businesses to look at IAC Chapter 19 and consider becoming its promotional partner.
IAC19 hosts two aerobatic contests annually: the Carolina Boogie contest in Lumberton, NC in the spring, and the Mason-Dixon Clash in Farmville, VA in the fall. See our Calendar page for the exact dates, and our Contests page for details. There are three days of practice prior to the three days of competition. It is important to note this is not an air show! For insurance and sanctioning reasons, it cannot be promoted to the public; however, the venue is public and therefore the public can certainly be onsite.
The contest is fully sanctioned by the IAC, International Aerobatic Club, a division of the EAA, Experimental Aircraft Association. This national organization is the host of the annual aviation exposition at Oshkosh, Wisconsin and Lakeland Florida’s Sun-n-Fun. These are both premier, world-class aviation events. The IAC promotes and fosters sport aerobatics within the organization. Please visit EAA and IAC websites, www.eaa.org and www.iac.org, respectively, for complete information on these organizations.
IAC sanctioned contests are held across America annually; however the Chapter 19 contests are unique among most others. Contests hosted by Chapter 19 attract competitors from both the entire eastern seaboard and the Southeast. Most competitors find it hard to travel out of their region but, with our central location, pilots can participate in our contests without traveling great distances.
IAC19 has a very attractive website, www.iac19.org, that receives many worldwide hits each day along with an award winning monthly newsletter and t-shirts worn throughout the year at many locations. Since 2008, an IAC19 calendar with photos taken at events during the previous year has been published. All of these offer a great opportunity for promotion.
Can you be our partner? We are offering specific sponsorships, and suggest that a commitment be made for one year. We expect that a contest sponsor would exploit the advantage of association with the exciting world of aerobatics. A successful marketing plan might include promoting your association with the contest thru local media, the IAC national magazine, national mailing (email) lists, and through personal association with our strong demographic of competitors and judges.
Please consider the following:
Contest Sponsor - $2000 per contest - the contest becomes yours - for example:
“Widget Corp. Carolina Boogie Aerobatic Championship” Hosted by IAC Chapter 19
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Your Contest
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Involved with T-shirt design
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Best Shirt Placement of your name & logo
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T-shirts to distribute to your customers
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Your ad and link on IAC 19 Webpage
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Ad in IAC National Magazine
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Your name and logo on all Banners and Advertisements
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Your name and logo on all pages of the following year IAC19 calendar
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Free dinner for two at awards banquet
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Free Aerobatic Rides
Event Sponsor - $750 per contest – two available – BBQ & Banquet
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Your Event, for instance "1st Annual Carolina Boogie BBQ Dinner Hosted by Widget Corp."
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Your Banner with your Advertisement at event
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Name and logo on T-Shirt
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Name, logo and link on IAC 19 Webpage
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Your name and logo on all Banners and Advertisements
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Your name and logo on the following year IAC19 calendar
Major Sponsor - $500 – Water, Trophies, Tent
- Name and logo on T-Shirt
- Name and logo on IAC19 Webpage
- Your name and logo on all Banners and Advertisements
Calendar Sponsor - $250 – Calendar for that year
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Your name and logo on front cover and all pages of the IAC19 calendar
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Name on T-Shirt Sleeve
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Name and logo on IAC19 Webpage
Contest Supporting Sponsors - $250 – Miscellaneous supplies
- Name on T-Shirt Sleeve
- Name and logo on IAC19 Webpage
Basic Sponsor - $25-$100 – Miscellaneous supplies
- Name and logo on IAC19 Webpage
For those wishing to donate gifts to be raffled during the awards banquet your level of sponsorship will be based on the value of donated gifts.
If you are interesting in being a sponsor, please contact Michael Davis, Treasurer, IAC Chapter 19, 434-251-9467 michael.davis@areva.com
IAC CHAPTER 19 INFORMATION
The members of Chapter 19 would like to thank you very much for you consideration of sponsorship, and we look forward to any feedback or response you might offer. See Contact Us for a list of Chapter Officers.
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