Students Build Glasair Sportsman

Pia Bergqvist

Thursday, June 11, 2015 at 05:33 PM ET

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Key Takeaways:

A team from CHEF Homeschoolers of Cuba City won the GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge, a STEM competition involving 74 schools.
As their prize, the students are participating in Glasair's "Two Weeks to Taxi" program, building a Glasair Sportsman aircraft.
The program promotes STEM education and exposes students to various career opportunities within the general aviation industry, including engineering, manufacturing, maintenance, and piloting.

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Four students, one teacher and one chaperon from CHEF Homeschoolers of Cuba City, Wisconsin, are in Arlington, Washington, where they have started building a Glasair Sportsman. The students won the opportunity to experience Glasair’s Two Weeks to Taxi program through the GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge — a Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) competition that involved 74 schools in 31 states.

“This exceptional program not only promotes STEM education, but allows students to experience the many career possibilities available in general aviation,” said Pete Bunce, president and CEO of GAMA. “It opens doors to opportunities students may never have considered in engineering, manufacturing, maintenance and piloting.”