{"id":14288,"date":"2019-11-19T19:39:21","date_gmt":"2019-11-19T19:39:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=14288"},"modified":"2019-11-19T19:39:22","modified_gmt":"2019-11-19T19:39:22","slug":"ticket-punched-flying-salukis-head-to-national-after-ninth-straight-regional-title","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/illinois\/ticket-punched-flying-salukis-head-to-national-after-ninth-straight-regional-title\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Ticket Punched: Flying Salukis Head to National after Ninth Straight Regional Title"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>With more than half of his squad potentially competing for\nthe first time, Nathan Lincoln, head coach of Southern Illinois University\u2019s\nFlying Salukis, had a few anxious moments leading to the National\nIntercollegiate Flying Association Region VIII competition. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIU.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-14289\" width=\"217\" height=\"155\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIU.jpg 336w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/SIU-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 217px) 100vw, 217px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>But a blend of veterans and youth during the Oct. 29-Nov. 2\nevent at Southern Illinois Airport was the right mix as the team won a ninth\nstraight regional crown and will advance to national competition for a 50th\ntime in 51 years. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Winning nine straight regional titles is difficult. Lincoln\nsaid it\u2019s a \u201cshining example of what a prestigious flight school we have here\nat SIU.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWinning with such a young team is an amazing\naccomplishment,\u201d he added. \u201cI am so proud of the way they worked together to\nnot only better themselves but the team as a whole.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Taking both the ground and flight event divisions and having\nfive of the top six scoring contestants, SIU finished with 341 points, nearly\ndoubling second-place Lewis University. Purdue University was third. The top\ntwo teams advance to the national finals, May 18-23, in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at\nWittman Regional Airport. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Results are available on the NIFA website. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With more than half of his squad potentially competing for the first time, Nathan Lincoln, head coach of Southern Illinois University\u2019s Flying Salukis, had a few anxious moments leading to the National Intercollegiate Flying Association Region VIII competition. But a blend of veterans and youth during the Oct. 29-Nov. 2 event at Southern Illinois Airport [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14288","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-illinois"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14288","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14288"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14288\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14290,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14288\/revisions\/14290"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14288"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14288"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14288"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}