Embry-Riddle Flight Team Wins 13th National Championship
PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The first thing you see when driving into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott Campus is a series of 12 prominent signs, one for every year the campus' Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the NIFA SAFECON (National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference) National Championship.
- PRESCOTT, Ariz., June 4, 2021 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ --The first thing you see when driving into Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University's Prescott Campus is a series of 12 prominent signs, one for every year the campus' Golden Eagles Flight Team has won the NIFA SAFECON (National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference) National Championship.
- In addition to the team's national championships, the Golden Eagles have won 35 consecutive regional championships.
- "I have been a member of the team since 2016, and in my time here I have never seen the team work harder than they did this year," said team captain Colin Ho-Tseung.
- The Covid-19 pandemic posed the biggest challenge to the team this year, affecting practice schedules, protocols and procedures.