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$300,000 Flight Competition August 2-10, 2008
http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pav_gatchallenge.php Announcing the 2008 General Aviation Technology Challenge. NASA and CAFE have partnered to create a new PAV Challenge for 2008. It will be a "Pentaviathon" to advance five vital General Aviation Technologies: noise reduction, fuel efficiency, speed, safety and ease of use. NASA has named the $300,000 flight competition "The General Aviation Technology Challenge". Registration for the competition officially opened on December 23, 2007. It will be conducted at CAFE's Flight Test Center in Santa Rosa, California from August 2-10, 2008. ... The CHALLENGE is intended to bring about the development of new aviation technologies which can improve the community acceptance, efficiency, door-to-door speed, and safety of future air vehicles. The CHALLENGE is not intended to simply demonstrate the integration of existing technologies, but encourage the development of new technologies and breakthroughs which will enable new flight capabilities. As such, the CHALLENGE is comprised of a series of separate but inter-related flight competitions and each TEAM must participate in all flight competitions in order to win any prizes. ... CAFE has arranged for the following total prize purses to be funded by a collection of one or more private or government organizations (“FUNDERS”): $300,000 for the flight competition in 2008 $400,000 for the flight competition in 2009 $500,000 for the flight competition in 2010 $550,000 for the flight competition in 2011 The 2008 prize purse that pertains to this AGREEMENT shall be divided as follows: Main Prizes: 1) For the winner of the Community Noise Prize, a maximum of US$ 150,000.00 (one hundred fifty thousand U.S. dollars) 2) For the winner of the Green Prize (aka Environmental Efficiency Prize), a maximum of US$ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand U.S. Dollars) 3) For the winner of the Aviation Safety Prize (aka Vehicle Safety Prize), US$ 50,000.00 (fifty thousand U.S. dollars) 4) For the winner of the CAFE 400 Prize (aka Decathlon Prize), a maximum of US$ 25,000.00 (twenty-five thousand U.S. dollars) 5) For the winner of the Quietest LSA Prize (aka the Sustainable Airports Prize), US$ $10,000 (ten thousand U.S. dollars) Individual "Showcase" Prizes: Winner of each of the following five prizes will receive US$ 3750.00: 1) Quietest Cabin Prize 2) Best Angle of Climb Prize 3) Shortest Takeoff Prize 4) Best Glide at 100 mph Prize http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pav_gatchallenge_rules.php 2008 GAT Challenge Competition Details and Rules http://cafefoundation.org/v2/pdf_gat...s_12_23_07.pdf Download the 2008 GAT Challenge Official Rules |
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