I can't remember his name, but there was the teacher in Mundelein, IL whose classes built a plane that, IIRC, went around the world. I believe the plane's on display at the museum in Oshkosh.
ETA: Google is your friend:
http://www.airspacemag.com/flight-today/shop-class.html
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Jim Jackson moved to Idaho and still has the Lancair.
cub builder, Brett Steffen, nrpetersen, Bill Greenwood, and wltrmtty, Thank you--I have a lot more leads and a better focus. Brett, if you could put that information together it would be appreciated. What I would find helpful: list of people/schools who are building airplanes. Criteria needed for someone who is going to do such a project. (Classes, certifications, licenses?). Various build options. Ideas for grant requests--how much money, and for what, approximately... Definitely pitfalls to watch for, safety and liability issues.
http://www.alaskajournal.com/Alaska-...s-an-airplane/
This is the last one I was involved with. One of our EAA members passed away and left the chapter her project. There were a bunch of people involved from the FAA, the 99s, and the EAA to make this happen, but the project was donated to a middle school in Anchorage, AK. We crated it up, and one of the folks up there found a trucking company that donated the space on board their truck, so picked it up here in NM, hauled it to their shipping center in Houston, then trucked it to Anchorage free of charge.
-CubBuilder
Sorry I could not find the name and phone no of the man at Aspen High School, I am out of town for a few days. He said the programs in N M were very successful, kids had to qualify by keeping their grades up, and got to fly and I think got licenced. It was not just a theory course or even a shop course.
I think there may have been some state or federal grants and funding for some of the lower income kids. I believe they have a sponsor for the plane this year in Aspen.
His son was a star player on the basketball team last year.
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