Training Aerospace Workers

Gov. M. Jodi Rell helped cut the ribbon on a new facility for the Connecticut Aero Tech School, a $10 million state-funded project that will help train aviation maintenance technicians for the state’s aerospace industry. The facility, located at Brainard Airport in Hartford, consists of a new aircraft hangar, classrooms and trade shops. Aero Tech is a two-year, post-high school aviation maintenance technician program offering training for Federal Aviation Administration airframe and power plant certification. Aero Tech graduates are employed by aviation companies throughout the state. Pictured, from left, are: Charles Hilton, a department head of Aero Tech; Rep. Pam Sawyer; Rell; Sen. John Fonfara; George Coleman, deputy commissioner, Department of Education; Raeanne Curtis, commissioner, Department of Public Works.