A multi-engine, instrument rated pilot, James Wynbrandt has been an AIN and Business Jet Traveler contributor since 2003. His in-depth reporting and insightful features have won more than a dozen editorial honors, including two National Business Aviation Association Gold Wing Awards (2019; 2021), and his articles have also appeared in the New York Times, Barron’s, Fortune, Forbes, and Smithsonian Air &amp; Space. He has flown his Mooney M20K 252 on assignments throughout North and Central America and the Caribbean. Wynbrandt is also the author of Flying High (Wiley &amp; Sons), a biography of Jet Blue founder David Neeleman, as well as histories, references works, and books on a variety of other topics from major publishers. He lives in New York City.

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As part of its global GoFly Prize competition, Pratt &amp; Whitney (P&amp;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.

 


Silver Wing’s entrant, the S1, an electrically powered autonomous vehicle, has a pod that seats one adult and two ducted fans. A scale model of the S1 flew in Phase 2 of the contest.

 


Launched in 2017, the GoFly contest aims to inspire and create the next generation of aerospace innovators and bring some of their spirt into the organizations funding the competition. P&amp;W and Boeing are the primary sponsors.

 


“The GoFly competition is a natural fit with Pratt &amp; Whitney’s constant desire to innovate and transform the future of flight,” said P&amp;W senior v-p of engineering Geoff Hunt. “The teams are truly disrupting what is possible.”

 


Entrants are still being accepted for the contest, and teams have access to mentors from the sponsoring organizations to provide technical advice&nbsp;and other assistance. Phase 3 will culminate in a gala public final fly-off, expected early next year. A total of $2 million (€1.78 million) will be awarded to participating teams in a variety of categories, with the $100,000 Disrupter Award going to the winning team.

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