The General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Build A Plane opened registration earlier this week for the 2018 Aviation Design Challenge. The annual competition promotes science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) skills through aviation to U.S. high school students. This year, 93 schools from 31 states and Washington, DC, registered for the competition, an 18 percent increase over 2016.
GAMA Announces 2018 Aviation Design Challenge
Key Takeaways:
- The annual Aviation Design Challenge, co-sponsored by GAMA and Build A Plane, promotes STEM skills through aviation to U.S. high school students.
- The competition provides "Fly to Learn" curriculum and X-Plane software, allowing students to learn aircraft design principles, modify a design, and complete a virtual mission.
- Winners, including students and educators, receive an all-expenses-paid trip to experience general aviation manufacturing firsthand.
- The program aims to attract and cultivate the future workforce for the general aviation manufacturing industry, seeing an 18% increase in school participation in 2018.
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