At the 11th TEKNOFEST festival held between May 1–4, 2025, at the Old Ercan Airport in the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus (TRNC), a group of 3rd-year students from METU Northern Cyprus Campus Department of Aerospace Engineering participated in the finals of the flying car simulation competition.
Our team, named Blackbird — consisting of Ahmet Bodur, Mustafa Musab Eraslan, Mahmut Esat Karakuş, and Muhammet İzzet Yıldız — ranked 13th among more than 200 competing projects.