查看有关GAMA /建造飞机获胜者的文章 2017 航空设计挑战以及他们将如何建造Glasair Sportsman飞机!
GAMA获奖者/制造飞机 2017 航空设计挑战赛–来自奥尔尼奥尔尼高中的团队, TX – will spend the next two weeks building a Glasair Sportsman airplane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, WA, working alongside the airplane’s owner Ken Baur and his son Mike and the staff at Glasair Aviation.
Students Bryant Castro, Kodee Scott, Michael Gomez and Amber McCutcheon, along with teacher Sabrina Laurent, won the all-expenses-paid trip to assemble the Sportsman as part of the fifth annual Science, 技术, 工程, 和数学 (干) competition.
The value of general aviation, 包括公务航空, in supporting high-skill, high-wage American jobs, like those involved in the STEM professions has been a central theme of the No Plane No Gain initiative.
GAMA member companies are sponsoring the team’s travel, lodging and meals. The builder of last year’s plane, Dennis Willows, will provide the students with a tour of the University of Washington, San Juan Island, and a look at the plane built by last year’s challenge winners.
This year’s competition attracted 93 entries from high schools in 31 states and Washington, DC. The schools used “Fly to Learn” curricula and training, including software powered by X-Plane, to learn the basics of aerodynamic engineering.
The Aviation Design Challenge was launched in 2013 to promote science, 技术, 工程和数学 (干) knowledge among U.S. high school students through aviation – which also is a goal of the No Plane No Gain advocacy campaign.
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