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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]

Key Takeaways:

The GAMA Aviation Design Challenge is an annual competition for high school students in aviation-focused STEM courses, designed to encourage careers in the aviation sector.
Participating schools receive a "Fly to Learn" STEM curriculum, after which students virtually modify an airplane design for a competitive fly-off using X-Plane software.
Now in its 13th year, the challenge offers valuable prizes to top teams, including an all-expenses-paid general aviation experience and STEM lab equipment.

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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.