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Mon, Sep 30, 2019

Centennial College Receives Donated Ornge Sikorsky Helicopter

Will Be Used For Training At Downsview Campus

Centennial College's School of Transportation formally recognized the donation of a decommissioned Sikorsky S-76A helicopter by Ontario's Ornge air ambulance service at an event at the college's Downsview Campus Center for Aerospace and Aviation on September 25.

Some 500 students in Centennial's Aviation Technician and Aviation Technology programs directly benefit from having the Sikorsky hull in the campus hangar, where they perform component and landing-gear inspections, wire bundle installations, and avionic systems installations and troubleshooting.

"We know the donation of this aircraft will give countless students the opportunity to engage with a helicopter that has a long and distinguished history," said Dr. Andrew McCallum, president and CEO, Ornge. "We are hoping that some of these students will aspire to work for Ornge in support of our mission to provide Ontario's patients with safe and timely care, transport and access to health services."

The helicopter joins the college's expanded fleet of aircraft at the Centre for Aerospace and Aviation, the new home of Centennial's aviation maintenance programs located at the former site of de Havilland of Canada. The $72-million campus repurposes the historic building with selective demolition and new construction to create a lot of new instruction space, including classrooms, labs and workshops, two aircraft hangars, a library and faculty offices.

"We're delighted to have this magnificent aircraft join our collection here at Downsview," said Alan McClelland, Dean, School of Transportation, Centennial College. "The Sikorsky is a sophisticated machine with updated avionics technology that our students absolutely need to be familiar with before they venture out into the working world. It will be treasured as a teaching tool in our hangar."

Students training at Centennial's Center for Aerospace and Aviation can look forward to exceptional employment prospects. One quarter of Canada's aircraft maintenance engineers (AMEs) are 55 years or older and set to retire. There are already more job vacancies than there are graduates to fill them, according to industry statistics. Increasingly, the new Downsview Campus is becoming a learning destination for students from across the globe.

(Source: Centennial College news release. Public Domain image from file)

FMI: www.centennialcollege.ca

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