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Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace clr Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace contents: 2007 / 2008 Letters of Greeting Rt. Hon. Stephen Harper, Prime Minister of Canada . . . . . 4
Hon. Gordon Campbell, Premier of British Columbia . . . . . 5 P u b l i s h er : Patrick Stewart Hon. David Emerson, Minister of International Trade and Minister for the Pacific Gateway E d i t or : Joan Stewart and The Vancouver-Whistler Olympics ...... 6 Dr. Verna Magee Shepherd, A/President BCIT ...... 7 C o n t r ibuting Edit or : Andrew McCredie
History: 50 High-Flying Years ...... 9-16 B C i t E d i t or i al L i a i so n : Randy Friesen Aircraft Apprentice Scheme ...... 10 B C i t A rc h i v i s t: Deidre Brocklehurst Timelines Fernando Vachon ...... 16 C o n t r i b u t i n g P h o t o g rap h ers : Jim Jorgenson, Darrell Bachman, Lt. Col. John Inglis ...... 17 Scott McAlpine, Morey Altman
d E S i g n / P ro d u c t i o n : New BCIT Campus Spreads its Wings at YVR ...... 18-19 James Martin
A d v er t i s i n g : Economic Impact: A Strong and Vibrant Aerospace Industry . . . 20-26 Westco Marketing Ltd. Economic Fast Facts ...... 23 P r i n t i n g : Colour exPress Printing Inc. Facility: Groundbreaking 21st Century Campus ...... 27-39 n Construction Fast Facts ...... 40 This special edition of SkyTalk magazine has been produced by Westco Marketing Ltd., for Training Programs: The Sky’s the Limit ...... 43-50 the British Columbia Institute of Technology, Aerospace Certificate and Diploma Programs ...... 51 Aerospace Technology Campus to celebrate 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace, and on the historic occasion of moving to the new aerospace technology campus, 3800 Cessna Drive, Moving Day: BCIT Aircraft Moved to New Home ...... 52-53 Richmond, BC V7B 0A1 No portion of this publication may be reproduced in whole or part without the written permission of Significant Dates in Aviation History ...... 54-55 the publisher.
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Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace history 50 High-Flying Years
From humble s the British Columbia Institute Consider that current aerospace- of Technology’s Aerospace related industry estimates project beginnings to A Technology Campus (ATC) steps 10,000 new professional workers will confidently into the 21st century with be needed by 2011. And that’s just in reaching for the its new state-of-the-art training school British Columbia. and solid support and commitment from While the number of trained stars government and industry players, the year mechanics and technicians needed in 1955 seems a long time ago. That was the 1950s was not on the same scale as the year when the seed was first planted in 2007, the worldwide airline industry for an aerospace training program in was booming even then. Massive Canada’s western-most province. technological advances made in aircraft The birth of that first program was a and radar systems during the Second result of the same demand that started World War were beginning to pay huge the ball rolling for BCIT’s new ATC dividends in the commercial airline facility: the need to create additional industry by the mid-1950s. spaces for eager students to feed a Jet Age of Travel hungry aerospace industry in dire need Following the War, aircraft such as of trained workers. the Boeing Stratocruiser, the Lockheed
Sea Island Hangar – In 1978, the British Columbia Vocational School’s aeronautical program moved from Burnaby to a new hangar at the Sea Island campus in Richmond. The campus would soon become part of the Pacific Vocational Institute.
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Constellation, and the Douglas DC-6 control tower and West Terminal. desperately needed to staff Canada’s were turning ordinary people into world Growth at the airport continued airports. travellers. the following year with the opening Between 1945 and 1947, Brisbane Then came the 1950s and the of Canadian Pacific Airlines Britannia Aviation, a Vancouver airport-based Jet Age, a heady time that saw the Hangar, Canada’s first jet-era hangar. company owned by Stan Sharp, offered production of spectacular aircraft such By the time Air Canada opened its specific training for aircraft engineers and as the De Havilland Comet, Boeing 707, sprawling maintenance complex in pilots. One of the pioneer instructors in and Douglas DC-8 in the Western world, 1961, Vancouver International Airport what would become the BCIT Aerospace and the Tupolev Tu-104 and Tu-124 in was an essential maintenance hub for Program, Chuck Roberts, was a graduate the Soviet Bloc. the Pacific Northwest. of the Brisbane Aviation training By the mid-1950s, Vancouver Humble Beginnings program. He would also be one of the International Airport was already 25 While this expansion was occurring last graduates of Brisbane Aviation’s years old and had received its Class A on the Richmond waterfront, a few technician program before it folded in International Airport designation after kilometres northeast, as the crow flies, 1952. construction of a three-kilometre east- a burgeoning school had been training As B.C.’s economy experienced robust west runway in 1953. and educating numerous maintenance growth in the early 1950s, trained workers In 1957, additional land to the north engineers, airport managers, and were not only required in aerospace, of the airport was acquired for a new flight operations personnel that were but in a variety of industries. W.A.C.
