Aircraft
P&W’s GoFly Contest Nearing Last Phase
Winner of contest to build VTOL personal flying device to claim $100,000 Disruptor Award.
The Silverwing team won in two stages of P&W’s GoFly competition. L-r: Akash Pandey, James Murdza, and Ruben Forkink.
The Silverwing team won in two stages of P&W’s GoFly competition. L-r: Akash Pandey, James Murdza, and Ruben Forkink.

As part of its global GoFly Prize competition, Pratt & Whitney (P&W; Pavilion 344) hosted a reception at the Paris Air Show for the Netherlands’ Team Silverwing, winner of the first two of the three-phase contest. GoFly challenges entrants to design and build a personal flying device capable of taking off and landing vertically and traveling 20 miles without refueling.


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