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Aviation Maintenance Technology Program lands jet engine donation

9/3/2021

The soon-to-launch Aviation Maintenance Technology (AMT) Program, a Marshall University/Mountwest Community & Technical College joint venture, received a literal turbo boost in August with the donation of four jet engines by an Indiana-based aviation company.


Sage-Popovich of Valparaiso, Indiana, a global aviation consulting and asset management provider, donated the Lycoming ALF-502 engines to the AMT Program, which is administered by Marshall’s Robert C. Byrd Institute (RCBI). The donation is valued at more than $700,000, according to Jim Smith, interim director of the AMT Program. The engines will be important tools in teaching students to repair and maintain a variety of engines and other aircraft components.

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