Can you use your innovation and creative skills to design a flight simulator that will enable able bodied and disabled people to experience the thrill of flying?
The Royal Aeronautical Society is delighted to announce our new format Falcon2 Challenge, partnering with Boeing, disabled flying charity Aerobility and Middlesex University, will be launching soon! We are inviting young people aged 6-19 to contribute their design and engineering skills to design, develop and build a real-life mobile flight simulator which will travel to Special Educational Needs and Disability (SEND) schools and public events around the UK to introduce people from all backgrounds to the wonder of flight.
For many people, the opportunity to fly a plane may seem impossible, particularly to those with disabilities, both visible and invisible. However, Aerobility has developed a range of programmes and aircraft adaptations that allow many disabled people to do just that – learning to fly an aircraft and gain their pilot’s licence, providing the ultimate feeling of freedom, pride and independence.
We would like to open up these experiences to many more people and need your help! And that’s why we’ve launched this exciting competition. There are two challenges: a poster challenge and a Design, Develop and Build Challenge.
Find out more and get involved here