Yes...The Metropolitan State College of Denver does have a Precision Flight Team!

We compete under the auspices of the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) in what are referred to as SAFECONs or SAfety and Flight Evaluation CONferences. As members of NIFA, we continue a tradition of competitive flying that began in 1911 at Harvard and now covers the entire United States, divided into 11 Regions.

As members of Region I, which encompasses Colorado, New Mexico, Wyoming, Utah, and Montana, we have competed against the Air Force Academy, Rocky Mountain College from Billings, Colorado Northwest Community College from Rangely at the Regional SAFECON that was held at Pueblo in November in the Fall semester of 2001. As a result of our second place finish, we should be receiving an invitation to the National competition hosted by the Ohio State University in Columbus, Ohio from May 14th to the 18th. About thirty teams from all across America will compete for the National title.

Membership Offers:

• Opportunity to sharpen many of your pilot skills
• Opportunity for you to make a name for yourself nationally
• Scholarships at the National Competition
• Scholarship opportunities within the department
• Cash awards for top three places in some competitions
• Camaraderie with fellow students at MSCD as well as across the Nation
• Training awards from the airlines on their aircraft
• Opportunity for you to make a name for yourself in the department

Come join us!

The competition consists of 7 ground events and 5 flight events over the 4 day period, culminating in an awards banquet where trophies and medallions are handed out to the top contestants in each event, the top Male and the top Female pilots, and to the top teams in the region. The top Male and female pilots receive scholarship awards, there are men's and womens achievement cash awards, and American Airlines also gave unlimited use on any available simulator at their training facility in Dallas to our team members after we won the Safety Award.

All of the events have as their purpose to improve the contestant’s flying knowledge and skills in preflight planning and preparation, leading to the execution of a safe flight.