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AMTSociety and AMT visit new Las Vegas
AIM campus
Ron Donner, along with Karen Berg, associate
publisher of Aircraft Maintenance Technology magazine, recently visited the new Aviation Institute of
Maintenance Las Vegas, NV, campus. Berg also serves
on the advisory committee for the new program.
The 37,000-square-foot facility is conveniently
located near McCarran Airport in Las Vegas.
According to Joanne Leming, executive director, the
first A&P; class began on June 17 of this year. Classes
begin monthly, and at the time of the visit 41 local
area students were enrolled. AIM anticipates 80 to
100 students during the second quarter of 2014 with
an eventual capacity for up to 400 students. Currently
the school has eight instructors and for those who
may be interested is actively seeking additional
instructors for the program. This is the only such aircraft maintenance school in the state of Nevada.
WITC receives airplane donation
Ronald (Ron) Donner recently coordinated the
donation of an airplane to the Wisconsin Indianhead
Technical College (WITC) for use as a training aid in
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its newly developed Composite Technology program.
The airplane, a Flight Design Light Sport Aircraft,
was donated by Stanton Sport Aviation, Inc. located
in Stanton, MN, just south of the Twin Cities where
Donner volunteers on the board of directors. The airplane was manufactured using the latest composite
materials and will be used for education and training
purposes.
Stanton Sport Aviation is the upper Midwest distributor for the Flight Design series of LSAs. The
un-airworthy airplane was acquired by Stanton from
a private owner for its engine, avionics, and various
other components. It was deregistered, will never
fly again, and for the last year the bare fuselage and
wings had been placed into storage.
Tim Wright, the composites instructor responsible
for developing the Composite Technology program at
WITC, regularly contributes composite repair articles
to Aircraft Maintenance Technology magazine. Several
months ago the subject of training aids for the new
program was discussed between Wright and Donner.
Students enrolled in the program can now learn composite repair techniques on real airplane parts.
Announcement of the donation was made during
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