The General Aviation Manufacturers Association chose National Aviation Day to announce its 2019 Aviation Design Challenge. GAMA’s been hosting this competition every year since 2013 to promote science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) education in American high schools using an aviation curriculum, and a virtual “fly-off.”
GAMA Opens Registration for 2019 Aviation Design Challenge
Key Takeaways:
- The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) announced its 2019 Aviation Design Challenge to promote STEM education in American high schools using an aviation curriculum.
- Now in its seventh year and expanded to 150 school slots, the challenge provides complimentary "Fly to Learn" curriculum and X-Plane flight simulation software to participating schools.
- Students learn flight science and airplane design, then use their knowledge to modify an aircraft and complete a mission in a virtual "fly-off."
- Winners receive an all-expenses-paid trip to experience general aviation manufacturing, aiming to educate students about aviation careers.
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