The Metropolitan State College of Denver's Precision Flight Team website uses Adobe Flash, Java, and Javascript. In today's world, with anyone
capable of accessing the internet, dishonesty has prompted the need to protect computers and computer networks from hackers and other malicious behavior. In response, security
measures are adopted to do as much as possible to do the protecting. Internet browsers have security settings which can be set to disallow plug-ins like Flash, or programs
like Java and Javascript to operate on a computer.
If your web browser is not displaying the web site correctly, (see illustrations), you may be able to change settings to allow these features to
work on the specific machine you work from.
Adobe Flash Display Issue
If the red "METRO FLIGHT TEAM" lettering at the top of the page does not gleam, Adobe flash plugin for the browser is not installed
or has been disabled. It can
be downloaded and installed on individual machines at this web page. The lettering should
look like
, and if you watch the lettering it should appear to glitter in the sun light from time to time. If it has been disabled by the school, it will appear without
gleaming
Java and Javascript Display Issues
When you roll the mouse cursor over the blue tabs, each menu selection should have a blue tab on it when you roll over it and the others
should be red.
There should be a clock and drop-down selection menu to change the time zone displayed to a local setting or a setting for
a time zone you will be flight planning to, that
When you click on the gold NIFA wings a small window should pop-up displaying the Region 1 schools and a link to the NIFA web site
There should be a blue verticle menu on the left side. When you roll the mouse cursor over this menu it should change background color under the selection the
mouse cursor is over
Finally, there is an RSS feed to Aviation News Headlines on the left side of each page. It should show up with headlines
If Java or Javascript are not working on your browser, it may either not be installed on your PC or it may be disabled. To download java and install it on
your PC, go to this website.