A group of Lancaster ISD students recently completed an unusually challenging STEM project. The 39 engineering students, grades 6-11, built an airplane. One that flies! Josh Hoffman, owner and lead engineer of Cross Country Aviation, was the students’ instructor during the project. The student-built plane will...
Friday, DPSCD’s Fisher Magnet Upper Academy and the Flying Classroom in partnership with the Ford Motor Company Fund hosted STEMFest to expose students to science, technology, engineering and math via projects developed by the districts Career and Technical Education program. “Ford recognizes, that people and students...
Ford Motor Company Fund collaborates with Detroit Public Schools Community District and Experience Aviation to engage students with STEAM learning, career opportunities More than 50 career and technical education students assembled a 1965 Ford Daytona Coupe with nearly 1,000 parts over the course of...
Barrington Irving, who at 23 became the youngest person and first black pilot to fly solo around the world in 2007, flew an aircraft built by high school students on Oct.15 at Opa-locka Airport in Florida. The airplane was built by high school students enrolled in...
Excitement Builds as Thousands of Students and Fans Anticipate Oct. 15th Test Flight Miami, FL, October 13, 2008 --- Captain Barrington Irving, who became the youngest person, at 23, and first black pilot to fly solo around the world in 2007, will take flight again at...