The Virginia Wing’s William P. Knight Composite Squadron cadet team is the champion of the 2022 Civil Patrol National Aerospace Education High-Altitude Balloon Challenge.For finishing first in the second annual competition, the team received the 2022 Col. Joe Kittinger Cup; a $5,000 prize from Kittinger, pioneering high-altitude balloon scientist; and autographed copies of his autobiography, “Come Up and Get Me.”
The Knight squadron cadets studied the effects of high-altitude conditions on diabetes test strips’ effectiveness.“The cadets’ analysis of their experiment and additional research into what would cause their results is impressive,” competition judges said. “They went beyond just analyzing data and provided a thorough analysis and how they would modify their experiment in the future.”
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