by Annika Dollinger | May 7, 2018 | DBF-Archive
One of our goals is for the team to constantly grow in members, therefore the team introduced itself at the Aviation and Computer Electronics degree course. After a big meeting for everyone interested in joining the team, the ones who wanted to join had to pass a...
by Markus Kucera | Apr 20, 2018 | DBF-Archive
The joanneum Aeronautics Design/Build/Fly Team reached the 16th rank in the 22nd Design/Build/Fly competition and is the second best Non-US team. The contest took place between 19-22 April in Wichita, Kansas. All in all, 91 teams managed to qualify for the fly-off and...
by Markus Kucera | Apr 18, 2018 | DBF-Archive
Finally, the team arrived after a long journey in Wichita! Humble B also survived the transport undamaged and is now being prepared for the...
by Markus Kucera | Apr 13, 2018 | DBF-Archive
A team of the ORF, the national television, was accompanying the DBF-Team during the last training session in Weiz. The training was quite challenging for the flight crew, because of the strong and gusty winds up to 40 km/h. Although never flown in such conditions,...
by Markus Kucera | Apr 13, 2018 | DBF-Archive
A few days ago, the transport box with the competition aircraft inside was picked up by our logistics partner ACS Logistics. We received already the notification, that it landed safely in Chicago and that it will soon be shipped to Wichita. The team is following...
by Markus Kucera | Mar 30, 2018 | DBF-Archive
After many months of hard work the competition aircraft was completed in time about one and a half months before the fly-off in the US. The team invited its sponsors and supporters to an exclusive aircraft roll-out event. It was an ideal opportunity, to get acquainted...