Saturday, December 03, 2005

UNO student flies unusual cargo to Omaha

This Univ. of Nebraska at Omaha Sig Ep doesn't monkey around when he is flying
Monkeys are not your typical airline passengers.

However, when the UNO biology department was in need of marmosets, UNO student and aviation major Lucas Stritt was called on to help with the task. The Minnesota-born senior, who has spent the last four years learning how to fly a plane, flew nine hours to Long Beach, Calif. last month to get the monkeys and bring them back to Omaha.
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Stritt has been able to balance work at Allwine Hall, Sigma Phi Epsilon fraternity, school and flying, all of which are very time-consuming for a college student. A typical week of flight training consists of eight hours, plus four hours of his own training. By nomination and election, he earned the title of co-captain of UNO's flight team.
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Stritt has competed in two different flight competitions for UNO, the most recent at Ohio State, where he and his team won an invite to the national competition. Flight competitions consist of groundwork, flight planning, knowledge of regulations and flying portions. He has flown a total of about 20 friends and eight family members.
Typical frat guy - head in the clouds.

The Gateway - UNO student flies unusual cargo to Omaha

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