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 significant donation: a rare Maverick TwinJet 1500 kit aircraft.
Local pilot Mike Seavall built and donated the custom jet, which took him two years to construct and is one of only four ever flown.
This donation will provide students with valuable hands-on experience with modern composite materials and advanced avionics, greatly enhancing their training.
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.
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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.
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