The Aircraft Apprentice Scheme
he Aircraft Apprentice Scheme, introduced in 1920, final examination in skill-of-hand and trade knowledge determined was designed to produce a pool of skilled aircraft the graduating rank and rate of pay of the new airman. T mechanics that could serve the newly formed British The Aircraft Apprentice Scheme, with its focus on a Royal Air Force. Situated at Halton in Buckinghamshire, student’s time being equally divided between instruction on England, the program originally signed on boys for 12 years theoretical aspects and practical hands-on work, remained service and assigned them to the trade of carpenter, sheet the only method of regular entry into the Royal Air Force metal worker, fitter, or electrician. throughout the Second World War. In 1922, an aircraft apprentice was a 15-year-old boy who By the 1930s, the program had been shortened to a term spent 20 hours a week on technical training in the workshops, of three years. clr nine hours on physical training, drill and games, and eight The aeronautics programs developed at BCIT’s precursors, hours on education. the Federal Provincial Technical Training Institute (FPTTI), Other time was spent on barrack duties, homework, British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS), and the Pacific inspections, and recreational activities that included sports, a Vocational Institute (PVI) all reflect the teaching practices model aircraft club, and a debating society. The marks gained in the developed at Halton.
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Bennett’s Social Credit government Pacific Vocational School students stand beside the Bell 206 Jet Ranger helicopter that was donated by Aeronautical Accessories in 1983. supported and fostered the many high- tech industries that were springing up, providing them with government support and financial assistance. Education also played a major role in the provincial government’s economic agenda and the 1950s and 1960s saw unprecedented post-secondary education growth as vocational schools and colleges opened across the province. BCIT’s own roots can be traced to the 1936 British Columbia Vocational Institute (BCVS)—also referred to as the By 1955 BCVS had expanded, but on the grounds of the Pacific National Dominion Provincial Vocational School. still could not meet the demand for Exhibition (PNE) near the Vancouver- Its beginning were truly humble as the apprenticeship classes. Rather than Burnaby city lines. This was not an ideal “school” was in actuality a garage in turn students away, the school set up setup for students as some of the classes Burnaby. makeshift classrooms and workshops were held in cow barns and school was
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Longtime British Columbia Vocational School instructor Geoff Bateman works with students on the Orenda gas turbine in this 1969 photo. Bateman and fellow instructors Pete Mills and Cy Tinley were graduates of the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme, an RAF-based teaching system based on the division of practical hands-on work and academic study. The new BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus maintains that teaching strategy.
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not in session during the annual August academic schooling and hands-on work. PNE event. It was an RAF-endorsed training program Aircraft Apprentice Scheme developed at the RAF base in Halton, Two years later, in 1957, Bennett’s England, and its graduates embraced government appointed the administrator its proven track record. To that end, of the PNE program to the Provincial Bateman, Mills, and Tinley made sure Department of Education, and the the FPTTI aviation training programs following year, Lt. Col. John W. Inglis was were set up the same way. appointed the first principal of the newly That teaching method is still used minted Federal Provincial Technical in BCIT aerospace programs, and many Training Institute (FPTTI). of the design aspects of the new $77- By this time, and still with classes million Aerospace Technology Campus being held at the PNE grounds, the reflect and embrace that separation of aviation-training program began to take classroom and workshop. flight under the watchful eye of, among The FPTTI institution was short-lived. others, instructor Geoff Bateman. By 1960, all the disparate technical Bateman, along with fellow instructors training programs being offered by FPTTI Pete Mills and Cy Tinley, was a graduate at its facility, plus those being held at of the famous Aircraft Apprentice the PNE, were moved into a brand-new Scheme that consisted of equal parts facility in Burnaby.
