U-Illinois 2002-2005......

Attended Regionals at: HUF, Carbondale, Lewis, OSU

Attended Nationals at UND, Salina

Good times.....

UND was pretty far to take a 152 also.....

How about current NIFA competitors? I've done Regionals and Nationals 04-07...probably will end up coaching for Nationals 08 at MTSU since I won't be a full-time student then...

Absolutely love the team atmosphere and good times had by all...and what's wrong with learning more about the things hardly (or never) used in aviation!? *cough cough* E6b...

I always thought those E6B questions were hilarious and retarded... "While cruising along at FL 350, you start to wonder what the drag coefficient of your airplane is. So you ask your captain, and he tells you that the OAT is -20 and your TAS is 758. Knowing your OAT always reads 7 degrees high and you have your dog and 79 suitcases (weighing 97 kg each) in the back at station 894 (with a CG of 79645 mm), what is your total weight in cases of oil?"
:-)

Former competitor, going on 4 years coaching, national officer, chief judge.......... Met some of my best friends and connections because of NIFA.

And Cessna157 - your information about that 150 is incorrect.

Mtsu
 

It's awesome to see so much support from the university when it comes to the flight team, especially from PM. What a great change from the past where the flight team was pretty much a pariah at the university. Yeah, you guys/gals are very lucky to have the current chief pilot there, I wish he was the CP when I was in school...

Ps. I'm glad you've made it to the captain seat already! :D

Down2mins: I was just corrected about the 150. Seems like the alumni pressure worked. How were you privvy to this info? Ha, something tells me we've known each other for way too long

The OSU 150 with the red tail was still around for regionals at OU last week. It's sad to see the OSU Aviation Department going down hill. Unfortunately, I think a lot of college aviation programs are going down hill. OU is also having trouble with instructors, costs, and enrollment.

Does anyone know if OSU will be able to go to nationals?

Haha....oops. Insert foot into mouth.

SvO wins again! 150 stays where she should

Yes, OSU did qualify for Nationals. and yes, down2mins is correct, alumni pressure forced the university to keep the world's most beautiful 150

I think he means will they be able to afford the nationals trip. I'm a current member of another Region III team...:) I really look forward to competitions. It's a great experience, and I've definitely made a lot of friends and contacts. I really do think Region III is the best. Great teams and great competitors.