{"id":18740,"date":"2021-06-28T23:17:20","date_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:17:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=18740"},"modified":"2021-06-28T23:18:16","modified_gmt":"2021-06-28T23:18:16","slug":"gama-announces-2021-aviation-design-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/gama-announces-2021-aviation-design-challenge-winners\/%20","title":{"rendered":"GAMA Announces 2021 Aviation Design Challenge Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Photo above &#8211; 2021 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge first-place team from Raisbeck Aviation High School.\u00c2\u00a0 From left to right: Alex Shemwell, Garett Griner, Lyra Young, Jason Poon and Atticus Bhat. <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)\nannounced that the team from Raisbeck Aviation High School in Tukwila,\nWashington, is the winner of the 2021 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge. The team\nfrom The Pennington School in Pennington, New Jersey, is the second-place\nwinner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe are extremely proud of the work done by the winning\nteams from Raisbeck Aviation High School and The Pennington School. Their\nsubmissions showed a sophisticated grasp of aircraft design for accomplishing\nan important and timely simulated mission \u2013 delivering COVID-19 vaccines to a\nremote area. In the coming weeks, we look forward to offering these teams\nunique experiences that showcase the rewarding opportunities available in the\ngeneral aviation industry,\u201d said Pete Bunce, GAMA President and CEO. \u201cWe also\nwant to applaud all the teams that participated in the ninth annual GAMA\nAviation Design Challenge for their commitment to learning the dynamics of\nflight and aviation design even while navigating pandemic-related challenges.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cI want to congratulate the team from Raisbeck Aviation High\nSchool in Tukwila, Washington for their ingenuity and efforts in winning the\nAviation Design Challenge. STEM education is so important for building\nAmerica\u2019s future. It is no surprise that the next generation of aviators and\ninnovators is found right here in the Pacific Northwest,\u201d said Washington Senator\nMaria Cantwell, Chair of the Senate Committee on Commerce, Science, and\nTransportation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Nearly 50 high school teams, representing 26 states, entered\nthe 2021 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge. During the first portion of the\nchallenge, teams used complimentary \u201cFly to Learn\u201d curriculum to learn the\nprinciples of flight and airplane design, which is developed in alignment with\nnational STEM standards. During the second portion of the competition, teams\napplied their knowledge to virtually modify an airplane design and compete in a\nfly-off using X-Plane software, which is a comprehensive and powerful flight\nsimulator for personal computers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This year\u2019s mission was to modify a Glasair Sportsman to fly\nas many COVID-19 vaccines as fast as possible from Seattle, Washington, to\nPackwood, Washington. The teams needed to design their aircraft to maximize\ntransportable payload and successfully land on a small runway, surrounded by\nhigh terrain. Judges scored the teams based on performance parameters, a\nchecklist of steps involved in the demonstration flight and a video submission\nin which the team summarized what they learned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the first-place team from Raisbeck Aviation High\nSchool include Atticus Bhat, Garett Griner, Jason Poon, Alex Shemwell and Lyra\nYoung. Their design included the addition of spoilers, installation of\nretractable gears and a narrowing of the fuselage profile to reduce drag. Their\nfirst-place prize includes a unique general aviation manufacturing experience\nat CubCrafters, tours of GAMA member company facilities in the Seattle area,\ndemonstration flight opportunities and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Raisbeck Aviation team was taught by Steven Chapman,\nwith volunteer assistance by Dave Jones. The team had the following to say\nabout their experience:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cWithout the opportunity to hold GAMA meetings\nin person, the five of us had to be self-driven, organized, and hold each other\naccountable throughout the design and testing process. COVID changed everything\nabout how we competed this year: three brand new teammates, no live interaction\nand members with insufficient tech at home. We worked through numerous design\nphases, testing and compiling data from each to create the final aircraft. Our\nhard work and dedication to the challenge throughout the pandemic really\nhighlights our deep passion for aviation and commitment to one another. We\u2019re\nincredibly proud of our work and could not be happier with the outcome. We\nwould like to thank our wonderful school, Raisbeck Aviation High School, and\nour fantastic mentor Dave Jones; we could not have done this without your\nsupport.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Members of the second-place team from The Pennington School\ninclude William Arthur, Nicholas Callan, Gavin Cui, Sebastian Drezek, Jonathan\nEaton, Michael Krajci, Avani Prakash, Charles Sanders, Elias Sebti, Jack Wang\nand David Zhang. Their design included changes incorporating an increase in\naircraft wingspan and area, increase in engine power and a streamlined fuselage\nshape for increased fuel efficiency. They will receive a two-day Redbird Flight\nSimulations STEM Lab Camp.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The Pennington School team was taught by Ryan Vogt. He had\nthe following to say about his students:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>\u201cWhether they were meeting virtually or in\nperson, the students in the Aviation Club at The Pennington School displayed a\ngreat excitement and drive for completing the challenge this year. It was a\ncompletely student run endeavor, as members with previous experience led the\nintroductory lessons and ensured everyone understood the material and software.\nOur team leaders, Jonathan and Jack, ensured a collaborative environment so\nthat all voices were heard. This experience was a great opportunity for our\nstudents to push themselves in an area they are very passionate about. They\nconsistently learned and improved from their mistakes, ever progressing towards\ntheir goals. I am very impressed by their accomplishments and was glad to be a\nsmall part of the process.\u201d<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2021 Aviation Design Challenge sponsoring companies\ninclude Bombardier, Cirrus Aircraft, ClickBond, CubCrafters, Daher, Embraer,\nEviation, Garmin, Gulfstream Aerospace Corporation, Hartzell Propeller, magniX,\nRedbird Flight Simulations, Signature Flight Support, Textron Aviation and\nWipaire. Sponsors provide financial support for the competition as well as\nin-kind donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>To learn more about the organizations involved in structuring\nthe competition, visit gama.aero, flytolearn.com and x-plane.com.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Photo above &#8211; 2021 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge first-place team from Raisbeck Aviation High School.\u00c2\u00a0 From left to right: Alex Shemwell, Garett Griner, Lyra Young, Jason Poon and Atticus Bhat. The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that the team from Raisbeck Aviation High School in Tukwila, Washington, is the winner of the 2021 GAMA [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":18741,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-18740","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-aviation-education"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/GAMA-Award-Raisback-HS.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18740"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18744,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18740\/revisions\/18744"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/18741"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18740"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18740"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18740"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}