According to head coach Wynn Pfeiffer, senior in commerce, the competition consisted of two types of events, flying and ground. Pfeiffer described the message drop competition as an event in which luck plays a big role. The ground events test the pilot's knowledge of aircraft systems. Computer accuracy tests the pilot's ability to use a flight computer. Some other ground events are preflight simulator and aircraft recognition.
Aircraft recognition is a multiple-choice test on identifying different aircrafts.
The team placed first or second in two out of the four flying events. Peter Lehner, sophomore in aviation, placed first in power-on landing, a test on precision landing. Joe Lavalle, freshman in aviation, and Colleen Sanders, senior in LAS, placed second in the message drop competition. The team also did well in ground events. David Rinaldi and Eric Cowan placed first and second respectively in aircraft recognition.