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 During the summer of 2012, the core membership of HPVDT was recruited to the newly-formed AeroVelo Inc. design team. The group relocated to Tottenham, ON, where they designed and manufactured the Atlas human-powered helicopter until September.
-Collaboration with AeroVelo on the human-powered helicopter continued through 2013. On June 12, 2013, Aerovelo won the AHS Igor I. Sikorsky Challenge and its $250,000 prize by flying Atlas for 64 seconds and reaching a height of 3.3 m. Atlas was in some ways larger than a Boeing 737 [[http://www.aerovelo.com/atlas-helicopter 2]].
+Collaboration with AeroVelo on the human-powered helicopter continued through 2013. On June 12, 2013, Aerovelo won the AHS Igor I. Sikorsky Challenge and its $250,000 prize by flying Atlas for 64 seconds and reaching a height of 3.3 m. Atlas was larger than a Boeing 737 [[http://www.aerovelo.com/atlas-helicopter 2]].
 [[File:Aerovelo-atlas-human-powered-helicopter-sikorsky.jpg|500px|thumb|center|Aerovelo's Atlas the human powered helicopter]]
 ==Celero (2012 - 2013)==
 Knowing that Bluenose could be greatly improved for future high-speed events, the team decided to take a different approach for the more utility-oriented ASME event. A faired tricycle was designed, using many of the same structural features as the previous two-wheeled vehicles. This new vehicle - dubbed Celero - was slower, but far more stable and reliable than the team's previous entries.