The visitor stops by the sheet-metal shop with faculty member Thomas D. Inman. The alumnus invented, manufactured and marketed slide-in adapters to retrofit new radios in older aircraft, a cost-saving innovation that he demonstrated for students. Haubert alights a twin-engine Dassault Falcon 20 business jet donated to Penn College during the Spring 2015 semester.
Jacob T. Motley (far right), an automotive restoration technology student from West Chester, offers an overview of the work being performed on a 1972 Rolls-Royce Silver Shadow. Faculty member Roy H. Klinger talks with (from left) college President Davie Jane Gilmour and Sens. Yaw, Eichelberger and Aument. Automotive restoration technology major John A.
A Pennsylvania College of Technology student was among only eight in the world to receive a Bill Sanderson Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship from Helicopter Association International's Technical Committee. Zachary D.
A generous donation of $275,000 worth of airplane parts will enhance the real-world instructional environment for aviation students at Pennsylvania College of Technology. David J. Barr, a quality management inspector with Airbus who graduated from Penn College with an aviation technology degree in 1997, brought the equipment to the Lumley Aviation Center hangar during the fall semester.
A significant grant from the Tamaqua-based John E. Morgan Foundation will allow students from that area to enroll in Pennsylvania College of Technology’s distinctive “degrees that work.” The nonprofit foundation’s $500,000 contribution establishes the John E.
Panelists (from left) Lisa M. Andrus, part-time instructor of business administration/management/marketing and owner of Andrus Hospitality; Samuel Ryder, vice president for FNB Bank and a member of the college’s Business Administration Advisory Committee; and alumnus Scott D. Rinker, ’12, branch manager for Jersey Shore State Bank.
Featuring single four-blade rotor and twin engines, the UH-72 was designed as a light utility aircraft. Students view helicopters and get an on-the-ground perspective from military personnel. The UH-60 awaits inspection. With its tandem rotor and heavy-lifting ability, the CH-47 cuts an imposing figure. Maj.
Andrew A. Smith, an aviation maintenance technician student from Philadelphia, has been chosen as the September “Student of the Month” at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Smith, characterized by his nominator as "an excellent role model to students," is the business coordinator for the Wildcat Events Board and philanthropy chair for the Sigma Pi fraternity at the college. Andrew A.
SkillsUSA Pennsylvania College of Technology produced three medalists during the 52nd annual National SkillsUSA Conference, held recently in Louisville, Kentucky – including a repeat gold medal-winner in the Technical Drafting category. Penn College student Kyle T.
A recent retiree from Pennsylvania College of Technology’s faculty has been honored with an award named for the first aviation mechanic in powered flight. On May 6 at the college’s Lumley Aviation Center in Montoursville, the Federal Aviation Administration presented the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award to James E. Doebler. The award – named for the Wright Brothers’ mechanic – is earned by airmen who have exhibited professionalism, skill and expertise for at least 50 years in the profession.
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