New Aviation Training Center Coming to Fairhope Airport

 FAIRHOPE AL - Baldwin County students and adults will have an opportunity to be well prepared for a future in aviation thanks to a planned $2.5 million training center at the H.L. "Sonny" Callahan Airport.

City, state and county officials gathered in Continental Motors' hangar at Fairhope's municipal airport Friday to announce a partnership between Faulkner State Community College, Enterprise State, the Fairhope Airport Authority and the Baldwin County Board of Education. The plan will open the door for preparatory and college students to pursue aviation careers at a new 15,000-square-foot-facility beginning in January.

 

Courses in industrial maintenance and welding and other technical aviation skills will be offered by the community colleges as a dual enrollment for high-school juniors and seniors, and they will also be open to adults attending FSCC or Enterprise. These courses will lead to a career in A&P mechanics. FMI: NEWS ARTICLE