AMERICUS — The Museum of Aviation in Warner Robins recently thanked South Georgia Technical College for a long partnership that has helped both parties meet their goals. The school has been helping the Museum for nearly 25 years by restoring aircraft while learning aircraft repair through hands-on experience.
“It’s the old ‘win-win’ situation,” says Museum Director Ken Emery, who has more than 90 historic aircraft to take care of. “The students get some real hands experience doing technical aircraft work which helps them learn valuable skills — and the museum get critical work done. It’s a great partnership and both the museum and the technical college benefits.”
The third party that gains is Robins Air Force Base. Students enrolled in the aviation co-op program get to work on Robins AFB as interns and eventually can be hired on as full-time employees. The work they do on Museum planes is great experience for the work they will eventually do on newer planes at the base. South Georgia Tech students helped restore the World War II PT-17 “Stearman” trainer which now hangs from the ceiling in the Museum’s Eagle Building. The vintage trainer is older than South Georgia Technical College which was established in 1948 along with Northern Georgia Technical College. Over the last several years, students also worked on restoring a UC-78 “Bamboo Bomber” which will soon be displayed at the Museum.
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Museum Director Ken Emery, right center, presents a plaque to SGTC President Sparky Reeves, which thanks students for aircraft restoration work at the museum. From left are SGTC Aviation Maintenance instructors James Manning, Mike Cochran, President Reeves, Ken Emery, Museum Aircraft Restoration Chief Dennis Oliver and SGTC Instructors Victoria Herron and Bobby Wooldridge. submitted photo
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Students in an aircraft repair class at SGTC pose for a photo. submitted photo
March 15, 2010
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