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Aerocats 2006
The 2006 Aerocats took third place internationally at the SAE Aero Design East® Competition in Marietta, Georgia, April 21-23, 2006! The team successfully lifted 22 lbs. and took first place nationally and third place overall! Congratulations to Marshall Galbraith, Daniel Galbraith, Elise Minda, Brian Minda, Michael List, Michael Perrino, Josiah Hauck, Yvette Geyer, John Reed, Ryan Jones, and Matt Mangano!
Elise Minda, hard at work. |
Marshall Galbraith, also hard at work. |
Mike List, hard at work (?) |
The bare bones |
Test flight, April 15th! |
The team after the successful test flight. |
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The bare bones |
At the competition, John Louis (BSAE 2005) shares his expertise. |
Coming in for a landing! |
John continues to share his expertise with John and John (Livingston and Reed). |
Team, with trophies. |
The Class of 2006 was so large UC sent two teams. Team 2 competed in the Open Class and would have won if the wind hadn't whipped up and grabbed their plane! |
Look familiar? |
Keep looking... that's right! This is freshman wing design, five years ago. At least their wings got bigger. And happier. |