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Class has SHS students aiming sky high

Lee Hughes Staff Writer | Hagadone News Network | UPDATED 10 years, 2 months AGO
by Lee Hughes Staff Writer
| April 17, 2015 7:00 AM

SANDPOINT — A small group of Sandpoint High School students are aiming high. Sky high in fact.

Seven students from the school’s Aerospace Computer Aided Design class — now in its second year — were hard at work Tuesday producing a virtual plane design which they will submit later this month to the General Aviation Manufacturers Association’s annual Build-A-Plane Aviation Design Challenge.

“This is what real companies do when they are designing an airplane,” Nathan Dyk, a flying enthusiast and volunteer helping the group, said.

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