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On February 10, 2026, Boeing of Frankfurt hosted a STEM event for local high school students in the area where three STEM events were planned for the day. One of the events was a subset of the curriculum in Flight Test Academy, where students used the course material in Units 1 and 2 to conduct takeoff testing on a C172 and a B737 using the flight simulation program X-Plane. Students changed parameters such as gross weight to determine the effect on takeoff distance.

Ten students studied approximately five hours doing Units 1 and 2. The attached results looked very appropriate for the testing conducted.

Many thanks to the instructors Jelmer Reitsma, David Bodensohn and for the administrative support from Meike C***z for their work in putting this together. Dan Hrehov provided assistance in curriculum development for this event.

Check out Flight Test Academy for your next STEM event: https://www.seattlesfte.org/stem-outreach/curriculum/