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TXDOT AVIATION CALENDAR ART CONTEST

VAN ZANDT COUNTY REGIONAL AIRPORT PARTICIPATES IN TXDOT AVIATION DIVISION’S ART CONTEST. LOCAL CONTESTANTS SUBMIT ARTWORK TO BE JUDGED IN WILLS POINT. WINNERS RECEIVE CASH AWARDS AND FREE AIRPLANE RIDES AT THE ANNUAL FLY-IN.

Since 1989, the Fédération Aéronautique Internationale (FAI) has sponsored the International Aviation Art Contest to challenge young people to illustrate the importance of aviation through art. TxDOT’s Aviation Division hosts the contest at the state level.

DOWNLOAD 2022 ART CONTEST BROCHURE

Van Zandt County Regional Airport is again sponsoring the Aviation Art Contest.  The brochure containing important contest information, including this years’ theme and rules, can be downloaded at the link above.  As in the past, we will have entries judged locally and award cash prizes for places 1 through 3 in each age category.  We will then forward entries to the State level.  (The list of prizes offered at the state level is in the brochure). The deadline for submission for local judging is Wednesday, December 29, 2021.  Call 903-873-3381 for more information.

The 2022 Theme: Design Your Perfect Aircraft

Have you ever drawn a picture of an airplane, helicopter, or hot air balloon and added some extra details? Maybe, you started drawing a glider and ended up with a super-powered jet that could take you, your favorite pet, and your friends into space. Maybe you mixed and matched, combining the best features of different types of aircraft to create something unique. Every great aviation idea starts in the imagination of a person who wants to see something new in the sky. Drawing from aviation’s past, these visionaries create aviation’s future. Today’s aircraft are the work of hundreds, sometimes thousands, of people who turn ideas into aircraft that fly. Engineers put ideas onto paper. Manufacturers turn those drawings into real-life parts that get put together and become today’s balloons, gliders, aerobatic planes, microlights, and helicopters. Each new version is improved for safety, aerodynamics, fuel efficiency, or a thousand other major and minor changes that put smiles on the faces of pilots and passengers alike. What is your perfect aircraft? What would power it through the sky? Would it be big or small? What special features would make pilots and passengers excited to be in the air? Every craft you see in the sky today started with similar questions. Each idea has the chance to change the way gliders soar, helicopters hover, and aerobatic racers twist and swoop through the sky. You might have an idea to change the way hang-gliders look as they sail through the air or improve the controls of today’s modern cockpits. If you have ever looked up into the sky and thought, wouldn’t it be great if…this art challenge is for you! Let your imagination soar and create a work of art that fits the theme, “Design your perfect aircraft.” Grab your favorite pens, paints, or crayons and share your vision of the perfect aircraft. Your art today might become an inspiration for tomorrow’s aviation reality.

DEADLINE: Texas State contest: Monday, Jan. 10, 2022

All artwork being submitted to:

Becky Vick
125 E. 11th St.
Austin, Texas 78701

Must be received by Jan. 10, 2022

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