Photos: West Potomac High School Fun Fly

West Potomac High School's Engineering Club raised $375 at its Fun Fly fundraiser earlier this month.

Fun Fly is a fundraiser for the engineering club that helps pay for Technology Student Association (TSA) competitions and project supplies.

“It exposes the kids and adults to remote control planes,” WPHS Educational Engineer Joe Franco told Patch in an interview. “It’s a generational thing. The students experience the activity with the older generation that they may not have otherwise been exposed to, and the older generation gets to pass on their knowledge. Lots of these guys are military veterans who flew planes in combat, and this is their hobby now.”

Franco told Patch that 30 people participated in the Fun Fly, and the event had about the same number of spectators. 

The club also received a $200 donation from the Northern Virginia Radio Control Club (NVRC).