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Embry Riddle Aeronautical University students took first
place in the NASA/FAA General Aviation Design Competition with a design
that retrofits the popular Cessna 182 Skylane with a modern, turbocharged
reciprocating diesel engine. The competition engages university students
in a major national effort to rebuild the general aviation sector. |

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Pennsylvania State University students designed the Defiance
and earned second place in the NASA/FAA National General Aviation
Design Competition. Pennsylvania State University has won a place
in every year of the competition, making this their seventh award. |

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University of Virginia teams design, Vector Evolution,
won both third place in the NASA/FAA National General Aviation Design
Competition and the Best Use of Air Force Developed Technologies award.
The competition engages university students in a major effort to rebuild
the general aviation sector. |

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Virginia Tech, working with Loughborough University
in the United Kingdom, won an honorable mention in the General Aviation
Design Competition for Tempus, this design featuring an advanced composite
structure and modern aerodynamics. The competition, sponsored by NASA,
the FAA and the AFRL, engages university students in a major national
effort to rebuild the general aviation sector. |
NASA Langley Research
Center (LaRC) | LaRC General Aviation Program | Advanced
General Aviation Technology Experiments (AGATE) | Small
Aircraft Transportation System |
Responsible NASA Officials: H.
Keith Henry, Cheryl W. Cleghorn
Page Curator: Bob Allen
Last Updated: July 28, 2001
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