Flying Start Challenge

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1 About
2 Participating Companies
3 Challenge Format
4 Links

[edit] About

The Flying Start Challenge is a contest run by Aerospace businesses and organisations in the South West of England for local secondary schools to help develop science and engineering skills whilst highlighting the opportunities available in a career in engineering. The challenge also offers a great opportunity for new recruits within the business to develop team work and communication skills.

[edit] Participating Companies

AgustaWestland
Airbus
Atkins
Fleet Air Arm Museum
GE Aviation
MBDA
Messier-Dowty
Rolls Royce
University of the West of England
West of England Aerospace Forum

[edit] Challenge Format

The Challenge runs from October to March, concluding in an all-day event held at the Fleet Air Arm Museum, in Yeovilton, Somerset, where both teachers and pupils are tested to the full...

School Visits
From October to January graduates from the sponsoring companies work closely with the participating schools instructing the children upon a number of aerospace subjects whilst assisting in the development of the schools hand launched glider

Regional Finals
Regional fly offs are held in the three main regions of the Flying Start Challenge:
Gloucester run by GE Aviation& Messier-Dowty
Bristol run by Airbus, Atkins, MBDA & Rolls Royce
Somerset & Dorset run by AgustaWestland

Finals Day

The winning schools from each region are invited to bring a class of 30 pupils to the Finals Day. The pupils are spilt into teams of 4 and participate in a number of fun engineering challenges in order to win prizes for both themselves and their school