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Showcasing on a national stage ✈️ 💜 Our Flight Team competed at the NIFA SAFECON collegiate flight competition with nume...
05/26/2026

Showcasing on a national stage ✈️ 💜
Our Flight Team competed at the NIFA SAFECON collegiate flight competition with numerous other universities and colleges from across the country. This provided an opportunity for our aviation students to not only display their piloting skills but also to network with aviation professionals and peers.

Congratulations to Mary Barbour, Logan Dobransky and Claire Trapp on taking home top awards! Roei Biton also placed in an event, while both Biton and Trapp teamed up to place in another event.

Great work, Wildcats! 🛫

Views with our favorite crew 💜 Yesterday's main event was the power-off landing competition—a test of the pilot's abilit...
05/22/2026

Views with our favorite crew 💜

Yesterday's main event was the power-off landing competition—a test of the pilot's ability to glide and land accurately without engine power. Today is the last day of the national collegiate flight competition, and our Flight Team is looking to make a final statement. Go Cats!

Congratulations to two of our aviation program members for being recognized with annual campus-level awards! Chad Fridle...
05/21/2026

Congratulations to two of our aviation program members for being recognized with annual campus-level awards!

Chad Fridley, a senior student in professional pilot, Shawnee, is the Salina campus's recipient of the Outstanding Graduating Senior Award. John Dahl, teaching assistant professor in professional pilot, was honored with the Marchbanks Memorial Award for Teaching Excellence.

Read more about Fridley and Dahl, as well as the other campus award winners, in the first comment below.

Flight Team's journey at nationals is coming down to a thrilling final two days of competitions! Today will feature the ...
05/21/2026

Flight Team's journey at nationals is coming down to a thrilling final two days of competitions! Today will feature the short-field approach and landing events.

Finish strong, Wildcats 😼

Day ✌️ of the NIFA SAFECON ✈️ On the first day, Flight Team competed in events including the E6B, an accuracy-based math...
05/19/2026

Day ✌️ of the NIFA SAFECON ✈️

On the first day, Flight Team competed in events including the E6B, an accuracy-based math competition with a variety of flight calculations; Aircraft Recognition, identifying different aircraft by make, model and nickname; and Simulated Comprehensive Aircraft Navigation, a scenario-based cross-country event testing numerous piloting skills.

Follow along on the event's progress at the first comment below. Keep up the good work, Wildcats 💜

Eyes on the prize 😼 The preparations are now complete. Flight Team is ready to compete for a national title! Today is t...
05/18/2026

Eyes on the prize 😼

The preparations are now complete. Flight Team is ready to compete for a national title! Today is the first day of the NIFA SAFECON, and you can follow along in the competition at the first comment below.

Next week is the 2026 NIFA SAFECON, and the Flight Team will compete against other collegiate aviation schools from ar...
05/15/2026

Next week is the 2026 NIFA SAFECON, and the Flight Team will compete against other collegiate aviation schools from around the country!

The team has traveled to the Quad Cities and is prepared to showcase its piloting skills! Follow along on this channel for updates.

Six students in the Aviation Maintenance Competition Club competed against 50 other schools and 91 overall teams from ac...
04/30/2026

Six students in the Aviation Maintenance Competition Club competed against 50 other schools and 91 overall teams from across the country at a national competition in Orlando, Florida!

Students Owen Strathman and Laikyn LeFever teamed up for the turbine fan blade removal event, placing eighth in the school category and 15th overall. While students showcased their skills in the competition, they also networked with students from other schools and companies from around the country.

Future pilot 'Cats, welcome to campus 😼 Students entering the professional pilot degree for next fall began their orient...
04/24/2026

Future pilot 'Cats, welcome to campus 😼
Students entering the professional pilot degree for next fall began their orientation process today! The students heard from an alumnus currently in the airlines, the aviation department head, faculty members, an aviation medical examiner and many of our campus's staff members who shared our variety of resources to support students.

For these future Wildcats, New Student Orientation is the first step to their aviation careers 💜👩‍✈️

Welcome back to Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Shelly! Shelly is this year's Alumni Fellow for our campus. As the Alumni F...
04/22/2026

Welcome back to Air Force Lt. Col. Matthew Shelly! Shelly is this year's Alumni Fellow for our campus.

As the Alumni Fellow, Shelly returned to campus to provide mentorship to students and share industry trends. Shelly earned his professional pilot degree from K-State Salina in 2005 and is currently stationed in Honolulu, Hawaii. Thank you for your time and mentorship to our campus community!

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