Wichita Aviators
Founded	2005
Arena	Wichita Ice Arena
Based in	Wichita, Kansas Wichita, Kansas Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...
Colors	Blue, white, black
League	American Professional Football League American Professional Football League The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...

The Wichita Aviators were an indoor football team that played in the American Professional Football League

American Professional Football League

The American Professional Football League is a Midwestern United States-based indoor football league founded in 2003. The league consists of professional and semi-professional teams, with a few core teams that play a full 10 game schedule and other teams that play partial schedules. At the end of...

 (APFL).THe first season, they played their home games at Britt Brown Arena at the Kansas Coliseum

Kansas Coliseum

Kansas Coliseum was a complex, in the Wichita suburb, of Valley Center, Kansas, that hosted sporting events, concerts and shows.It consists of four pavilions, one RV park and the 9,686-seat Britt Brown Arena, named for Harry Britton Brown Jr., of Wichita, the former owner of The Wichita Eagle...

. In 2006, they played their home games at the Wichita Ice Center in Wichita, Kansas

Wichita, Kansas

Wichita is the largest city in the U.S. state of Kansas.As of the 2010 census, the city population was 382,368. Located in south-central Kansas on the Arkansas River, Wichita is the county seat of Sedgwick County and the principal city of the Wichita metropolitan area...

. The team was owned by Ralph Adams, who also owns the Kansas Koyotes.

APFL (2005-2006)

They started play in 2005. They ended up becoming the third seed for the playoffs, beating out the Nebraska B.E.A.R.S. for the spot. They lost the semifinal to the Iowa Blackhawks

Iowa Blackhawks

The Council Bluffs Express formerly known as the Iowa Blackhawks are an indoor football team in the American Professional Football League. They have been around since 2004...

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They started out the 2006 season beating the Kansas Koyotes

Kansas Koyotes

The Kansas Koyotes are a professional indoor football team based out of Topeka, Kansas. The Koyotes compete in the American Professional Football League . They began play in 2003....

, who had been undefeated in its three previous seasons. http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qn4179/is_20060409/ai_n16161474 They looked like they would go unbeaten for the season but the Koyotes got revenge and beat the Aviators and they were tied for first place. The next week the Aviators lost to the Iowa Blackhawks to fall to second place with a few weeks left in the season.

The Aviators defeated the Koyotes on Saturday July 15, 2006, by the score of 55-44. The Aviators won the series between these two teams 2-1 giving them first place in the APFL and the Koyotes second. The Aviators had earned the right to host the Championship game in Wichita on July 29, 2006.

However, the APFL announced a move of the championship game to Topeka on August 5. This presented a hardship for players on both sides, as the season was scheduled to end on July 29. The Koyotes defeated the Iowa Blackhawks in the first round playoff game to earn the second berth in the championship game. The league owner, also owner of both teams, decided to award the championship to the Koyotes, the game was never played.

ADFL(2008-)

The team appears to be coming back from hiatus to play in the American Developmental Football League, a developmental league operated by the APFL.http://www.hometeamsonline.com/adfl

However, scheduled tryouts did not occur due to lack of attendance, and the league appears to have folded.