TCAT facility at Winchester airport nearing completion

A new 15,000-square-foot aviation maintenance program building to be operated by TCAT’s Aviation Maintenance Technology program is nearing completion at the Winchester Municipal Airport. The facility only lacks approval from TCAT and the FFA before it can begin work education students. TCAT has already hired the first of two instructors for the site and begun developing curriculum and training aids for the classes to be operated at the airport. TCAT is aiming to begin the first classes for the program in early 2023 to train students licensing as airframe and power-plant technicians. The program is being backed by Winchester, Franklin County, TCAT, and FedEx, who have supported grants to bring additional training equipment to the facility.