The Royal Aeronautical Society (RAeS) joined forces with students across the country to inspire a new generation to become involved in a scheme to build planes in schools, in order to encourage children to learn about technology and engineering.
The scheme, “Schools Build-a-plane Challenge” was launched five years ago with the aim of doing just that; aiding students to learn about aerospace, physics, engineering, technology and maths by constructing a microlight plane. The scheme was taken up by around eight schools nationwide, a lower than expected number, due to the sheer size of the…
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