RENO, Nev. — Reno is now home to Northern Nevada’s first and only aviation school, located within the Washoe County School District’s (WCSD) Academy of Arts, Careers and Technology (AACT).
The vision, as well as much of the funding, for the Aviation Academy comes from the Gillemot Foundation and has been in the works for several years now.
“It all started with George Gillemot. He had a vision of advancing aviation, aerospace, drone technology. He felt that we needed more pilots in the country and around the world, actually,” Chairman of the Gillemot Foundation Board Tom Hall said…