Media release from Georgia Northwestern Technical College:
Georgia Northwestern Technical College’s (GNTC) Aviation Maintenance Technology program expanded its fleet of aircraft that provide hands-on training to students with the recent donation of a Cessna 401A aircraft.
Donated by a private individual from Dalton, this is the fourth 400 series Cessna airplane GNTC owns and will be used for all aspects of training for the Aviation Maintenance Technology program, said Zac Fager, program director and Instructor of Aviation Maintenance Technology at GNTC.
“GNTC could not train tomorrow’s workforce without the support of our community partners,” said Dr. Heidi Popham, GNTC president. “We are grateful for this generous gift. This donation will support students who are being trained to be the professionals needed by the aviation industry.”
Fager said the plane had been housed at the Dalton Municipal Airport hangar and was recently moved to GNTC’s Aviation Training Center, where it was reassembled.
“I used to work at the Dalton Municipal Airport several years ago, and I told the airport manager that I was looking for aircraft donations for the Aviation Maintenance Technology program,” Fager said. “An individual contacted me a couple weeks later about his aircraft.”
Fager said the donation comes at a critical time as the program needs additional aircraft.
“In the Aviation Maintenance Technology program, we are constantly taking things apart, inspecting, repairing when we can or replacing parts completely,” Fager said. “Additional aircraft help us provide the highest quality of instruction and ensure our graduates have the Airframe and Powerplant experience they need to be workforce ready.”
In the photo from GNTC:
Zac Fager, program director and instructor of Aviation Maintenance Technology at GNTC, sits in the cockpit of the donated Cessna 401A aircraft.
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