The record endurance flight by the Dragonly experimental aircraft designed and built
by OSU School of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering undergraduates Dustin Gamble
and Thomas Hays has been recognized as one of the most memorable aviation records
of 2006 by the National Aeronautics Association. The students and their faculty adviser
Andy Arena, Maciula Professor of engineering, are featured in a cover story in the
March/April edition of “Aero,” NAA’s bi-monthly magazine. They also will be honored
during a June 26 luncheon in Washington, D.C. The Dragonfly’s flight of 12 hours,
21 minutes and 40 seconds eclipsed by more than two hours an international record
that had stood since 1998. Other 2006 aviation records the NAA has honored include
the GlobalFlyer flight around the world, the manned sailplane altitude record of 50,727
ft., an autogyro distance and speed record and a transcontinental general aviation
speed record. For a story about the record flight, click here.
