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Lewis University Flight Team
Soars Above the Competition
Team wins national
Loening Trophy for
its aviation program

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The Loening Trophy is considered the
most prestigious award at the annual
National Intercollegiate Flying Association
Safety and Flight Evaluation Conference
(SAFECON), which is when Lewis University
was announced as the 2013 recipient of the
award. The trophy is presented annually
to the outstanding, all-around collegiate
aviation program in the nation. The award
represents superb achievement in aeronautical skills and the current benchmark for
an overall outstanding collegiate aviation
program. Selection for the award emphasizes academics, community involvement,
aviation skills and their advancement, a
comprehensive safety program and professionalism combined with a proactive
enhancement of the future of aviation.
Lewis University has a strong partnership with the ISTAT Foundation, which
recently selected Lewis University aviation student Montee Franklin as the 2013
ISTAT Foundation Scholarship award recipient. In addition to providing a scholarship
to Lewis University students, ISTAT has
supported the university in its efforts to
inspire aviation careers. For several years,
ISTAT has financially supported the annual
Women and Minorities in Aviation Career
Conference at Lewis University.
"We are proud of our dedicated Flight
Team students, faculty and staff for meriting the historic Loening Trophy, as well
as for excelling in knowledge and flight
skills at SAFECON. The award represents
superb achievement in aeronautical skills
and signifies that Lewis University sets
the standard for an overall outstanding
collegiate aviation program," Brother
James Gaffney, FSC, president of Lewis
University, commented. "Our commitment
to the future of aviation and our emphasis
on academics, community involvement,
aviation skills, a comprehensive safety

Lewis University Flight Team soared at the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Safety and
Flight Evaluation Conference (SAFECON). The Lewis team earned eighth place overall, numerous
individual awards and the Loening Trophy, which is annually awarded to the outstanding
all-around collegiate aviation program in the nation.

program and professionalism were key
reasons for this award."
The Loening Trophy is the rarest and
oldest of all collegiate aviation awards.
The pure silver Tiffany-designed trophy
was commissioned and first awarded in
1929 when aviation pioneer and inventor,
Dr. Grover Loening, saw a need to annually

recognize the most outstanding achievements of today's college aviation programs.
Loening, who was the first aeronautical
engineer for the Wright Brothers, asked
his friends and famous pilots, Charles
Lindbergh, Amelia Earhart and Navy
Commander John Towers, to assist him in
judging the first competition.

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