Envoy Donates Rolls Royce Engine to PIA
A generous donation from regional airline Envoy Air has arrived at the Pittsburgh Campus of PIA. A Rolls Royce AE3007 will be utilized for 4th quarter training on turbine engines and further add to PIA’s variety of educational tools. The engine donation was facilitated by PIA Alumni and Managing Director...
Piedmont Airlines Donates PW120
Piedmont Airlines generously donated a Pratt & Whitney Canada Model PW120 turboprop engine for use at the PIA Hagerstown campus. The engine has 33 years of flight experience, serving Piedmont's former De Havilland Canada Dash 8 fleet. The first flight of the engine was from Salisbury, MD, to Baltimore,...
Building Industry Relationships: Embraer
PIA Administration made their first trip to the Embraer Hangar in Nashville, TN last week. The visit to the companies facility further strengthened PIA and Embraer’s already stellar partnership, as ideas and continued support between both organizations was discussed. President and CEO Suzanne Markle and Associate Director of Career...
Youngstown Students Awarded Bill Griffin Memorial Scholarship
The Ernie Hall Aviation Museum in Warren, Ohio awarded two fourth-semester students with scholarships on Monday, May 3rd. Troy Lindsay and Ryan Pentz were presented with the Bill Griffin Memorial Scholarship by Bob and Connor Griffin, brother and son of the late Bill Griffin. The recipients are able to...
PIA Named PNGAS Guard-Friendly School
The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics was honored as one of only 48 schools to become a Pennsylvania National Guard Associations (PNGAS) Guard-Friendly School. The PNGAS Guard-Friendly School standards were designed to recognize institutions of higher learning that create a supportive learning environment for members of the Pennsylvania National Guard. The...
MHIRJ Visits with PIA Campuses
Over the last several months, James Crites, Senior Recruiter for MHIRJ, visited PIA Hagerstown, Youngstown, and Pittsburgh to meet with prospective students. MHIRJ is a merging of two aviation organizations, Mitsubishi Heavy Industries and the CRJ Series program from Bombardier. The organization was seeking to hire for two locations, Bridgeport,...
Crown Equipment Corporation visits PIA Youngstown
Interested to learn how students studying aviation get involved in non-aviation fields? PIA Youngstown hosted a visit from Crown Equipment Corporation last week, where Regional Recruiter Matt Jones spoke about employment opportunities available for 3rd and 4th-semester students. The forklift company designs and manufactures lift truck components like motors,...
mikeroweWORKS Foundation Now Accepting Applications
The 2021 Work Ethic Scholarship Program is now accepting applications from post-secondary students focused on the trades. Last year, PIA students Braden Brunson (Pittsburgh) and Shane Miley (Hagerstown) were awarded scholarships from the nationwide program. The Work Ethic Scholarship provides financial assistance to students who have a strong work ethic,...