This year, aviation students at Charlotte High School are learning how to build, repair and maintain airplanes, while getting hands-on experience with real aircraft.
“The students in our assembly class will actually, from the ground up, be building aircraft for them to hopefully go next door, to the PGD Airport, get jobs, and we can keep the students and our community,” aviation instructor Dakota Hoyle said.
Watch Fox 4’s Alex Orenczuk report on Charlotte High School’s aviation program:
TAKING FLIGHT: New year, new gear for Charlotte High’s aviation program
Hoyle said that kind of real-world training can’t be matched by a lesson on paper…