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Aviation Program Certified
by FAA
Cowley’s Aviation Maintenance Technology
program received good news in August as the Federal Aviation Administration
certified Cowley’s Aviation Maintenance Technician Certificate.
The 147 school is a code of federal regulations that stipulate the
requirements of an aviation technician school. The curriculum has been
approved and the equipment accepted for the program, being taught at
the Aviation Tech Center, 7603 E. Pawnee, in Wichita.
All of Cowley’s AMT is taught at the Aviation Tech Center. Noel Gary, chief
executive director of aviation programs at Cowley, said the certification allows
Cowley to proceed with enrollment of students who wish to become certified in
airframe and powerplant. “There are two ways students can qualify for the
airframe and powerplant certification,” Gary said. “Practical experience,
18 months of airframe and 18 months of powerplant, or 30 months combined. Or,
they can qualify by attending a certified 147 school, and that’s what we
are here.”
The AMT program is 2,100 hours long and requires approximately 18 months to complete.
Students receive instruction in 45 different subject areas specified by the FAA.
By satisfactorily completing Cowley’s program, students would then be eligible
to take the oral, written, and practical examinations for the three subject areas,
which are general subjects, Airframe I and II, and Powerplant I and II. “ Our
goal is to put out certified technicians,” said Gary, who is a certified
A&P mechanic.
Gary said the demand for certified A&P mechanics was growing. “Cessna
needs 600 A&Ps in the next two years to work on their Citation model,” Gary
said. “After-market repair stations will need A&Ps more than the manufacturers
of the planes.” The Aviation Tech Center, which opened in January, is set
up to accommodate 250-300 students. There are five daytime classes and five nighttime
classes at the center.
