VT-NA and the Intercollegiate Flight Team

[HiNavy]

Hello all. I will be attending USNA next year with the class of 2024 with the eventual goal of becoming a naval aviator.
I have done some research into activities to be involved with, and so far the Naval Academy Flight training squadron and the associated intercollegiate flight team have been the most interesting. However, I have not found any information on how to join and get involved. Is it even possible for Plebes to join VT-NA or the IFT? I would be fine not flying at first; I just want to get involved with something aviation-related (and eventually fly in either or both). I currently have a private pilot's licence and am working toward an instrument rating, though I doubt I will have it by the time I report this summer. Thank you.

 

[Capt MJ]

Congratulations on your appointment.

While we’re waiting for someone with direct knowledge to pop up, I have a few thoughts for you.

There will be plenty of briefs on ECAs, majors and all kinds of things. You won’t have time to think about it too much over PS. PS rolls right into the academic year, with the Reform of the Brigade and the onslaught of academics and Plebe professional training/activities. Your priorities will be to stay sat in academics (you could be the Plebe who sails through calc and chem, or the one getting their first Cs and Ds), physical fitness testing, military performance/aptitude. You’ll be doing your mandatory sport activity. Your time will be chewed up by things you have no control over. Once you figure out the time management discipline and prioritization that works for you, you can come up for air and look around.

It looks like there is a FB link on their USNA.edu page. You could check that out, see if there is a POC, introduce yourself as an incoming Plebe and express interest, and ask how it usually works to get involved.

Welcome

VTNA Home page for Naval Academy Flying Squadron at USNA.edu. Updated Wed May 17 16:38:53 EDT 2023.

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[Cryptospook]

Recent grad here. There will be so many emails about VTNA and how to join (basically just pay the dues) that it will be impossible to miss. The flight club and VTNA tend to be directly connected. Wether or not that can count as your “sport” changes semester to semester, Dant to Dant, etc... as a plebe it is challenging to do intense extracurriculars but there are a lot of opportunities to be involved in aviation related activities throughout your four years