Col James T Connally Aerospace

The Colonel James T Connally Aerospace building is over 55,000 sq ft in size and backs up to the largest airport run by an educational institution in the U.S. Get ready for a career with a breathtaking view!

Panoramic view of the Dr. Col James T Connally Aerospace Center, featuring a modern symmetrical building with a glass-front entrance, red architectural accents, and surrounding driveways and landscaped areas under a clear, sunny sky.

Aircraft Airframe Technology

Our FAA certified Aircraft Airframe Technology program prepares you for a career in aircraft maintenance. You’ll get hands-on experience with repairing aircraft like these. The sky's the limit on your new career.

Panoramic view inside an aircraft hangar with multiple small planes parked on a polished concrete floor, maintenance equipment and tools along the walls, and a large open hangar door revealing the runway and bright sky outside.
Student in a navy shirt and cap adjusts valves on a blue hydraulic training panel with gauges, pipes, and fittings in a technical lab setting.
Student mechanic in a workshop uses a tool to work on an exposed aircraft engine mounted on a small propeller plane, with the propeller blades extending toward the camera and tools laid out nearby.
Student in a blue shirt and cap uses a handheld diagnostic tool to inspect wiring on an exposed aircraft engine mounted on a small propeller plane inside a hangar-like workshop.
Technician standing on a metal platform inspects and works on a large exposed jet engine, reaching into its wiring and components inside an aviation training workshop.
Technician in safety glasses uses a screwdriver to adjust wiring on a large exposed jet engine, with turbine blades prominently visible in an aviation workshop.
Two aviation students inspect a mounted aircraft engine; one kneels beneath the frame while the other uses a handheld multimeter to test connections beside a large propeller in a hangar-like workshop.
Student wearing safety glasses operates a large orange metal shear, pulling a long lever to cut sheet metal in a workshop with tools and equipment nearby.

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Aircraft Powerplant Technology

Our Aircraft Powerplant Technology program will train you how to keep a plane's radial engines at peak performance. Ignite your education and watch your career take flight!

Panoramic view inside an aviation training hangar with several small aircraft, exposed engines and turbine components on stands, maintenance equipment, and a polished concrete floor beneath a high metal-beam ceiling, with an open hangar door letting in daylight.

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Aircraft Pilot Training Technology

In the aircraft pilot training simulation lab, our students learn the techniques for take off and landing in a variety of aircraft in various situations. Once you’re confident here, you’ll fly the real thing. Get ready to take off!

Panoramic view of a classroom with a driving or heavy equipment simulator mounted on a blue platform, facing a projection screen, with desks, chairs, whiteboards, and a ceiling-mounted projector in a clean, well-lit training environment.
Student sits in a flight simulator, operating cockpit controls while viewing a simulated flight environment on surrounding screens.
Two students sit in a flight simulator cockpit, operating controls while a simulated landscape is displayed across surrounding screens.
Two students stand beside a Redbird flight simulator in a training lab, posing in front of the equipment.

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