OSU endurance flight among most memorable aviation records of 2006

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

The record endurance flight by the Dragonfly 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 worldwide, the manned sailplane altitude record of 50,727 feet, an autogyro distance and speed record and a transcontinental general aviation speed record.