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Old 05-10-2008, 09:59 AM
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Anyone have any results from the 2008 Safecon?
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Old 05-10-2008, 10:48 AM
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Well....my friends are down there....but the ceremony is on sunday so no results as of now. I heard wx sucked during the whole week........

Oh men....good times @ NIFA


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Originally Posted by tangoindia View Post
I heard wx sucked during the whole week........

That seems to be the case at every SAFECON
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Old 05-10-2008, 06:43 PM
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It didn't suck all week. I'm just down the road from MQY and I flew all week. There was one day of storms, but otherwise good. No results yet from our team either.
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1st Place - ERAU Prescott
2nd Place - UND
3rd Place - ERAU Daytona

At least thats what all of my students who are at the competition just texted me.
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I know that Riddle Prescott got 1st overall, and the Sportsmanship Awards went to Western Mich. After taking home the AA Safety Award two years in a row, Florida Tech gave it up to OSU I think.

That's all that my buddy at school could remember.

Congrats to everyone who participated. I miss those competitions, they were a lot of fun.
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Originally Posted by Mitragorz View Post
I know that Riddle Prescott got 1st overall, and the Sportsmanship Awards went to Western Mich. After taking home the AA Safety Award two years in a row, Florida Tech gave it up to OSU I think.

That's all that my buddy at school could remember.

Congrats to everyone who participated. I miss those competitions, they were a lot of fun.
Back when I was at Oklahoma State ('84-88 Flying Aggies) I thought they had won that competition more times than any other school. I haven't followed this since I left school. Are they still in the running usually or have the ERAUs taking over as they seem to have done this year?

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From the mid 80's to the early 90's the National SAFECONs were dominated by the University of North Dakota. Since the 92 or so, it's usually a toss up between UND or one of the ERAU's, with an occational smaller school once in a while.

I competed in the '93 & '94 National SAFECON's. My hat is off to all the competitors. With the advent of GPS and glass cockpits in GA aircraft, let's hope good old fashion pilot skills never become a lost art! I still put the skills/techniques I learned years ago from my time on the team, to use every day.
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Originally Posted by wingnutC-17 View Post
From the mid 80's to the early 90's the National SAFECONs were dominated by the University of North Dakota. Since the 92 or so, it's usually a toss up between UND or one of the ERAU's, with an occational smaller school once in a while.

I competed in the '93 & '94 National SAFECON's. My hat is off to all the competitors. With the advent of GPS and glass cockpits in GA aircraft, let's hope good old fashion pilot skills never become a lost art! I still put the skills/techniques I learned years ago from my time on the team, to use every day.
I competed in some of the ground events - but not the flying events. Those were for the guys/glas that had been on the team longer >G< I enjoyed the weekends out at the airport practicing thoguh. Great picnic atmosphere, lots of good people, good airplane talk, and good times all the way around.

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This may be a different trophy (award) than the SAFECON. I got this information from the OSU Flying Aggies website:

"In 1951, the Flying Aggies Flight Team attended their first air meet. The team has compiled a distinguished record of championships on both the regional level and the national level.
The organization has won the Grover Loening trophy, a national award presented to the nation's outstanding aviation club, 22 times. This record is unmatched by any other collegiate flying club. This achievement is due to a high level of membership involvement and club activities."


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