Aero Skills III, National Finals, sponsored by AviationNetworx.com

Las Vegas, NV – In three days, ATG will conclude the 2019/2020 Aero Skills Tournament series with 15 competitors in 2 skill levels for the National Finals, which will take place at the NASCAR Fan Zone, in sunny Las Vegas, NV, Feb 22nd & 23rd. Delayed Broadcasting/recording will take place over those two days. Each day, at Noon (fabrication) and at three pm (riveting) on the My ATG Facebook page.

We expect thousands to check out our event on-line and on-site. So far, hundreds have competed and helped where thousands of fans had watched the eight regional events that were held across North America in the summer and fall of 2019, where students and Journeypersons competed for Top Gun where, suitingly, the structures trade has adopted the GUNSLINGER persona – very fitting name since these career jobs use PISTOL drills and rivet GUNS.  Fifteen finalists who won their regionals will be competing at these National finals, over two days on their project, in front of a live race fan audience.  This time the full project has to be built at the event, a little different format from the regional one; so, they will have to fabricate their parts and assemble their pieces in head-to-head with points awarded for speed (40%) and quality (60%). Sunday the techs do a repair to that same part they built. The combined weekend scores will determine the winners of the Top Gun titles for the Senior and Junior classifications. Awards will be made after the Cup race on Sunday.

The 2020 Finalists are:

Junior Class:

Jamie Rynard                                      KF Aerospace                                                  NW Winner

                                                            Okanagan College                                                      

Ken Ballantine                                    Vincennes University                                      Mid West Winner

Patrick Barrierre                                 Canadian Forces School of Aerospace           NE Winner

Technology and Engineering

Amal Khan                                          Broward College                                             SE Winner

Brett Steverson                                  Kansas State                                                   N Winner

Gregory Jones                                     Aviation Institute of Maintenance                 S Winner

Brandon Raymond                             PIMA Community College                              SW Winner

Senior Class:

Gaby Rodriguez                                  KF Aerospace                                                  NW Winner

Rick Moore                                         Republic Airlines                                            Mid West Winner

Allan Peckford                                    De Havilland of Canada                                  NE Winner

Joseph Cider                                       United States Air Force Reserves                  Mid Atlantic Winner

Wendy Price                                        Bombardier                                                    SE Winner

Joey Bartok                                         Tulsa Technical College                                  N Winner

Dusty Barnes                                      Airbus                                                             S Winner

Nolen Stewart                                     Bombardier                                                    SW Winner

Over $70,000 in cash prizes and 22 trips to Las Vegas have been awarded for this Aero Skills III, 2019 season. These events are free to enter and are open to technicians of all experience levels including students under training.  Dates for the 2020 season will be announced shortly and registration for this year’s tournaments will be open starting March 2020. 

ATG holds eight Regional Aero Skills competitions to provide a venue for technicians to demonstrate their capabilities and to network with like minded people from the aviation community.  The goal of these events is to raise awareness of the aero trades and create excitement in order to encourage young people to consider a career as an aviation professional.

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