SAFECON Championship: What Teams Qualified?

Each year, "the best of the best" compete to defend their school's legacy.

Monday, June 26, 2023 at 09:44 AM ET

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For more than a century, the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) has inspired collegiate aviators to strive for excellence through competition. [Screenshot]

Key Takeaways:

The National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA), established post-World War I, fosters excellence in collegiate aviation through annual intercollegiate competitions, including its Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) championships.
This year, 28 teams from nine regional competitions converged in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for the SAFECON National Championship, testing their skills in flying, navigation, knowledge, and mathematical computation.
FLYING magazine covered the SAFECON 2023 event, documenting the excitement and stories of competitors and volunteers in a six-part video series.

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For more than a century, the National Intercollegiate Flying Association (NIFA) has inspired collegiate aviators to strive for excellence through competition. NIFA’s history stretches back to post-World War I, when collegiate flying clubs organized their first intercollegiate competition in 1920.

Some of the current coaches and judges had their own experience with the annual Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) as early as the 1950’s. By the 1970s, growth led to the establishment of regional competitions with a singular focus: making it to the national championship.