WEST JORDAN, Utah – Two-and-a-half years after its inception, the students at Grainger High School have constructed their own airplane – thanks to the state’s credit union foundation.
It took 50 students to build the kit – a four-seat, 200 horsepower, propeller-driven Excalibur.
The $70,000 project was funded by donations from local and national businesses, and a $15,000 grant from the Utah CU League’s 100% For Kids Education Foundation. The credit union foundation has provided more than $4.5 million in small grants such as this to help students, teachers, schools and school districts finance projects they might not have been able to afford otherwise.
This project has not taken off just yet. But that is expected to happen this week when the propeller arrives.
