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GAMA’s Aviation Design Challenge Underway for High School Teams

Now in its 13th year, the event is designed to encourage teens to seek careers in the aviation sector.

Friday, October 18, 2024 at 09:31 AM ET

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Contest winners will have the opportunity to participate in a general aviation manufacturing experience. [Courtesy: GAMA]

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The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) hosts an annual Aviation Design Challenge for high school students in aviation-focused STEM courses.
The competition aims to encourage teens to pursue careers in the aviation sector by teaching principles of airplane design and flight.
Students receive a STEM curriculum, then virtually modify airplane designs and compete in a fly-off using *X-Plane* software.
Prizes for top teams include an all-expenses-paid GA experience, a Redbird Flight STEM Lab, and ForeFlight Performance Plus subscriptions.

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High school students around the country are combining imagination, science, math, and technology to compete in the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s annual Aviation Design Challenge.

The GAMA event, now in its 13th year, is designed to encourage teens to seek careers in the aviation sector. The contest is open to high school students enrolled in aviation-focused STEM courses.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.

GAMA’s Aviation Design Challenge Underway for High School Teams

Now in its 13th year, the event is designed to encourage teens to seek careers in the aviation sector.

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