LETU Students Make History in Flying Competition
Posted/updated on: November 10, 2017 at 12:25 pm
LONGVIEW – LeTourneau University STING Precision Flight Team made history at the 2017 Region IV SAFECON National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) competition in Waco. The school’s team recorded the highest score ever recorded by a single team when they won 1st place overall in the competition. The LETU students finished with a score of 797 points. Delta State was second with 435 points. The Region IV competition was with schools from Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas and Mississippi.
Besides the 1st place overall win, LETU students won 1st place in the following nine
individual events:
*Power off Landing – Josh Kelly
*Short Field Landing – Josh Kelly
*Navigation – Ben White and James Hulsey
*Aircraft Recognition – Addison Duncan
*Simulated Comprehensive Aircraft Navigation Event – Thomas Alley
*Manual Flight Computer (E6B) Event – Trevor Taylor
*IFR Ground Trainer Event – Thomas Alley
*Preflight Event – Jonathan Rurup
*Top pilot – Ben White
The only event in which LETU did not take first place was the Message Drop event, and LETU placed 2nd.
