Aviation
School of Transportation Technology
Lumley Aviation Center, Montoursville, PA · (570) 320-8037
Located at the Williamsport Regional Airport, just seven miles east of the main campus, Pennsylvania College of Technology's Lumley Aviation Center offers one of the finest aviation instructional facilities in the nation. It is also home to the world's only authorized training facility for employees and clients of aviation leader, Textron Lycoming.
The Aviation Department offers:
- a bachelor's degree that combines the airframe and powerplant subjects with avionics enabling the graduate to work on the integrated systems found on today's modern aircraft
- FAA-approved associate's degree and two-year certificate in aircraft maintenance and repair
- a state-of-the-art Aviation facility, completed in 1993, with $1 million invested in the aviation electronics lab
- a fleet of College-owned aircraft and a licensed repair facility for private aircraft
- faculty with a wide range of experience, recently honored with the FAA's diamond award (the highest level award based on faculty training)
Aviation News
Avionics Professor Assumes Leadership Post, Receives Certification
April 2008
Thomas D. Inman
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Latest 'AvEd Day' Attracts Warren County Students
March 2008
High school students from Warren County Career Center recently made the three-and-a-half-hour trip to Penn College to participate in the latest Aviation Education Day, the School of Transportation Technology's initiative to rekindle vocational interest in the aviation field. Faculty members at the Lumley Aviation Center at Williamsport Regional Airport in Montoursville, developed three hands-on, aviation-related educational modules linked to Pennsylvania System of School Assessment educational objectives for math and science. Fourteen electronics and pre-engineering students completed modules on weight and balance, electricity, and precision measurement. The career center students met instructor Tim Sampson, a Penn College alumnus, at 6 a.m. to make the trek from Warren. After the modules were completed, the professors gave their visitors a quick tour.( Photos by Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics)
Penn College Aviation Student Awarded Industry Scholarship
March 2008
Gregory B. Gilliland
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Penn College Aviation Students, Faculty Obtain Industry Certification
February 2008
Twenty-three Penn College aviation students and three faculty members were certified in January by the PAMA/SAE Institute, which quantifies technicians’ knowledge throughout the aviation maintenance industry. The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association, through its affiliation with the SAE Institute, created the Aviation Maintenance Specialist and Aviation Maintenance Engineer certifications, which are based on an industry-driven consensus.
Bristol-Myers Squibb Scholarship to Assist Aviation Students
February 2008
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