The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA)\nannounced that registration for the 2023 Aviation Design Challenge has opened.\nThis annual competition, now in its eleventh year, promotes careers in aviation\nand Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) education in U.S.\nhigh schools through aviation-focused curriculum.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
\u201cGAMA\u2019s annual Aviation Design Challenge provides a great\nexperience for students to learn more about aviation and the diverse career\nopportunities that the industry has to offer. We are proud to continue to offer\nthis valuable program to interested high schools and look forward to seeing teams\ntake on the challenge. We find it fitting to open registration on National\nAviation Day, a day in which we celebrate the history and promote the future of\naviation.\u201d said Pete Bunce, GAMA President and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Aviation Design Challenge is open to the first 150\nschools that register to participate. Registered schools will receive free \u201cFly\nto Learn\u201d curriculum, which is aligned with national STEM standards, to\nfacilitate the learning of flight and airplane design principles. Teachers can\nguide their students through the curricula in approximately four to six weeks.\nThe teams will then virtually modify an airplane design and complete a mission\nin a fly-off using X-Plane software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Completed challenge submissions will be scored by GAMA\njudges based on the fly-off and other performance parameters. The winning team\nwill receive an all-expenses-paid general aviation experience, which includes a\nCubCrafters Manufacturing Experience. The second-place team will receive a\nRedbird Flight Simulations STEM Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Since its inception in 2013, the Aviation Design Challenge\nhas had over 650 teams participate, representing over 400 high schools from 48\nstates and Washington, D.C. The Aviation Design Challenge has inspired many\nstudents to get involved in general aviation and\/or pursue a college degree or\ncareer path related to general aviation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n