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An aviation maintenance technology major at Pennsylvania College of Technology is one of only two students chosen worldwide to receive an Aircraft Maintenance Technician Scholarship from Helicopter Association International. Wesley C.

A faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Lumley Aviation Center will contribute a monthly column to a national magazine. The first submission by Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics in the college's School of Transportation Technology titled "Theory & Practice: Teaching Technicians to Think Beyond Troubleshooting" appears in the January issue of Avionics News.

Aviation faculty members at Pennsylvania College of Technology have established a scholarship fund to assist students in the aviation maintenance technology bachelor-degree major. Brett A. Reasner, associate professor of aviation, recently signed an agreement on behalf of the faculty to create the Aviation Maintenance Technology Scholarship.

A junior in Pennsylvania College of Technology's four-year aviation maintenance technology major is the first college student in the commonwealth to be certified as an Aircraft Electronics Technician. Marc D.

A faculty member at Pennsylvania College of Technology's Lumley Aviation Center was a presenter at the recent Association for Avionics Education conference in Battle Creek, Mich. Thomas D. Inman, associate professor of avionics in the college's School of Transportation Technology, presented an "Alternative Methodology for Aviation Communication Receiver Selectivity Testing" during the Oct.

Lycoming Engines is continuing its long relationship with Pennsylvania College of Technology through the recent establishment of a new scholarship fund at the college. Lycoming Engines, a Textron company based in Williamsport, has established the Lycoming Engines Scholarship Fund to help students in Penn College's aviation technology majors.

An aviation maintenance technology student from York County recently got the highlight of his year so far, winning a hot-air balloon ride at this month's Montoursville Rotary Club Fall Foliage Balloon Festival. Joshua M. Rauch, a Pennsylvania College of Technology junior from Mount Wolf, traveled aloft in "Up and Away," courtesy of Dick Young, a commercial balloon pilot for more than 30 years.

More than a dozen aviation alumni gathered with their families at Penn College's Lumley Aviation Center in conjunction with last weekend's Montoursville Rotary Club Fall Foliage Balloon Festival. Reunion participants were led on tours of the facility; heard a briefing by retired Air Force Col. Timothy D.

A documentary that includes a segment featuring one of this institution's most famous alumni was presented on The History Channel this month. The exploits of bush pilot Donald E.

Nearly 400 Aircraft Electronics Technicians already have been certified by the National Center for Aircraft Technician Training, of which Pennsylvania College of Technology is a partner.