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4 WCC CAMPUS VOICE - NOVEMBER 20, 1991 Aviation students recognized Front roH (1 to r): liCC co-op students: James Revette, Alisa Uilliford, Steve Surley, Rose Fulcher and To* Itolland. PHOTO; JACQUELYN RANDALL m rr m m m Division supervisors: CIUU OTTGrS StUClGntS GregEhrles, Richard Harrell, George Gibson, and Charlie Eaton chance to fly^ By MARTIN COX The Flying Bisons, a little knoMH Uayne Community College club, exists for students who uiaint to learn how to fly. The club has been inactive since IVSV because of lack of interest, according to Wilbur A. Kauff, WCC aviation instructor. The Flying Bisons was started in 1974 by a group of aviation maintenance students. According to Kauff, i t was advantageous for aviation students to learn to fly. Many would go on to work on general aviation aircraft and a pilot's license would enable them to test-fly the planes. Kauff added that currently most aviation students go on to work for the airlines where there would be little advantage to a pilot's 1 i cense. Kauff said the club's current inactive status can be attributed to the lack of demand for the license and to rising costs of fuel and other influences of the recession. The club is open to a1 1 WCC students, no.t just aviation students. He said a number of slots exist for non students who want to learn to fly at a reduced rate. Club members can attain a private pilot's 1i cense at about half the going rate, mak i ng it a relative bargain. He said there are plenty of students who would love to learn to fly but few who can afford i t. The club uses and maintains a Cessna 150 for flying lessons when it is active. The current plane is the club's third 150, the first 2 having been stolen and crashed. Costs incurred by the club include insurance, maintenance, aviation gasoline and instructor fees. Kauff said that some of those costs, espec ially the instructor fees, may be curbed by having the club use the Mt. 01i ve airport. Those interested in getting involved with the Flying Bisons can contact Kauff at his office at the Golds boro/Wayne Municipal Airport at 735-5151 ext. 304. By MARTIN COX Three students from Wayne Community College's Aviation Maintenance Technology Program have recently received recognition for the outstanding job they did in their co-op exper i ence. They worked for six months at the Naval Aviation Depot <NADEP>, Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, Jacksonville, NC, according to Jacquelyn Randal 1 of the Cherry Point public affairs off Ice . Rose Fulcher, Aircraft Repair Shop Supervisor said that Steve Gurley, James Reve t te and A1 i sa Willi ford were real assets in the shop''s A-4 ai rcraf t line. A government hiring freeze and Operation Desert Storm created staff shortages in the shop . Each student received a plaque that read, "You are a credit to the sheetmetal/ electrician trade, an asset to the Naval Aviation Depot, an i nsp i rat i on to your peers, the pride of your supervisors, an example to other co-op students, and a friend to all of us. We will m i ss you." Co-op students from WCC complete 7 of the 8 quarters required for graduation before working full time at the hWDEP. Currently 11 Wayne students are enrolled in the NADEP co-op program. The co-op program enables eligible high school and college students in different trades to earn money and gain experience in their chosen career field by work i ng for the federal government, according to Randall. 0
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