Class has SHS students aiming sky high
<p>Students and instructors in the Sandpoint High Schools’ Aerospace Computer Aided Design program watch as virtual test pilot Sam Stocking, seated middle, fly’s the teams test plane through virtual space. The group is competing in a contest to modify and fly a plane with a 2,000-pound payload, 36 miles in the fastest, yet most efficient manner possible. (Photo by LEE HUGHES)</p>
SANDPOINT — A small group of Sandpoint High School students are aiming high. Sky high in fact.
Seven students from the school’s Aerospace Computer Aided Design class — now in its second year — were hard at work Tuesday producing a virtual plane design which they will submit later this month to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s annual Build-A-Plane Aviation Design Challenge.
“This is what real companies do when they are designing an airplane,” Nathan Dyk, a flying enthusiast and volunteer helping the group, said.
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