Flying Start Challenge
gliders The Flying Start Challenge is a contest run by businesses and organisations in the South West for local schools to help develop science and engineering skills and highlight the opportunities available in engineering careers. The challenge also offers a great opportunity for the schools to forge links with local industry.

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... [more info]

Click here to see a BBC documentary about the final event.

Participants
Feb 2013 - Regional Finals in Gloucester, Bristol and Yeovil regions.

Marking Scheme 2012/13 Materials for reference: Lesson1, Lesson2 and Lesson3

20th March 2013 - Regional Winners will be flying their gliders in the Grand Finals at Fleet Air Arm Museum, Yeovilton.
Companies
Become a challenge sponsor:
sponsorship benefits

Currently 7 engineering companies and various other organisations sponsor the challenge, raising their profile throughout the region