Mercer County Community College - Viking Yearbook (West Windsor, NJ)

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And there I was . . . Surrounded by the enemy . . . . . , and out of ammunition' ' 'lQggl-1... Safety is paramount. Here wing walkers insure wing clearance. Of the seven events which students participated in, the four air events include power-on and power-off accuracy landings, message drop and navigation. The three ground events were aircraft preflight, aircraft identification and computer accuracy. Each event stressed pilot skill and judgement, and they demand the highest degree of accu- racy. Editor Mike Nostrand flew in to photograph the event Q' ' s fsiiwftifi V. V.. -fi 'iw 'Q' . ,J-kk' A 7 .l1qi- . ,, Q ,f . ,Q A 1' ,amz i 'c,,fe,.,, . ..f .. , D A, ,1 , a ' .fb if' ' Ri, '14 , jf - K - ' , .' ..,, ' '

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FLIGHT TEAM VICTORIOUS Eleven MCCC students and their advisors, David Buchanan and Thomas Metz, traveled to Beaver County, Pa. to participate in the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region Xl air meet. Competition was keen and, after three consecutive days of patience, skill and devotion, MCCC's students took the second place team award, losing to the host college, Beaver County, by only two points. Among the other competing teams were Dowling College, University of Maryland and University of Pennsylvania. This prestigious victory assured MCCC a place in the NIFA finals held in Nashville, Tennessee in the spring. Team Members: fstanding left to rightj David Buchanan, Mark Orgiefsky John BOh3.I'5lk Dan Zrodskey Ben Zerby Len Smetona Rev Casas Tom Metz, fkneeling, left to rightl Jim Humbles, ,lim Brown, Stefan Balis, Jay Bakewell Angel QC l Joel Morales 12

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Flight briefing an wluimw N... f Fog delayed the first day's events A LLV! l I '---....,,,u.s-.t-'gun K 'M w:4gQ,-,W4 AAKAA K . . , , , -1 ,,-k I N K K I... ,.1w4--...,WmwWf Rey Casas puts it on the line. ln - 1 hmmm Angel Morales and John Boharsik demonstrate their pre-flight expertise. 14 Captain Angel Morales