The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has\nannounced that Hayesville High School in Hayesville, North Carolina, is the\nwinner of the 2019 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge and Erie 1 BOCES Harkness\nCareer and Technical Center in Cheektowaga, New York, is the second-place\nwinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cOur team of engineers serving as judges were extremely\nimpressed with the quality of the designs submitted in this year\u2019s\ncompetition,\u201d said GAMA President and CEO Pete Bunce. \u201cWe look forward to\nworking with these young people and teaching them more about the exciting world\nof aviation through the unique experiences of the Glasair Sportsman build and\nRedbird STEM camp. Thank you to our curriculum and software partners and member\ncompany sponsors for their generous support that makes this program possible.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aviation Design Challenge, created in 2013, promotes\nScience, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) education through\naviation curriculum among U.S. high school students. GAMA will send four\nstudents, one teacher and one chaperone from the first-place team on an\nall-expenses paid trip to help build a plane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington,\nWashington, from June 10 to June 22. The second-place team will receive a\ntwo-day Redbird Flight Simulations STEM Lab Camp, hosted at their high school\ncampus.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cHayesville High School could not be more excited about\nwinning this contest,\u201d said Hayesville High School Principal Dr. Catherine\nAndrews. \u201cWe appreciate what GAMA, its partners and sponsors do to help bring\nthis Challenge to life and hope that we can carry on in the GAMA tradition as\nwe help develop the future aviation enthusiasts of America.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2019 competition included registrants from 136 high\nschools. The teams used Fly to Learn curriculum to learn the basics of\naerospace engineering and then applied that knowledge by modifying a virtual\nairplane with software powered by X-Plane. The software scored the aircraft\nbased on the payload, the length of the flight and the amount of fuel burned.\nIn addition, judges from GAMA\u2019s engineering team evaluated a summary of\nmodifications each team made to the virtual Glasair Sportsman, a checklist of\nsteps involved in the demonstration flight and a video submission in which the\nteam summarized what they learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cAs the first-place winner in 2018, we know how rewarding\nthis competition can be for youth,\u201d said Anedda Trautman, associate director\nfor Erie 1 BOCES\u2019 Harkness Career and Technical Center. “Hands-on\nexperience with industry offers a tremendous value to student learning. Thank\nyou to GAMA and its partners for their efforts; we are so proud of our\nstudents\u2019 achievement and look forward to hosting Redbird Flight Simulations.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Hosting the winners of the annual Aviation Design\nChallenge is one of our favorite times of the year,\u201d said Glasair Aviation\nSales and Marketing Vice President Mark Shepard. \u201cCongratulations to the\nwinners and we can\u2019t wait to have you here to experience firsthand what it\u2019s\nlike to build a complete aircraft.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“Congratulations to the students of Harkness on their\ncontinued success,\u201d said Redbird Flight Simulations President and COO Charlie\nGregoire. \u201cWe are excited to host this Aviation STEM lab for such bright and\ntalented young people. There is no better platform to introduce and apply a\nbroad range of STEM topics than aviation. The activities highlighted in this\nlab combined with the simulators will give these students a much richer understanding\nof what aviation has to offer and will start them down a path toward a\nrewarding and successful career.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“We are excited to see this level of aviation-oriented\npromotion to today’s students,\u201d said Rod and Margaret Davis, the owners of the\nGlasair Sportsman the students will help build. \u201cAs both of us are retired\naerospace engineers, we know the importance and impact of providing real-world\nopportunities to individuals and how these experiences can absolutely influence\nstudents’ directions toward STEM related careers.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The 2019 Aviation Design Challenge sponsoring companies are:\nBBA Aviation, Boeing Global Services, Bombardier Business Aircraft, Cirrus\nAircraft, Click Bond, Inc., Dassault Falcon, Embraer, ForeFlight, Garmin, GE\nAviation, Glasair Aviation, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Hartzell\nPropeller, Jet Aviation, Jet Support Services Inc., Lycoming Engines, Pratt\n& Whitney Canada, Redbird Flight Simulations, Textron Aviation, Uber and\nWipaire. Sponsors provide round-trip airfare, hotels and meals for the first-place\nteam as well as in-kind donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Learn more about the organizations involved in organizing\nthe competition and plane build at GAMA.aero, glasairaviation.com,\nflytolearn.com and x-plane.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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