AEROFAIR 2016 Briefing Day: An Update

Update on 14/6/2016:
All the 19 participating schools have agreed to attend the morning session on Thursday, 23 June 2016 (10 am - 12 pm). Therefore, the afternoon session is cancelled. See further details below.

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To all the schools participating in AEROFAIR 2016:

Due to requests from a number of teachers from the participating schools, we (the organizer for AEROFAIR 2016) will offer another option for the schools to attend the Briefing Day.

The original plan for the Briefing Day on Thursday, 23 June 2016 (3 pm to 5 pm) will continue as usual. In addition to this original time, we will offer another time for the Briefing Day on the same day but in the morning, that is, on Thursday, 23 June 2016 (10 am to 12 pm).

This offer of another time option is because the teachers found the original time to be inconvenient due to the following reasons:

1. Because this event will be conducted during the fasting month of Ramadhan, many prefer to arrive home from work well before sunset to break their fast. This could be difficult for participants who have to travel back from the USM Engineering Campus in Nibong Tebal after the event to their areas in the Penang Island or in Seberang Perai Utara.
2. The traffic from Nibong Tebal towards north is normally quite heavy after work, particularly on Thursdays and Fridays. This would make it even more difficult for participants to arrive home before sunset.

To facilitate the organization of the Briefing Day for these two separate times, each participating school will be contacted by the secretariat of AEROFAIR 2016 to confirm their attendance in either one of the times offered. Alternatively, the schools can also call our secretariat to confirm their preference of the time. Their contact numbers can be obtained in this page.

Update on 14/6/2016:
The list of the participating schools who have confirmed their attendance time for the Briefing Day is shown below. All the 19 participating schools have confirmed their attendance on the morning session. No school will attend the afternoon session (so this session is cancelled).

Formal letters will be sent to all the schools on Monday, 13 June 2016 (after the school midterm holiday), to confirm their attendance on their preferred sessions of the Briefing Day.

Schools attending the morning session (10 am - 12 pm):

1. MRSM Balik Pulau
2. MRSM Kepala Batas
3. SMA Mahaad Al-Mashoor Al-Islami, Balik Pulau
4. SMK Alma, Bukit Mertajam
5. SMK Bakti, Tasek Gelugor
6. SMK Bukit Jambul, Gelugor
7. SMK Bukit Mertajam
8. SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam
9. SMK Datuk Onn, Butterworth
10. SMK Jawi, Sungai Jawi
11. SMK Jit Sin, Bukit Mertajam
12. SMK Penanti, Kubang Semang
13. SMK Perempuan China, Georgetown
14. SMK Permatang Tok Jaya, Butterworth
15. SMK Saujana Indah, Nibong Tebal
16. SMK Seri Nibong, Nibong Tebal
17. SMK Simpang Empat, Simpang Ampat
18. SMK Sungai Aceh, Nibong Tebal
19. SMK Valdor, Sungai Bakap

Schools attending the afternoon session (3 pm - 5 pm): none.

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AEROFAIR 2016: Participating Schools

Picture: SMK Permatang Tok Jaya (Team A), the 2015 champion of the indoor flight competition, with their championship trophy, medals, and a remote-controlled hexacopter pathfinder 2, complete with an FPV camera, priced at about RM650.



We have received many applications from secondary schools in Pulau Pinang to participate in AEROFAIR 2016. The application procedure is now officially closed.

With an additional funding, we are able to accept participation from 19 schools (extended from the previous limit of 15 schools only). These schools are (listed alphabetically):

1. MRSM Balik Pulau
2. MRSM Kepala Batas
3. SMA Mahaad Al-Mashoor Al-Islami, Balik Pulau
4. SMK Alma, Bukit Mertajam
5. SMK Bakti, Tasek Gelugor
6. SMK Bukit Jambul, Gelugor
7. SMK Bukit Mertajam
8. SMK Convent Bukit Mertajam
9. SMK Datuk Onn, Butterworth
10. SMK Jawi, Sungai Jawi
11. SMK Jit Sin, Bukit Mertajam
12. SMK Penanti, Kubang Semang
13. SMK Perempuan China, Georgetown
14. SMK Permatang Tok Jaya, Butterworth
15. SMK Saujana Indah, Nibong Tebal
16. SMK Seri Nibong, Nibong Tebal
17. SMK Simpang Empat, Simpang Ampat
18. SMK Sungai Aceh, Nibong Tebal
19. SMK Valdor, Sungai Bakap

Announcement: for the participating schools, we will all first meet on the Briefing Day at the School of Aerospace Engineering USM in Nibong Tebal on Thursday, 23 June 2016 (3 - 5 pm). In this event, each school will be provided with the material and equipment needed for their students to conduct the aerospace engineering activities at their school. All of these materials and equipment are fully sponsored by our AEROFAIR program. More detailed information on AEROFAIR 2016 and the two activities, Indoor Flight and Water Rocket, will also be given.

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