Fly Your Ride! flying car competition registration underway at San Diego Air & Space Museum

Build a flying car! Sound complicated? It’s not

Fly Your Ride Flying Car Competition Registration Underway

San Diego, CA – Dec. 8, 2015 – With generous sponsorship from SDG&E and the Best Buy Foundation, the San Diego Air & Space Museum is looking for students who want to build a vehicle no larger than a shoebox, launch it down a ramp, and see if it can jump a gap. The Fly Your Ride! flying car competition is fun, creative, and you don’t have to be a science fair genius to come up with a winning entry. We’ll give you feedback, create opportunities to talk to experts, and give away great prizes.

Students from 6th through 12th grade in San Diego County are encouraged to take part. Blueprints are due by January 27, 2016 and competition day is April 23, 2016.

There are two age ranges in the competition: Grades 6-8 and Grades 9-12. Five prizes are awarded in each of the grade ranges, including: 1st prize - $1,000; 2nd prize - $750; 3rd prize - $500; Creativity in engineering - $500; and Creativity in design - $500.

For more information, visit: http://sandiegoairandspace.org/calendar/event/flyyourride.

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The San Diego Air & Space Museum is California’s official air and space museum and education center. The Museum is an affiliate of the Smithsonian Institution and it was the first aero-themed Museum to be accredited by the American Alliance of Museums. Now showing: Da Vinci: The Ultimate Innovator, a special exhibition showcasing more than 90 robotics, machines and artworks from the greatest inventor of all time. The Museum is located at 2001 Pan American Plaza, Balboa Park, San Diego, CA 92101. The Museum and gift store are open daily from 10:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. with admissions until 4:30 p.m. Closed Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.