Aircraft Technicians School May Come to Hagerstown

Aug. 19, 2009
The plan is to get it up and running by fall of 2010.

HAGERSTOWN, Md. (AP) — With business surging among government contractors at Hagerstown Regional Airport, a strong push has started to build a federally certified aircraft maintenance technician school in the area.

The school not only would benefit aircraft companies throughout the area, but could lead to high-paying careers for skilled factory workers left jobless by the recession, other residents and even returning veterans, an airport official said.

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