I also had lunch with Purdue’s Aviation Able Flight pilot Johnny Ragland and his classmates getting their pilot wings at the Boeing Plaza. We also toured the field with EAA membership manager, Cory Puuri, we visited with Zenith Aircraft’s, “one week plane”, a plane that was built in a week! I met the new “Wright Brothers” Sebastien and Matt, that are sharing their SOLIDWORKS models with the EAA community, making to modifications to their airplanes. It was SOLIDWORKS user from Nvidia and EAA member, Fedor Fomichev that connected me with Cory Puuri at EAA. Suchit Jain, VP of Business Strategy and Community, and I, got to visit with Cirrus, Zenith Aircraft, and so many other SOLIDWORKS customers that use SOLIDWORKS for their “day job” and want to use SOLIDWORKS at night and on the weekends to design their own plane. Aircraft and kit manufacturers from Cirrus to Zenith are designing today’s aircraft in SOLIDWORKS, and now EAA members can get free access to this powerful tool.” “SOLIDWORKS is the industry standard for computer-aided design. With the support of our SOLIDWORKS Value Added Reseller, GSC (Graphics Systems), members will also receive additional training and design resources.ĮAA CEO/Chairman, Jack Pelton, made the announcement on Monday, ““Since its humble beginnings in Paul and Audrey’s basement, EAA has inspired, enabled, and defended our members’ right to take a dream sketched on a napkin at the dinner table to first flight and beyond,” said Jack Pelton, EAA CEO/Chairman. Now EAA members will have access to SOLIDWORKS Student Design Kit – EAA Maker Edition, access to MySolidWorks online video tutorials, and MySolidWorks Manufacturing Network, for designing and building their own personal aircraft.

We see passion for design in the SOLIDWORKS User Community. You can feel it this week in Oshkosh, Wisconsin at the Experimental Aircraft Association (EAA) AirVenture, the largest annual gathering of aviation enthusiasts held each summer.

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