Students and families are invited to attend an Aviation Open House on Saturday, April 30 from 9 a.m. to 2 p.m. at Upper Limit Aviation (619 N. 2360 West). Attendees will have the opportunity to visit with pilots, mechanics, air traffic controllers, airport operators, flight attendants, military personnel, aerospace engineers, and other ...
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Teachers take flight to explore STEM aerospace opportunities
Seatbelt strapped. Doors locked. Headset on. A turn of a key and the plane roars to life. It’s time to experience the four forces of flight in person. Those who have flown inside a small aircraft will understand what a handful of Granite School District teachers experienced this past weekend: excitement and awe overpowering some nerves as they ...
GTI student recreates Charles Lindbergh flight on simulator
It took 33.5 hours for Charles Lindbergh to fly The Spirit of St. Louis nonstop from New York City to Paris in 1927. In 2014, 18-year-old Scott Croft managed to shave off more than seven hours from that time. Not in an actual airplane per se, but in a simulated cockpit in a corner room on the third floor of the Granite Technical Institute (GTI) in ...