Flying Challenge Cup Ramps Up for Finals

Shayla Silva

Tuesday, June 10, 2014 at 09:55 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

The *Flying* Challenge Cup, a stick-and-rudder skills competition in Redbird flight simulators, is entering its final month before the 2014 Oshkosh finals.
Over 1,400 participants, including pilots, student pilots, and non-pilots from 32 states, Canada, and Australia, have logged more than 4,500 flights.
Scores are incredibly close across all categories, with top scores held by a student pilot and rated pilots, and non-pilots trailing by only a small margin, setting up a tight competition at the July 30 showdown.

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With only one month left to compete in the finals for the Flying Challenge Cup stick-and-rudder skills competition in Redbird’s full-motion flight simulators, both pilots and non-pilots are giving it their all for that free ticket to Oshkosh 2014. And it’s still anyone’s game.

Since its launch at Sun ‘n Fun this year, the numbers have only continued to climb. Participants have so far logged over 4,500 flights with an average of 50 flights per day. Redbird Flight Simulations predicts that will increase to over 7,500 flights by finals in July. Over 1,400 people have completed registration for the Flying Challenge Cup — that’s an estimated 749 pilots, 204 student pilots and 500 non-pilots.