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Piper Colt donated to the Aviation Techniques – Aircraft Maintenance program

Piper Colt December 2014 Donation

Aviation Professor/Coordinator, Bruce Dwyer receiving the keys from Shawn McBride

The Aviation Techniques – Aircraft Maintenance program received the donation of a Piper Colt over the Christmas break from Keith Beardsley, a Real Estate Agent from Metcalfe, Ontario.
Both Keith and his wife Bev are former teachers and are proud to be able to help further the education of future Aircraft Maintenance Engineers. Keith and Bev are both Century 21 Agents and live in the Village of Metcalfe Ontario just south of Ottawa. Their Piper Colt has been in the family for the past five years and was kept hangared at the Smith Falls Airport. It was ferried December 30 over to the Canada Aviation and Space Museum at the Rockliffe Airport where it will become a full time training aid for Algonquin College students. The attached picture shows Aviation Professor/Coordinator, Bruce Dwyer receiving the keys from the ferry Pilot Shawn McBride who is also a professor at Algonquin and a member of the Algonquin College Board of Governors. Shawn was familiar with flying this type of aircraft as he owns a Piper Tri-Pacer and gladly volunteered to fly the plane to Rockliffe.
On behalf of Algonquin College and all of our Aircraft Maintenance Students a hearty thank you to Mr. Beardsley for his kind generosity in donating this aircraft.

$2000 Bursary from Flight Training International

Algonquin College Aviation Management Professor, Bruce Dwyer

Algonquin College Aviation Management Professor, Bruce Dwyer, receives a cheque for $2,000 as a continuation flying bursary for two Algonquin students that competed for this
year’s Top Amateur Pilot Award, the Webster Trophy. A third Algonquin student, Takahashi Hirose, was named as Canada’s Top Amateur Pilot. As a result of Algonquin having the winning competitor, Flight Safety International has provided two of his classmates with $1,000 each as competitors. Kody Clement and Ben Shaw-Wood are both in their final stages of flight training and will soon be graduated as Commercial Pilots. Many thanks to Flight Safety, this is an awesome runner up prize, you shoud see what the winner gets….