Aviation News Talk – Pilot Stories, Safety Tips & General Aviation News 141 GoFly Prize - $2 Million Dollar Contest to Create a VTOL Aircraft
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Summary141 Max attended the final fly off for $1,000,000, the largest prize of the GoFly Prize competition, and he talks with GoFly founder and CEO Gwen Lighter and DragonAir's Mariah Cain. Boeing sponsored the $1,000,000 prize and Pratt& Whitney sponsored the $100,000 Disrupter prize. There were three phases to the competition and 855 teams entered from 103 countries.
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