Instructor Ferdie Vachon (left) and B.C. Minister of Education Brian Smith at the official opening of the Pacific Vocational Institute at the Sea Island, Richmond, campus in 1981. The campus had been operational for several years prior, but this ribbon-cutting ceremony was unique. Vachon taxied a World War II Harvard Trainer (with Smith seated in the rear cockpit) towards a ribbon strung across the entrance of the B.C. Airlines hangar. The aircraft’s propeller was then used to cut the ribbon. Smith stepped down from the rear cockpit and declared Sea Island’s PVI campus officially opened. Congratulations BCIT
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BCVS Aerospace Program Student Dave Upton gets a lesson in how to time magnetos on a Cessna 180 from instructor Bill Foyle (right) in this photo from 1972. Absorbing the FPTTI programs, the British Columbia Vocational School (BCVS) officially opened on June 29, 1960. Initially, the school offered 14 courses, ranging from six months for most trades to two years for aeronautics. When the Russians put its manned satellite into space in October of 1957, the event had marked the official beginning of the space race, so when the BCVS opened its doors in 1960, “aerospace” replaced “aviation” in the school’s training manuals. With the creation of the BCVS, not only had the province finally established a permanent vocational school, but also the burgeoning aerospace program had always in demand, particularly in B.C., BCVS and the Haney Educational Centre found a home to establish itself and where the vast majority of the country’s in Maple Ridge were combined and grow. And grow it did. helicopters ply their trade. renamed the Pacific Vocational Institute Throughout the 1960s and into the Pacific Vocational Institute (PVI) on April 1, 1978. The idea was 1970s, the BCVS aerospace program By 1977, the provincial government that the PVI could better serve the needs trained hundreds of highly skilled was ready to make another move to of industry by functioning as a Crown workers for many facets of the aviation improve and expand the province’s corporation under the governance of industry. Training programs included post-secondary landscape and, as had one board of industrial representatives, airport maintenance engineering, airport been the case two decades earlier, the who would maintain direct financial management, and flight operations. The aerospace program was set to benefit. control, planning, and operation of the helicopter maintenance-training program Under the guidance of B.C.’s educational institution. was second-to-none and graduates were Education Minister, Dr. Pat McGeer, the This ‘bridge’ between education and
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In October 1973, Air Canada donated an out-of-service Half a decade after the airplane to the British Co- establishment of PVI, the school lumbia Vocational School. Photo forms part of the boasted a registration of about Geoff Bateman collection. 23,000 students, but because of space limitations maximum enrollment in the aerospace program was capped at 400. PVI/BCIT Merger A truck delivers another By 1986, PVI and the load of equipment during the 1978 move from the British Columbia Institute of British Columbia Vocational School in Burnaby to Technology, which had sat side the then-new Sea Island by side on the Burnaby site campus in Richmond. since 1964, merged under the BCIT name. The 1990s saw BCIT embark, with the full support of all levels of government and many industry partners from the private sector, on an ambitious expansion program and by the turn of the millennium, in addition to the Burnaby and Sea Island facilities, the institute industry was an ideal situation a block or so from Vancouver included a downtown Vancouver for the school’s Aerospace International Airport. campus and a Marine Training Program, since the high-rate Not only did the new facility Campus on the North Vancouver of technological change in the give the aerospace program the waterfront. aviation industry—computers kind of room it needed to store By 2000, that once were just on the horizon in its ever-growing fleet of planes spacious Sea Island hangar was 1978—meant the aerospace and helicopters that served becoming crowded, and with the curriculum needed to match as testbeds for students, but aerospace industry upping the the needs of the ever-changing also proximity to the airport technological sophistication of clr aviation business. and associated aerospace all facets of aircraft and airports New Sea Island Campus businesses. As students worked on an almost yearly basis it was But the biggest improvement on engines, there would be the clear that it was time to build for the new PVI Aerospace constant hum of planes and the a new facility, one that would Program was the move in buzz of helicopters taking off serve BCIT, its students, and the 1978 to its very own campus and landing all around the PVI aerospace industry well into the in a hangar on Sea Island, just Sea Island Campus. 21st century.
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Students work on the latest engines at the Federal Provincial Trades and Technical Institute (FPTTI) at the PNE grounds in Vancouver. The FPTTI was the predecessor of BCVS. Photograph dated March 6, 1958.
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The last photo opportunity—Sea Island campus staff pose outside the hangar that was home for 29 years. Photo: Scott McAlpine. The perfect location was found and purchased by BCIT—a five-hectare plot on Cessna Road, almost directly underneath an airport flight path. Following that purchase, and in just a few short years, the stunning BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus has become a reality. Opened in September 2007, the ATC is a masterstroke in not only architectural design, but also in continuing to use the teaching techniques fostered by the Aircraft Apprentice Scheme. From its humble beginnings that started with a small course schedule of engine maintenance in 1957, the new ATC accommodates 1,000 students, more than double the capacity of the previous campus.
timeline Fernando Vachon • 1920s: Fernando Vachon (Ferdie) was the youngest of four brothers who in the 1920s Fernando Vachon (right) shakes hands with Premier were known as “Les Quatres Chevaliers de L’Air” or “The Four Knights of the Air”. Bill Bennett during the grand opening of the Sea Island facility in 1978. • 1936: Started his aviation career at the Curtiss-Reid factory in Cartierville, Quebec. • 1938: Mechanic for Canadian Airways. • 1940s: In charge of aircraft maintenance at the Cap-de-la-Madeleine RCAF Elementary Flying Training in Quebec. There, he developed a system to facilitate parking of ski- equipped aircraft in hangars with concrete floors. After the War he worked briefly for Trans-Canada Airlines and the British Overseas Airways Corporation. • 1948: Canadian Pacific Airlines (CP Air) in Vancouver as maintenance supervisor, inspector, instructor, quality control supervisor, etc., until retirement almost 30 years B&W later. Known for his ingenuity, one of his successes was the design of a system to locate communication failures. Another was his contribution to the construction of a hemodialysis machine to provide dialysis treatment for patients with kidney failure. • 1979-1985: Ferdie taught at the Pacific Vocational Institute in Richmond, B.C. • 2001: Inducted to the Quebec Air and Space Hall of Fame. • 2005: Ferdie Vachon dies.
