Interview with Billy Batkins about TSA flight competition

Interview about the value students are getting from scholastic flight competitions.

Technology Students Association (TSA) is a competitive event for middle and high school students, Flight endurance is only one of the events they compete in:

Flight Endurance
Participants design, build, fly, and adjust (trim) a rubber-band powered model aircraft to make long endurance flights inside a contained airspace. Documentation (including elements such as attributes of the model design, drawings, and an analysis of the trim modifications), an inspection of the model and the required model flight box, and official times for two flights are aspects of the evaluation

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For more information, see the National Free Flight Society website:

[aeromodeller]

We teach kids technical knowledge like plan reading, material properties, construction sequencing, safety practices, but the most important thing they learn is that if you make a plan and follow it, you can accomplish amazing things.

[aerialofferings]

Billy deserves a lot of credit for the support and guidance he's given, over many many years, to the TSA program at Highland Springs. So many great students in that program too!