LeTourneau Flight Team Takes Top Prize

LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University’s “Sting” Precision Flight Team won first place overall, first place in ground events and second place in the flying events at the recentNational Intercollegiate Flying Association’s 2011 Region IV SAFECON competition. It was hosted by Hinds Community College in Raymond, Mississippi. The team’s first place overall win at regionals qualifies the students to compete in May in Salina, Kansas at Kansas State University.

“This is the fourth consecutive year we have won first place in this competition,” said Brad Wooden, assistant chief flight instructor, faculty advisor and team coach. “Our team performed excellently this year. Our students competing in the landing competition did extremely well in very difficult wind conditions. Trent Wiens, who was a late substitution, was our top performer in the landings placing 4th and 10th in his landing events. We also continued our domination of the ground events. In both the Manual Flight Computer (E6B) and Aircraft Recognition written tests, our students took the top four spots. Two of our ladies, Jessie Robinson and Whitney Brouwer were also the top scoring females.”