{"id":10837,"date":"2022-05-18T09:43:53","date_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:43:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/?p=10837"},"modified":"2022-05-18T09:43:53","modified_gmt":"2022-05-18T14:43:53","slug":"southeastern-aviation-flight-team-competes-in-national-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.se.edu\/2022\/05\/southeastern-aviation-flight-team-competes-in-national-competition\/","title":{"rendered":"Southeastern Aviation Flight Team competes in National Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Competitive Flight Team recently placed 13<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0in a national competition of the 28 largest University flight programs in the United States.<\/p>\n<p>This highly competitive annual National Intercollegiate Flying Association\u2019s (NIFA) 2022 SAFECON featured competitive events such as \u00a0precision navigation, aircraft recognition, accuracy landings, and simulation events with expert industry judges officiating the competition and scoring.\u00a0 The event, hosted by the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio, featured more than 500 competitors.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI am exceptionally proud of our team, especially knowing this was the first national competition for the majority of the team, \u201d said Southeastern\u2019s Chief Flight Instructor and team coach Kyle Thomas.<\/p>\n<p>Southeastern will be hosting the regional competitions in October 2022 in Durant.<\/p>\n<p>Following were the top finishers from Southeastern:<\/p>\n<p><strong>Top 10 finishes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traditional Navigation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5<sup>th<\/sup>\u00a0Place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Trey Bradshaw and Kyle Lyons<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Top 20 finishes<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Traditional Navigation\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16<sup>th<\/sup>Place\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0Justin Nichols and Joseph Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Top Pilot\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 14<sup>th<\/sup>Place\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Trey Bradshaw<\/li>\n<li>Message Drop\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 16<sup>th<\/sup>Place\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Danilynn Brown and Joseph Roberts<\/li>\n<li>Power Off Landings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13<sup>th<\/sup>Place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Justin Nichols<\/li>\n<li>Short Field Landings\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 18<sup>th<\/sup>Place\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mackenzie Kraus<\/li>\n<li>CRM Loft\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20th Place\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0 Mackenzie Kraus and Daniel Hair<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Southeastern Oklahoma State University Competitive Flight Team recently placed 13th\u00a0in a national competition of the 28 largest University flight programs in the United States. 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