DEADLINE
All artwork for the state competition must be postmarked by Friday, January 17, 2014.
THEME - "Flying Saves Lives"
First and foremost, powered flight began as an adventure – a sport. In the beginning, flying was a risky business that was not for the faint of heart; injury, or even death, was something that pilots had to consider each and every time they went up. But over the 20th century, as powered flight became more stable, routine, and safe, it also became less and less the sport of daredevils and more and more a way to transport people and goods rapidly over long distances. During this time, powered flight also became something else – it became a means of saving people’s lives.
Today, helicopters fly rural accident victims to far away hospitals; organs are packed in ice and flown, in the nick of time, to save dying patients; pilots use planes and helicopters to fight large fires; and relief agencies transport food and water to starving and thirsty people around the globe. Flight allows us to see like birds and move faster than the wind, and it has given us the ability to help those who could never be helped before. Can you think of other ways that “flying saves lives?” Let us count or perhaps more accurately, illustrate the ways. Good luck!
AWARDS
STATE
Entries in each age group are judged and state winners and runners-up are selected. Winners receive recognition from their state. The top three entries in each age group are forwarded to Washington D.C. to be judged in the national competition.
Entries in each age group are judged and state winners and runners-up are selected. Winners receive recognition from their state. The top three entries in each age group are forwarded to Washington D.C. to be judged in the national competition.
NATIONAL
1st, 2nd and 3rd place national winners are selected from each age group. All national winners receive certificates, ribbons and a framed reproduction of their artwork with the original being forwarded to FAI for the international competition.
1st, 2nd and 3rd place national winners are selected from each age group. All national winners receive certificates, ribbons and a framed reproduction of their artwork with the original being forwarded to FAI for the international competition.
INTERNATIONAL
Winners of the international competition receive certificates and gold, silver, or bronze medals.
Winners of the international competition receive certificates and gold, silver, or bronze medals.
Click here for contest ELIGIBILITY and RULES.
2013 International Aviation Art Contest application.