1 6 AEROSPACE n 2007 / 2008 b c i t . c a Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace timeline Lt. Col. John Inglis
Lt. Col. John Inglis, in this photo dated 1980, • 1924: Immigrated to Canada, having operated Vancouver Vocational Institute served as the first principal of the British completed a degree in Engineering from (VVI). Columbia Vocational School (BCVS), precursor to modern-day BCIT. the Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, • 1951: Appointed Night School principal Scotland. of VVI and assistant to director of Adult • 1929: Moved to Vancouver and worked Education for Vancouver School Board for the next 10 years as instructor for • 1955: Overflow of apprenticeship classes Vancouver Technical School. for VVI housed at Pacific National • 1940s: Served in Canadian Army as an Exhibition (PNE) in Vancouver. officer with Royal Canadian Engineers • 1957: Program taken over by the and Royal Canadian Electrical and Provincial Department of Education and Mechanical Engineers (RCEME) during renamed Federal Provincial Trades and the Second World War. Technical Institute (FPTTI). • 1945: Regional director for Canadian • 1958: Appointed principal of FPTTI. Vocational Programs. This was a federal • 1959: B.C. provincial government program designed for returning service announces plans to establish permanent men and women. Programs were vocational school in Burnaby. gradually phased out and replaced in the • 1960: British Columbia Vocational School 1950s with grants for the establishment officially opened June 29. of provincial training centres. • 1960-1966: Served as the school’s first • 1949: Vancouver School Board built and principal until his retirement.
Photograph shows aerial view of the British Columbia Vocational School’s (BCVS) buildings in 1963. The building of the school took place in phases and upon completion of the first buildings in 1959, the welding classes were the first to move into the new premises. Other classes such as carpentry, steam fitting, sheet metal, and boat building had moved in by early 1960. The BCVS officially opened on June 29, 1960, with Premier W.A.C. Bennett conducting the official opening. In May 1961, the provincial government provided funds for further expansion and the second phase of building was completed in late 1963, which allowed those classes remaining at the Pacific National Exhibition to move in.
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New BCIT Campus Spreads its Wings at YVR
By Larry Berg
all 2007 has a special significance construction of the new campus through campus will build on this reputation; for Vancouver International participation on its Aerospace and it features new technologies and F Airport (YVR) because of the Technology Campus Cabinet, donations, simulators, and will provide global access opening of British Columbia Institute and agreements on lands and leases. for collaboration with industry partners, of Technology’s (BCIT) new Aerospace BCIT has long been a partner to such as YVR, in the development of Technology Campus on Sea Island. aviation in B.C., providing support to the applied research. The new, 28,300-square-metre, $77- aerospace industry in resolving problems The building features unique million facility is Western Canada’s and developing new technologies. architecture with a series of distinctive, premier aerospace centre. It features a Employers throughout Western Canada interconnected geometric forms that 3,700-square-metre, glass Honeywell rely on BCIT for skilled graduates, and create a natural flow of students and Aerospace Education Hangar that can the school has earned a reputation as faculty through the many classrooms, accommodate up to 20 training aircraft, Canada’s premier polytechnic. workshops, common areas and the including a Boeing 737-200. In 1978, BCIT established its first impressive new hangar. The massive The Airport Authority knows that campus at YVR. Like YVR, the school doors of the hangar are designed such education is an important investment has demonstrated its commitment to that they can be manually opened and in the future and we have supported the remaining on the leading edge. The new closed by a single person.
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Aerial photograph of YVR’s completed west chevron. Lower left two bridges will accommodate the new A380 Airbus. Photo: Jim Jorgenson.
