Aviation Articles

Brett A. Reasner has been appointed dean of transportation and natural resources technologies at Pennsylvania College of Technology. Reasner, who began his employment with Penn College in 1993, succeeds Colin W. Williamson, who retired in December. From 1993 to 2007, Reasner was an associate professor and department head in aviation technology.

Williamsport Technical Institute students examine a gas mask, circa 1941. An aviation mechanic student works on an airplane engine. The student was later placed as an Army Air Corps aviation mechanic.

Dr. Marshall D. Welch Jr. Dr. Marshall D. Welch Jr., a retired Williamsport orthodontist whose philanthropic contributions benefit students in Penn College's School of Transportation & Natural Resources Technologies, died Wednesday, Aug. 27, at the age of 85. Welch and his wife, Mary, are among those enshrined on the college's Donor Wall as members of the Millionaire's Society.

In an impressive reversal of tradition – the custom of unwrapping a present before showing it to others – Pennsylvania College of Technology has actually enhanced a gift's value by covering it.

William F. Stepp III The campus community is invited to a President's Forum presentation at 3:30 p.m. Tuesday by William F. Stepp III, associate professor of aviation, who will highlight his Heli-Expo experience in Anaheim, Calif., and share information on the industry. Andrew L.

WBRE interviews school dean Tysanner gets a closer look at the plane's labyrinthine landing gear, just one area for aviation students' hands-on learning. The plane's student-designed sheath beautifies a generous gift and promotes Penn College values. Eyewitness News reporter Valerie Tysanner interviewed Colin W.

Sullivan's son, Alex B., a lab assistant for the graphic-design project, uses a heat gun to smooth out a vinyl panel. While work continues on the "degrees that work" tail section, Papa talks with Williamson about the rare benefit of having such an aircraft in the college's instructional fleet. The multimedia journalist captures "B-roll" footage of David E.

A full-bodied view illuminates the scope of the project, which crisscrosses curricular turf and covers the breadth of the Boeing 727. Kevin P. Sullivan (rear), lab coordinator for programs in the School of Sciences, Humanities & Visual Communications, and Timothy A. Miller, lab assistant I, graphic design project, smooth out a tail section emblazoned with a Penn College trademark ... ...

Marc T. Kaylor Marc T. Kaylor, who graduated in May with a bachelor's degree in aviation maintenance technology, was a gold medalist in that category at last month's SkillsUSA National Leadership and Skills Conference in Kansas City, Missouri.

A behemoth on the tarmac, the plane seems even more enormous when partially pulled into the spacious Lumley Aviation Center hangar. Collision repair instructor Roy H. Klinger (left) and aviation instructor Michael R. Robison begin the laborious process of painting over the plane's prior corporate identity.