The Precision Flight Team had an amazing time at the NIFA Region II competition in Prescott, Arizona which saw the team once again qualify for Nationals next year! With 32 schools and over 450 students competing, our team is ready to put in extreme effort and hard-work to achieve high placements! A huge thank you goes out to our peers at Embry Riddle Aeronautical University Prescott for making this regionals one to remember.

We couldn’t be more proud of our team’s outstanding performance at this competition, highlighted by an exceptional showing from Ethan Fletcher, who worked extraordinarily hard to earn Top Pilot and Top Scoring Contestant honors, along with first place finishes in both the IFR event and Traditional Navigation (with safety observer Cole Zamora). The trophies didn’t stop there, as Ethan also secured a second place finish in Power-On Landings and contributed to a second place CRM performance alongside Andrew Hernandez.

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Additional standout achievements include Justen Lim’s impressive second place finish in the competition's first Aviation Maintenance event along with strong placements across multiple events, and Ben Gomez Villafane’s third place finish in Traditional Navigation (with safety observer Matine Nejad) in addition to top-five finishes in Aircraft Preflight and Power-Off Landings. Ryan Chichakly also earned a fifth place finish in Aircraft Preflight, while Sohan Singh, Anthony Duran, Corbett Thomas, and Landon Abrar all placed in the top ten in Aircraft Recognition.

 

The team continued to excel across events, with strong finishes in Message Drop by Juan Hernandez and Andrew Hernandez, as well as Corbett Thomas and Elijah Zepeda, and solid performances in the Aviation Maintenance event by Robert Guevara, Zeke Amagasu, and Anthony Avila. Zeke Amagasu and Justen Lim also placed in Computer Accuracy, while Justen added another top-ten finish in SCAN and Ground Trainer alongside Ethan Fletcher.

 

We also want to recognize Corbett Thomas as this competition’s Outstanding Team Member for his dedication and contributions to the team’s success. Congratulations to all of our members, who worked incredibly hard all season to achieve these results!

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Now the team will begin preparing for nationals; the team has been been working extraordinarily hard to deliver another worthy performance in the Midwest! Check out our gallery for more photos from our time in Prescott. Attached below is also the official score report from the competition.