1 8 AEROSPACE n 2007 / 2008 b c i t . c a Preparations for the building’s We’re Close opening began in July 2007, when the To Everything Airport Authority worked with BCIT to But Miles coordinate the relocation of 12 aircraft rom rdinary from the school’s existing Aerospace F O Technology Campus on the south side • Situated on the banks of the Fraser River on of YVR. The aircraft were towed through nine acres of waterfront property in a unique garden setting parts of the South Terminal, across Russ Baker Way and into the Honeywell • 415 guest rooms featuring spectacular mountain and river views Aerospace Education Hangar. • 16,500 square feet of conference space Your room is ready We’re pleased to support BCIT’s new with natural light Sea Island home because we recognize 3500 Cessna Drive, • Enjoy casual dining on the Fraser River at Richmond BC V7B 1C7 the school’s important role in providing Toll Free: 1-800-268-1133 the Elephant & Castle Pub and Restaurant Tel: (604) 278-1241 advanced skills training in the areas of Fax: (604) 276-1975 • Complimentary airport shuttle www.deltavancouverairport.com aircraft maintenance engineering, and airport and flight operations. Already Delta Vancouver Airport congratulates BCIT on its 50th Anniversary. the largest aerospace training school in Canada, the new facility increases BCIT’s capacity to 1,000 students, roughly double the capacity at the old campus. The expanded BCIT facilities reflect the increasing demand for air travel and our industry’s growth, which relies on the skilled employees who provide the technical and operational expertise that makes YVR’s some 750 daily take-offs and landings possible. In addition to celebrating the opening of the new campus, BCIT is Progressive Office Interiors – Proud to support BCIT in providing staff and students with an environmentally friendly marking 50 years of aerospace training, and technologically advanced work place. having furnished the industry with more It makes good sense; recycled and reconditioned furniture costs a fraction of new and keeps perfectly good furniture out than 5,000 job-ready graduates over the of our landfills. decades. PROGRESSIVE Congratulations, BCIT, from all of OFFICE INTERIORS your friends at YVR. Call us at 604-720-8044 E-Mail: [email protected] Larry Berg is president and chief executive officer, Vancouver Airport Authority. Visit us at www.progressiveoffice.ca for a free space plan and estimate. b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 1 9 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
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B.C. is a n the morning of September didn’t help matters. 11, 2001, when four passenger Airlines cancelled plane orders and major component O airplanes slammed into the Twin manufacturers instigated a number of Towers, the Pentagon, and Pennsylvania layoffs. in Canada’s farmland, the world, as we knew it, By spring 2003, just when public changed forever. fears about airline travel were being position as the Nowhere were these events more allayed, an outbreak of severe acute world’s fourth profoundly felt, from an industrial sector respiratory syndrome (SARS) caused point of view, than the airline industry. the United Nations’ World Health largest aerospace- The first shockwave hit in the Organization to issue a rare, emergency hours and days following the terrorist travel advisory to international travellers, services provider attacks when planes were grounded, which negatively affected air travel once initially by a no-fly order, then by the again. palpable and lingering reluctance of the Reaching New Heights travelling public to hop aboard a jetliner. The aerospace industry flew through Heightened airport security, to the point that three-year ‘bad weather’ window where passengers were spending twice and by 2005, the global airline industry as long in lineups as they were in the air, showed signs of not only gaining altitude,
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The Strategic Aerospace and Defence governments place a high value on a Columbia’s provincial government has Initiative (SADI) will see the federal strong and vibrant aerospace industry and also provided considerable support, government invest $900-million over are prepared to pay for it. Uncertainty resources, and financial assistance to the next five years in support of those is a defining characteristic of aerospace the local aerospace industry. industries. A risk-sharing partnership, research and development, where it often And the private sector has taken companies will invest three or four of takes seven to eight years before research notice as B.C. companies have landed their own capital for every federal dollar and development output enters the market lucrative contracts from global industry received under the SADI framework. and produces investment returns.” players. Keeping Aerospace Companies Just as the federal government has For example, in 2005, Kelowna in Canada taken steps to nurture and support this Flightcraft led a consortium that secured According to Peter Boag, Aerospace vital, high-tech industrial sector across a $1.77-billion military contract to Industries Association of Canada CEO, the country in the past few years, British operate the Canadian Forces Contracted the federal research and development program isn’t about keeping Canadian aerospace companies in business, it’s B.C. Aerospace Sector about keeping them in Canada. Economic Fast Facts “Without the research and • Annual revenues: $1.25-billion (manufacturing and maintenance sectors). development investment leverage • Portion of production exported: 80 per cent. provided by the Defence Industry • Number of firms working directly in the industry: 400. Productivity Program, Technology • Number of employees: 10,000. • Jobs range from maintenance, repair, and overhaul of airplanes and helicopters, to Partnerships Canada, and now SADI, the space technology, manufacturing, engineering, and special processes. business case for investment in Canada • Notable companies: Avcorp Industries (Delta), Cascade Aerospace (Abbotsford), wouldn’t stand up to that of the United Kelowna Flightcraft (Kelowna), Viking Air (Victoria), MacDonald Dettwiler and States, Europe and, increasingly, Latin Associates Ltd., Air Canada Technical Services, CHC Helicopter, MTU Maintenance, America, and Asia,” said Boag. “Their Epic Data (all in Richmond). b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 2 3
