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IT FLIES is an annual competition held in both the UK and USA where students from various universities meet and compete against each other. We use this ambition as motivating factor that helps us to teach students a huge number of skills in aircraft design, research and technical presentations. Those hardworking enough to be part of the teams which we send to the competition each year have a great track record of success. They always gain a tremendous amount from speaking to the talented test pilots employed to decide the competition winners.
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Merlin MP521
Merlin MP520
Merlin MP500
Team
1st place
won by Ziad Amin (4th year) and Delija Lekstutytė (2nd year) - 2019
Aircraft
Three lifting surface, twin-engine light jet - DZ-Light
Team
2nd place for most innovative design
won by James Orendi (foundation year) - 2019
Aircraft
Forward-swept wing fighter jet trainer - Falcata
Team
Most innovative and best presentation
won by Lauren Ellis (2nd year) - 2018
Aircraft
VTOL jet fighter - Kestrel
Team
3rd place
won by a 1st year team (Nikita Dunaev and Soma Santa)- 2018
Aircraft
Regional turboprop airliner - Albatross
Team
3rd place
won by a 1st year team (Rūta Marcinkevičiūtė and Ugnė Kiudulaitė) - 2017
Aircraft
Closed wing light aircraft - MENT
Team
1st place
won by a 1st year team (Ana Gea, Yufei Jin and Thomas Moissinac) - 2016
Aircraft
Blended Wing Body - Stingray
Team
2nd place
won by a 3rd year team (Mitch Follett, Matthew Hogg and Cian Hanley) - 2016
Aircraft
Rotary Wing - Genesis
Team
1st place
won by a 3rd year team (Arvydas Četyrkovskis, Andrew Aldridge and Stefan Oltean) - 2014
Aircraft
Canard - Tempest
Team
Best design award
won by a 1st year team (Andrew Aldridge, Tom Koochitt and Alexey Gusev) - 2013
Aircraft
Piston Prop - Vista
Team
1st place & most innovative design award
won by a 2nd year team (Stuart Garthwaite, Ramy Mesalam and Abdullah Desai) - 2012
Aircraft
Piston Prop - Aurora
Team
1st place
won by Hanif Shakiba (3rd year) - 2021
Aircraft
Single-engined jet fighter - Sparrow
Team
1st place and best presentation award
won by a 2nd year team (Nikita Dunaev and Soma Santa) - 2019
Aircraft
Single engine lifting body general aviation aircraft - Galaxy
Team
2nd place and most innovative design
won by a 2nd year team (Oliver Williams, Matt Uren and Jason Hitchman) - 2018
Aircraft
Private hybrid flying car - Dragonfly
Team
Second most innovative design
won by a 2nd year team (Rūta Marcinkevičiūtė, Ugnė Kiudulaitė and Luka Malone) - 2018
Aircraft
Tiltrotor miltary transport - Hummingbord
Team
1st place
won by a 2nd year team (Ana Gea, Yufei Jin and Thomas Moissinac) - 2017
Aircraft
Electric Air Taxi Concept - Elektron
Team
Most innovative design award and second best presentation
won by a 2nd year team (Kavin Kumar, Seiya Sato and Charlie Lassonnery) - 2017
Aircraft
Hybrid Aircraft - Voltic
Team
1st place, most innovative design & best presentation awards
won by a 3rd year team (Mitch Follett, Matthew Hogg and Cian Hanley) - 2016
Aircraft
First Ever Rotary Wing Design To Be Used In Merlin Simulators - Genesis
Team
1st place
won by a 2nd year team (Tomas Mackus and Patricia Ferrer Dalmau Font) - 2016
Aircraft
Forward Swept Wing Fighter Jet - Diamante
Team
2nd place & most innovative design award
won by a 2nd year team (Vaz Gorasia and Ben Lewis) - 2015
Aircraft
Variable Sweep SST - Swift
Team
1st place
won by a 2nd year team (Andrew Aldridge, Tom Koochitt, Alexey Gusev, Luke Wheadon and Stefan Oltean) - 2014
Aircraft
MCAV VTOL - Zenith
Team
2nd place
won by a 3rd year team (Stuart Garthwaite, Ramy Mesalam and Abdullah Desai) - 2013
Aircraft
Piston prop - Aurora
