{"id":25870,"date":"2023-06-19T20:36:54","date_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:36:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=25870"},"modified":"2023-06-19T20:40:23","modified_gmt":"2023-06-19T20:40:23","slug":"gama-announces-2023-aviation-design-challenge-winners","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/aviation-education\/gama-announces-2023-aviation-design-challenge-winners\/%20","title":{"rendered":"GAMA Announces 2023 Aviation Design Challenge Winners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that the team from McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia, is the winner of the 2023 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge<\/a>.\u00c2\u00a0 The team from Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. was awarded second place.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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2023 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge first-place team from McIntosh High School. (From left to right:  Marc van Zyl, Emily White, Matthew Villiger, Aaron Maeder and Jada Reeves) <\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

\u201cGAMA continues to be inspired by the effort and creativity\nwe see put forth by all the teams competing in the Aviation Design Challenge.\nWe congratulate McIntosh High School and Gonzaga College High School for the\ninsightful work they put into the challenge, especially as both teams were\nfirst time entrants. With the completion of our eleventh year, we have now had\nteams from all 50 states participate in the challenge, which is a great\nmilestone for the program. We look forward to continuing to improve and grow\nthe program so that we can inspire younger generations to consider fulfilling\ncareers in general aviation,\u201d said Pete Bunce, GAMA President and CEO.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Over 80 high school teams, representing 38 states, entered\nthe 2023 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, consistent with national STEM\nstandards. During the second portion of the competition, teams applied their\nknowledge to virtually modify an airplane design and compete in a fly-off using\nX-Plane software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s mission was to modify a CubCrafters NX Cub to\nfly from Packwood, Washington, to Seattle, Washington, as quickly and\nefficiently as possible. The teams needed to design their aircraft to maximize\nspeed and efficiency and successfully takeoff from an airport 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

Members of the first-place team from McIntosh High School\ninclude Aaron Maeder, Jada Reeves, Marc van Zyl, Matthew Villiger and Emily\nWhite. Their entry demonstrated an elaborate design process which included\naltering wing length and chord ratio; adding winglets, retractable landing gear\nand fairings; and reducing horsepower. The team\u2019s first-place prize includes a\nCubCrafters Manufacturing Experience, a tour of The Museum of Flight,\ndemonstration flight opportunities and much more.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Members of the second-place team from Gonzaga College High\nSchool include Enzo Bunag, Hunter Cullina, Jack Deye, Reed Gray, Colin Heil and\nPaul Molinaro. The team illustrated a well thought out design process,\nincreased aspect ratio and decreased wing area, and decreased horsepower. They\nwill receive a Redbird Flight Simulations STEM Lab.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The 2023 Aviation Design Challenge sponsoring companies\ninclude Boeing, Bombardier, Camp Systems, Cirrus Aircraft, Click Bond,\nCubCrafters, Embraer, Garmin, Hartzell Propeller, Jet Aviation, Pratt &\nWhitney Canada, Redbird Flight, Signature Aviation, Textron Aviation and\nWipaire. Sponsors provide financial support for the curriculum, software, and\nprizes as well as in-kind donations.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

To learn more about the organizations involved in structuring the competition, visit gama.aero, flytolearn.com<\/a> and x-plane.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced that the team from McIntosh High School in Peachtree City, Georgia, is the winner of the 2023 GAMA Aviation Design Challenge.\u00c2\u00a0 The team from Gonzaga College High School in Washington D.C. was awarded second place. \u201cGAMA continues to be inspired by the effort and creativity we see put […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[98,115],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-25870","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-aviation-education","category-national-news"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25870","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=25870"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25870\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":25877,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/25870\/revisions\/25877"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=25870"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=25870"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=25870"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}