Build A Plane Sends Kids To Glasair
Four students are at the Glasair factory in Arlington, Washington, this week helping to build a Sportsman, as their reward for winning the third GAMA/Build A Plane Design Challenge. The Chef Homeschoolers team from Cuba City, Wisconsin, won the trip in a nationwide competition that aims to develop their skills in science, math, engineering and technology.
Four students are at the Glasair factory in Arlington, Washington, this week helping to build a Sportsman, as their reward for winning the third GAMA/Build A Plane Design Challenge. The Chef Homeschoolers team from Cuba City, Wisconsin, won the trip in a nationwide competition that aims to develop their skills in science, math, engineering and technology. "GAMA is thrilled to be working with another very impressive group of students, who put in the hard work to understand the basics of aerodynamic engineering and flight in the competition and now get to use that knowledge first-hand as they help build an actual airplane," said GAMA President Pete Bunce.
The team will also tour Boeing's facility in Everett, Washington, and the Museum of Flight, in Seattle, during their visit. Bunce said he also took each of the students up for a Young Eagles flight before they left Wisconsin. GAMA member companies are funding the team's lodging and travel expenses. Seventy-four teams from across the country competed in this year's challenge, using "Fly to Learn" curricula and X-Plane software. The winning team includes students Abri Badger, Colton Koester, Nathan Koester and Jonathan Smythe, teacher Tom Smythe, and chaperone Steve Badger.
