Blue Dawn has crashed again during mission 2. The team has evaluated the situation and has decided that we are unable to rebuild before the ...

Rebuild plane has passed tech inspection. Waiting to fly mission 2 again!

Plane has been rebuild and is ready to fly.

During mission 2 the team suffered a crash. Currently rebuilding sections of the plane to fly tomorrow.

Successful Tech Inspection: Check! Successful 1st Flight: Check! Sweet Tan Lines: Check! Pictures to be put up soon, and be sure to check...

Check back for Design Build Fly competition photos going on this week.

We have successfully made it to Tucson, and all the aircrafts and supplies have made it safely! Time to unpack and get started. GO BLUE DAW...

We're just about ready to go, just a few more things to pack up. The planes are getting shipped in the morning, so wish us luck!

The team has completed the final competition Blue Dawn aircraft. "The Ninja" is ready for Tucson!

The Propulsion team was finally able to use the wind tunnel to do some propeller testing. This video shows one such test.

It's a little too soon to celebrate but we can successfully say that the as designed wings for this years plane can stand a 7G load! Ch...

Once again the University of Kentucky has chosen to participate in the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics's (AIAA) Desig...

Good luck to the 2011 and all future UK-DBF Teams

They're finally here!! The rules for the 2010/2011 DBF competition have been posted!! Stay tuned for information on next years team . 20...

We here at UK's Design Build Fly team would just like to say a few words to express our gratitude to everyone who contributed this year....

The official scores were finally posted. Our final score for the competition was 36th overall. There were 65 teams that showed at the comp...

This morning we finally got called to fly again. This time we were prepared. The wind was calm and our plane was fast. We veered to the righ...

We returned this morning to be re-tech inspected and this time finally passed. While waiting to be re-inspected we happened to miss an oppo...

Today was the first day of the competition, which consists of the tech inspection. Unfortunately it did not go as well as we'd hoped... ...

Wish us luck at the competition everybody!! We'll keep you posted about how everything's going!