JOHNSTOWN - A new course this fall at Pennsylvania Highlands Community College will qualify students for a private pilot's license and represents the first step in creating a broader aviation technology and professional pilot program, leaders say.
"It advances our mission by responding to community need and creating opportunities in the area," said Edward C. "Ted" Nichols, vice president and dean of academic affairs, announcing the course in partnership with the MountainTop Technologies Inc. subsidiary MTT Aviation Services.
"This region doesn't have anything like this," MTT Aviation chief flight instructor Jared Shuke said.
The first six-credit course will include ground school and flight training, or in academic terms, theory and lab components. It is certified under Federal Aviation Administration Part 141 regulations, which is more structured and regulated than the Part 61 flight school cu...
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