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Purdue hosts Collegiate Drone Racing National Championship

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WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. -- The skies over Purdue University were buzzing Saturday with the sound of drones.

Students from 27 universities took part in the first-ever Collegiate Drone Racing National Championship in West Lafayette.

48 homemade drones flew in gusty winds through a winding course.

Georgia Tech took the title and more than $15,000 in equipment and prizes.

Students from UC Berkeley came in second.

In third, the drone from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida.

And the host school, Purdue, came in fourth in the competition.