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Flying Training and Support in a high-skill technology sector to students, the province’s booming services program in Manitoba. right here in British Columbia.” economy is proving to be a double- Abbotsford’s Cascade Aerospace He also noted that the continuing edged sword. won the federal defence contract expansion of B.C.’s growing 1,000-Student Capacity to provide program management, aerospace manufacturing sector A driving force behind the initial engineering, maintenance, material- was further evidence of the booming call for a new aerospace campus was and-information systems support British Columbia economy. student waitlists. With a capacity for Canada’s fleet of 32 C-130 Despite this recent growth, of just less than 400 students per Hercules Helicopters. And Avcorp the province’s aerospace industry year, BCIT’s aerospace hangar was Industries made history, when it is quite mature. The average age bursting at the seams a few years became the first manufacturing of a B.C. aerospace company is ago, and so plans were launched to site for Cessna aircraft outside of 22 years, and only seven per cent build the new campus. Cessna’s headquarters in Kansas. of aerospace companies currently Fast-forward to 2007 and a At the time of that operating in the province have been booming B.C. economy that is announcement, B.C. Minister of on the scene less than five years. starved for workers, particularly Transportation Kevin Falcon said, However, as BCIT’s new in the construction sector. With “We are very much encouraged by Aerospace Technology Campus massive infrastructure projects, the announcement of 150 new jobs (ATC) prepares to opens its doors such as Vancouver’s rapid transit b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 2 5 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
And that is critical to the B.C. In other words, in the next decade or
aerospace sector as the demand for so approximately 8,350 new workers will trained workers continues to be one of the be required to maintain B.C.’s emerging main issues companies must address. role as a place of excellence for the “The single biggest challenge global aerospace industry and also as a facing the aerospace industry today is finding enough skilled people to major economic driver of the province. support industry’s continued growth and “The new campus is a tangible
diversification,” said Karin MacMillan, manifestation of the Government of executive director Aerospace Industry B.C.’s desire to sustain and grow an Association of British Columbia (AIABC). aerospace industry in British Columbia,” “A home-grown supply of world-class said Avcorp Industries president, Paul graduates is exactly what the B.C. aerospace industry needs to fuel its Kalil. “It also provides an important growth, now and into the future.” signal to potential aerospace workers
Retirees and New Hires that this is a growing, vibrant sector and
In its March 2006 study on B.C.’s is worth committing to. Canada Line, a still-strong housing sector, aerospace labour market, the BC “An immediate impact would be the and the construction associated with Aerospace Consortium reported that at provision for training foreign students, the Vancouver-Whistler Winter Olympic that time there were an estimated 575 Games scheduled for 2010, many vacancies in the province’s aerospace who may prefer Vancouver to a training would-be aerospace program students sector, a figure representing seven facility in the United States. Ultimately, are opting for employment, since jobs per cent of the industry’s employees assuming local maintenance repair and are plentiful and remuneration is high. province-wide. operations companies hire graduates For now, the booming B.C. job market The report, prepared by Vann Struth from the program, we could see an has affected the increase in enrollment Consulting Group, also projected that, influx of the latest model aircraft for numbers projected for the first year of the “Nearly 2,000 B.C. aerospace workers, maintenance work.” ATC. However, BCIT administrators aren’t representing 23 per cent of the sector’s worried, since the 1,000-student capacity current workforce, are expected to retire With the September 2007 opening of the new, state-of-the-art facility means over the next 10 years.” of the Aerospace Technology Campus,
that once those B.C. construction jobs It concluded, “Combining the net BCIT is ready and able to meet that clr shrink from their current high numbers— increase in the number of retirees, there demand for highly skilled workers. With as they are expected to do following the is a total demand for an estimated 835 cutting-edge training equipment and a 2010 Olympics—there will be plenty of new hires per year for the next 10 years. dedicated and knowledgeable instructor room for those students looking to enter This includes about 580 hires in skilled the highly skilled, well-paying aerospace aerospace occupations and 255 hires in base, the new ATC is ready to take British sector. other occupations.” Columbia well into the 21st century.
