This fall, LLCC Aviation students have been busy! Starting back in August, the program hosted the WWII B-25 Mitchel Bomber and also participated in a community event to test the readiness of Springfield first responders in the event of an airline crash. Students had makeup applied to simulate injuries.

In September, students visited Flightstar Aviation at the Champaign airport. LLCC Aviation hosted the Young Eagle’s rally on two weekends. During this event, school-aged students were given free airplane rides. Later in the month, the Basic Electricity class helped employers out at the Workforce Institute’s Career Expo on campus, and LLCC Aviation set up a display booth at Havana’s Octoberfest.

On Oct. 2, representatives from GE Aviation’s jet engine facility in Indiana came to speak about career opportunities.