Aviation and Aerospace Science Department
Events
Competition
The National Intercollegiate Flying Association SAFECON Competition
NIFA SAFECON is an annual competition with ten regional competitions held in the fall and a national competition held in the spring. As a competitor of Region One, MSU Denver Precision Flight Team actively promotes participation in the NIFA competition which include both flying and ground events.
Flying Events:
- Power Off Landing
- Short Field Approach and Landing
- Navigation
- Message Drop
- IFR Precision Flight (Nationals only)
- Crew Resource Management (Nationals only)
Ground Events:
- Ground Trainer (Simulator Flying)
- Aircraft Preflight Inspection
- Aircraft Recognition (ACID)
- Simulated Comprehensive Aircraft Navigation (SCAN)
- Manual Flight Computer (MFC)
- IFR Simulated Flight (Nationals only)
- Loening Trophy (Nationals only)
- Women’s Achievement Award (Nationals only)
- Men’s Achievement Award (Nationals only)
- CFI Event (Nationals only)
For more information regarding the competition events please visit www.nifa.aero/schools/rules/