Monday, October 12, 2015

Aircraft design competition on Kalam’s B’day

Coimbatore: : As a tribute to former President the late Dr A P J Abdul Kalam, aeronautical and automobile engineering departments of city-based Kumaraguru College of Technology (KCT) will conduct an aircraft design contest and aero modeling competition on October 15, his birthday.
Kalam had a 'vision 2020 for passenger aircraft', which focused on fulfilling the needs of the country's civil aviation industry by indigenous design of a passenger aircraft. To realize his dream and to take it to the younger generation this contest is being held at KCT, a release said.
The aircraft design contest is open for engineering college students to create awareness on indigenous passenger aircraft needs for the country, performing design calculations, preparing the design report and making an effective presentation of their design of the aircraft for the civil aviation industry and to bring out their innovative and creative technical skills.
12/10/15 Times of India
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