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exceed, the demands and challenges of current its infancy as the Federal Provincial Technical and future aerospace students. Training Institute (FPTTI), all stakeholders were With an estimated 2,000 aerospace workers consulted during the planning, design, and in British Columbia expected to retire over the construction of the new ATC, even before the first course of the next decade—23 per cent of the soil was turned on the five-hectare site running current workforce—combined with post-2010 along the Fraser River and bordering Vancouver industry predictions of job growth in the 900- International Airport’s south runway. per-year range, the demand for highly skilled Instructors, industry consultants, and aerospace workers will be met, thanks to BCIT’s representatives from various levels of government new ATC facility. worked together, guided by the common goal of Interactive Learning Environment creating an interactive learning environment that The institute’s aerospace curriculum, offering immerses students, faculty and visitors in the a full range of certificate, diploma, and degree 21st century aerospace experience. programs in airport maintenance, engineering, Incorporating Form and Function airport management, and flight operations, Designed by Kasian Architecture Interior has long been considered world-class. With Design and Planning Ltd., the 28,300-square- the opening of the new ATC, BCIT now has an metre facility is, like a massive jetliner at takeoff, excellent facility to match. simply breathtaking. Just as the BCIT Aerospace Program did in “To overcome the specific project challenges,
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Kasian’s mandate was to facilitate the collaborative project management team and Ledcor’s construction design process with BCIT’s stakeholder group, project management team to create and construct an organic managers and the consultants, which led us to formulate set of geometric buildings that play on the flowing lines successful and creative solutions,” said Wojciech Brus, of the river and the aerodynamic spirit of aviation. Kasian’s principal-in-charge of the project. Other companies involved in the creation of this The first and most immediate of those “challenges” groundbreaking 21st century campus included WSB Brus referred to was the rather constricted spatial area Consulting Structural Engineers (structural consultant), the ATC campus needed to fit into. This not only included MCW Consultants Ltd. (mechanical/electrical consultant), the north-south, east-west dimensions of the triangular Perry and Associates (landscape architect), Trow property, but also a cap on the building’s height—YVR’s Associates (geotechnical engineer), and Metro Testing south runway flight path is mere metres above the Laboratories Ltd. (material testing and inspection). facility. “The result is a building that incorporates function Two-dimensional space was limited by the Fraser and style and is in harmony with the adjacent river, clr River’s winding, environmentally sensitive area to the flights paths and roadways,” said Brus. east, the Vancouver airport’s property line to the south, The result of those companies’ combined efforts is and a major suburban roadway to the west. also, in a word, stunning. Rising to these challenges, and many more Central Hub that surfaced as the project proceeded, Kasian’s Three ‘wings’ meet at a central hub, a Stonehenge- architects worked with MKT Development Group’s like, ethereal space created by huge, three-storey-high
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concrete pillars that are highlighted by a into offices for lease that are designed the classroom-administrative zones. floor-to-ceiling glass wall that reveals the to attract aviation-related companies, Considering the ATC at its southern ATC’s crowning jewel—a 3,716-square- which the school can collaborate with to point stands just 12 metres below metre hangar. create and implement programs that will the YVR flight path, sound insulation, The glass hangar accommodates the meet the needs of the multi-billion-dollar particularly in the classroom and office program’s 20 training aircrafts, including global aerospace industry. areas, was integral to the design’s overall a number of helicopters and a Boeing The zones off the central hub fall into success. 737 donated by WestJet. The massive, two categories—loud and quiet—with To address that overhead aircraft south-facing doors of the hangar are the hub serving as an architectural sound noise and to dampen traffic sound from designed in such a way that they can be break between the hangar/workshop and busy Russ Baker Way, Kasian achieved manually opened and closed by a single person. Lining the north end of the hangar are workshops, affording students a true feel for what it is like to work in a real- world maintenance facility. From an architectural standpoint, the hub separates three distinct design zones of the building. A main entry/ administrative zone (the three-storey West Wing), an office space/workshop zone along the river (the five-storey North Wing), and a classroom/workshop zone (the two-storey South Wing) that includes faculty offices, a cafeteria and a well-stocked aviation library that is open to students and the general public for research and relaxation. The North Wing, officially known as the Industry Partnership Wing, is partitioned b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 3 1 Comprehensive project and development management services…
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exceptional acoustic performance by using acoustic for the entire campus. The ingenious system utilizes the tiles in the roof and specialized glass to mitigate the hangar’s massive slab as a radiant heat source with air- impact of sound within the interior spaces. to-air heat recovery that provides warmth to adjacent “Our approach was to design a school that delivers shops and classrooms. the best learning experience possible and truly engages Another benefit of the heating system is that it does students in all aspects of aircraft maintenance and not use large amounts of ductwork in the ceiling, so repair,” said Michael McDonald, principal at Kasian and height—remember that flight path overhead—could be concept design architect for the ATC. reduced between floors. Green and Sustainable Strategies Other nods to green design include low profile, low- While the architectural firm needed to account for glare, high-efficiency lighting, and electrical subsystems airport and roadway noise, it also had to conform to strict in the buildings. guidelines when considering the ‘footprint’ of the ATC. And to save water, MCW Consultants chose a fire- The land on which the campus is built is ‘red- suppression system that injects compressed air, filled with lined’, which means it is designated as a prime natural a concentrated material to make foam, into the pipes. habitat. So, Kasian set the building well back from the Once the challenge of designing and fitting the delicate river’s shoreline to create footpaths and trails required elements of the campus into the 12.2-acre for students, faculty, and visitors. Likewise, a greenbelt site were completed, MKT was given the daunting task buffer of trees and bushes was left intact to form a natural of bringing Kasian’s architects’ blueprints to life. This is break between the Fraser River and the campus. where the challenges really began. Taking that ‘green’ and sustainable notion further, Lightweight Structure Kasian employed a geothermal heat pump strategy to The first thing project managers MKT and Ledcor serve as the primary heating and chilled water system had to deal with was mud. And plenty of it. b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 3 3 SITE PREPARATION & UTILITIES CONTRACTOR Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
