The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane has opened registration for the sixth annual 2018 Aviation Design Challenge. [Read more…]
Photo gallery: High school students complete plane
The winners of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association and Build A Plane’s Aviation Design Challenge, students from Olney High School in Olney, Texas, spent the last few weeks in Arlington, Washington, at the Glasair factory building a Sportsman.
A local TV station, Q13 Fox, did a story on the build, which included a photo gallery of the kids at work.
The story also noted: “The group of students stood by nervously Friday (June 30, 2017) as the FAA inspected the airplane, and taxied it to the runway. The plane passed the FAA inspection with flying colors, and is expected to fly for the first time Saturday.”
Check out the full story and photos here.
GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge winners start building Glasair Sportsman
WASHINGTON, D.C. — Students Bryant Castro, Kodee Scott, Michael Gomez and Amber McCutcheon along with teacher Sabrina Laurent — the winners of the GAMA/Build A Plane 2017 Aviation Design Challenge — will spend the next two weeks building a Glasair Sportsman airplane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, as their prize.
The team from Olney High School in Olney, Texas, won the all-expenses-paid trip to assemble the Sportsman as part of the fifth annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) competition. [Read more…]
GAMA/Build A Plane Design Challenge winner revealed
WASHINGTON, D.C. — The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane announced that Olney High School in Olney, Texas, is the winner of the fifth GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge.
As the prize, four students, one teacher and one chaperone will travel to Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, to build a plane from June 19 to July 1. [Read more…]
Cessna 150 raffle takes off
Build A Plane is joining with the Eagle Flying Museum to fund youth aviation education programs by raffling off a recently refurbished Cessna 150.
Funds will be used to help kids restore a classic Boeing Stearman, according to officials. [Read more…]
Registration now open for high school design challenge
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) has opened registration for the fifth annual GAMA/Build A Plane Aviation Design Challenge, a competition to promote Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) skills among U.S. high school students using aviation.
The first 100 high schools that enter the competition will receive complimentary “Fly to Learn” curriculum and software powered by X-Plane that teach aerodynamic and aviation engineering principles. [Read more…]
Students begin building Sportsman
High school students Derrick Cleaves, Logan Feltz, Austin Krause, and Natasha Stemwedel, teacher Mike Hansen, and chaperone Jerry Graf — the winners of the General Aviation Manufacturers Association/Build A Plane 2016 Aviation Design Challenge — will spend the next two weeks building a Glasair Sportsman airplane at Glasair Aviation in Arlington, Washington, as their prize.
The team from Weyauwega-Fremont High School in Weyauwega, Wisconsin, won the all-expenses-paid trip to assemble the Sportsman as part of the fourth annual Science, Technology, Engineering, and Mathematics (STEM) competition. [Read more…]
Registration for GAMA/Build A Plane design competition opens
The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA) and Build A Plane have opened registration for the fourth Aviation Design Challenge.
Registration is open to the first 100 schools that enter. [Read more…]
Giving Back grant recipients revealed
The Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA) Foundation has awarded its 2015 Giving Back grants to programs that use general aviation to help critically ill children obtain medical services, prevent youth gang involvement, and allow low-income students to attend a week-long aviation and space camp.
Build a Plane, Hope Flight Foundation, and Sophie Gerson Healthy Youth will each receive a $10,000 grant. [Read more…]
Registration open for free Teacher’s Day at Oshkosh
Registration for Build A Plane’s annual Teachers’ Day is now open online.
This free event brings teachers together from across the nation to examine ways of using aviation to motivate kids to learn science, math, engineering and technology and is held each year on the show grounds during the Experimental Aircraft Association’s AirVenture. [Read more…]