The lightweight aeroplane has a maximum altitude of several hundred metres, can perform aerobatic manoeuvres and touch down for a perfect landing at the point where it took off.
 
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The Mechanical Engineering Club held two technical lectures last month given by the UAE Airforce. The first one was on "Modern Navigation Technology" by Captain Engineer Mohamed Al Khtri. The second one was on "State of the Art Auto pilot Technology" by Major Engineer Jassim Al Zaab. It was attended by professors and students from different engineering majors.  It was a valuable experience which increased the student's knowledge about industry.

 In the middle of last month, The Mechanical Engineering Club held, as promised, official trips to the Emirates Engineering Maintenance Facility; open for all students. It was originally planned that there would be three trips but because of high demand and overbooked excursions, we had to add another trip.

 
The Mechanical Engineering club held a welcome gathering on last Wednesday. It was an exciting event at the start of a new semester. Mechanical engineering students got to meet with students from different years. It turned out to be a very enjoyable experience. We brought fellow mechanical engineers up to date with what is going on in the club this semester. Then we played a few games by making three teams of five people each, which competed against each other in various games. The winning team was given Shell sponsored flash disks. Check out the marvelous pictures on our board in Engineering Building 2 or on Facebook. 

The MEC Club held a barbecue on Friday, 19th December 2008 at Mamzar Park. There were over 60 members attending along with four professors: Dr. Yousef Hasan Zurigat, Dr. Ameen El-Sinawi, Dr. Shadi O. Balawi and Dr. Mohammad Ameen Al-Jarrah. Students along with professors took part in football, playing with frisbee, tug-of-war and cards. We had some of our members singing, playing drums and guitar.

The MEC Club held Paintball games on Monday night. All tickets were sold out very quickly. Sorry, if you were one of the people who did not get a ticket. We went to Sharjah Golf and Shooting Club and split the group into three teams. Apart from the students, three professors, Dr. Yousef Hasan Zurigat, Dr. Ameen El-Sinawi and Dr. Shadi O. Balawi were also accompanying us. Each of them was the leader for one of the three teams.