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Rare Kitbuilt Jet Donated for A&P Training

Colorado’s Aims Community College students to gain hands-on experience with a Maverick TwinJet 1500.

Meg Godlewski

Wednesday, June 03, 2026 at 11:15 AM ET

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Aims Community College in Colorado takes the donation of a rare homebuilt jet for its aviation maintenance program. [Credit: Aims Community College]

Key Takeaways:

Aims Community College's aircraft maintenance program received a rare Maverick TwinJet 1500 kit aircraft as a donation.
Local pilot Mike Seavall, who built the unique jet, donated it to provide students with advanced training opportunities.
The aircraft, featuring modern composite materials and avionics, will serve as a valuable teaching tool for current technology.
This donation significantly enhances Aims' aviation maintenance training, offering students a substantial learning advantage over many other schools.

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Aircraft maintenance students at Aims Community College in Colorado will be learning and practicing their craft on a Maverick TwinJet 1500, thanks to a donation by a local pilot.

The Maverick TwinJet 1500 is a kit aircraft and one of only four to ever fly.

Meg Godlewski

Meg Godlewski has been an aviation journalist for more than 24 years and a CFI for more than 20 years. If she is not flying or teaching aviation, she is writing about it. Meg is a founding member of the Pilot Proficiency Center at EAA AirVenture and excels at the application of simulation technology to flatten the learning curve. Follow Meg on Twitter @2Lewski.