Las Vegas, NV – ATG crowned the winners of the 2019 Aero Skill Tournament, Season III at the Aero Skills National Finals that took place in Las Vegas Feb 22nd & 23rd. On Saturday, competitors fabricated their projects based on the engineering drawings in a timed environment at the Aviation Institute of Maintenance. Three highly experienced inspectors checked their work and assigned points for quality. On Sunday, the competitors came to the Las Vegas Motor Speedway to build their projects in front of 100s of fans working head to head in a highly charged atmosphere. With the noise of US Air Force Jets flying overhead, NASCAR engines roaring and the cheers of the crowd, the Aero Skills competitors worked feverishly, head to head to finish first in time while still adhering to the high-quality standards. Once again, our diligent inspectors scored each competitors workmanship and quality before we tallied the scores to determine the winners.
At the end of a long day on Sunday the following highly skilled technicians were named as the winners:
Junior Class:
Jamie Rynard KF Aerospace 1st place
Okanagan College
Brandon Raymond PIMA Community College 2nd place
Patrick Barriere Canadian Forces School of Aerospace 3rd place
Technology and Engineering
Senior Class:
Allan Peckford De Havilland of Canada 1st place
Joey Bartok Tulsa Technical College 2nd place
Gaby Rodriguez KF Aerospace 3rd place
The following technicians also participated in the finals:
Junior Class:
Ken Ballantine Vincennes University
Amal Khan Broward College
Brett Steverson Kansas State
Gregory Jones Aviation Institute of Maintenance
Senior Class:
Rick Moore Republic Airlines
Joseph Cider United States Air Force Reserves
Wendy Price Bombardier
Dusty Barnes Airbus
Nolen Stewart Bombardier
Over $70,000 in cash prizes and 15 plus trips to Las Vegas were awarded this season. These Aero Skills events are free to enter and are open to technicians of all experience levels including students under training. Dates for the 2020 season are being announced shortly and registration for this year’s tournaments is open.
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 trade and create excitement in order to encourage young people to consider a career as an aviation technician.
About Aircraft Technologies Group ATG is a network of Effective, Reliable and Proven technicians available for aviation maintenance and manufacturing operations, our professional and flexible workforce. Through the Skills Assurance Apprentice program and CertTEC certifications, ATG provides a continuously improving pipeline of skilled and certified people for the aviation and aerospace industry.
Our MSP (MANAGED SERVICES PROVIDER) & DFP (DESIGNATED FIXED PRICE) PROGRAMS
Customized support to improve your operations; cut expenses with on demand service while maintaining oversight. Contractual, performance-based services with quality metrics to better address issues related to cost, quality of service and risk. NETWorX Synergistics with MSP & DFP, facilitates and integrates more effectively, providing highly experienced talent from within our organization creating industry leading service and success.
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