Airbus challenge won by Australian student team

Airline Industry Information, June 22, 2009

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The inaugural Airbus 'Fly Your Ideas challenge at this year's Paris Air Show was won by a team of students from the University of Queensland, Australia.

The 'COz' team's project focused on the use of the castor plant to develop the first single plant-based high performance composite materials for aircraft cabin components.

The team won a EUR30,000 prize.

A team from the National University of Singapore won the second prize of EUR15,000 for a proposal to use solar cell technology integrating photovoltaic cells on-board aircraft to generate electricity.

The objective for students taking part in the Airbus challenge was to put forward innovative and environmentally-efficient ideas for the future of aviation.

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