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This paper was prepared for the Student Activities Section of the 1992 SAE Aerospace Atlantic Conference. The craft of engineering embodies skills and processes that can be invoked to solve problems. Exposure to real problems and the lessons learned in facing real challenges are often as much a part of engineering education as formal classes. This paper describes the experience of a team of young engineering students from Cedarville College participating in the SAE Aero Design Competition. The Cedarville entry is a high wing tail dragging monoplane. It uses a narrow composite tube to connect the cargo box and stabilizer section. The swept back horizontal stabilizer is 19% of the wing area and the vertical is substantially oversize to provide an extra stability margin. An unusual airfoil is used to achieve high lift under low speed conditions.