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Given the Fraser River’s proximity to strong market demand for skilled labour the campus and Richmond’s below sea- also posed a challenge. level nature, the site required preloading In addition, the overall weight of the with truckloads of sand and the pile buildings had to be kept to a minimum. clr driving of many pillars to stabilize the A light building system with cast-in site for construction. concrete elements and tilt-up concrete “We were also challenged by extreme wall panels, designed as much for wind and rain, in addition to the copious durability in the workshops as for their amounts of mud,” said Ledcor’s Dana architectural features, was utilized. Butchart, who added that Vancouver’s “The use of structural steel for
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“This was necessitated by the large specifications.” atrium spaces that interconnect the The use of steel brace frames by various zones of the campus,” said WSB also reduced the seismic demand Lemieux. “The result was that the on the building and its foundations. structures had to function together, As was the case with a number of but behave independently, particularly contractors working on the new facility, because of earthquake design the ATC was one of the most complex jobs
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WSB has ever worked on and Lemieux elements,” which in fact are the massive admitted, “It will rank highly within our concrete pillars that encircle the space. firm as a showcase of our work.” The pillars were formed and cast onsite Cast-in Concrete Pillars by Ledcor and moved slowly into place Another challenge to the construction to form the Stonehenge-like design of phase, posed by the ATC’s unique hub the hub. Ledcor rented special trucks to structure, was the “cast-in-concrete handle the oversized length and weight
of the pillars. “I can’t say the concrete pillar construction method was an industry- first, insofar as casting columns, moving, and installing them would seem a fairly intuitive solution,” said Dave Nedelec, Ledcor’s senior site superintendent. “What I will say is that the entire method, start to finish, was likely an industry-first. For example, we had to manufacture a shed in which to pre-cast the columns in order to cope with torrential wind and rains. We had to build a movable roof, so that a crane could access the columns clr and we had to ensure the crane’s lift points were engineered and balanced for transport and lifting into place.” An added concern for Ledcor was whether a crane could be used to install the pillars, yet still comply with
3 6 AEROSPACE n 2007 / 2008 b c i t . c a the building site’s restricted height allowance caused by the overhead flight path. Some consideration was given to performing the heavy lifting at night when the runway was not in use, but in the end a clever adaptation of a crane allowed the pillars to be installed during normal, daytime runway operation. “We had to modify and engineer the crane to make it high enough to lift the columns, but low enough to fit in the flight path,” said Nedelec. “This left us 20 centimetres to spare.” Nedelec noted that input by R4 Contracting on this aspect of the job was “significant.”
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Concrete and Glass that occurred during the years of Rorison regards as a “leap into the next Although the project and construction construction—the tsunami in Thailand, millennium” in terms of an education managers were aware of many of the the flooding in New Orleans, hurricanes facility. challenges at the project’s start, one in Florida—we had a real problem getting Underneath the ATC’s sinewy, shiny, challenge not on the radar, initially, glass,” said BCIT’s Bob Rorison, who taut outer skin, again, like a streamlined was acquiring the large supply of glass credits the contractors with sourcing the jet, is a meticulous design that satisfies needed. hundreds of metres of glass necessary to all the various functions a centre of As the two major materials called complete the ATC. aerospace training facility demands. for in Kasian’s design of the ATC were According to AGS, the glazing contract “Our approach was to design a school concrete and glass, a steady and for the project, there are approximately that delivers the best learning experience bountiful supply of both was essential for 1,700 glass panels on the building. possible and truly engages students in the facility’s completion date scheduled The result is an airy and naturally lit all aspects of aircraft maintenance and for September 2007. interior, reflecting the very essence of repair,” said Michael McDonald, Kasian’s “Because of all the natural disasters the aerospace training facility, one that concept design architect.
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campus and there are more than 1,200 environment, which will be taken to their data outlet drops for Voice over Internet workplace upon graduation.” Protocol (VoIP) usage. Just as it would have been hard for “The new ATC will provide a the province’s first aviation technology quality education facility for aviation students of the 1950s to comprehend and aerospace students wanting to a world in which wireless access and build their career in the aviation and VoIP are seen as essential to the learning aerospace industry,” said Rollie Back, process, it is difficult to imagine what British Columbia Aviation Council’s CEO. the campus of the 2050s will look like. “The facility will instill a strong sense That is, until you set foot on the new of pride in students for their learning BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus.
‘Smart Labs’ Keeping true to the school’s long-held adherence to training standards outlined in the Canadian Aviation Regulations, Kasian worked with BCIT instructors to create a learning space that had one foot in the classroom and one on the shop- room floor. At the heart of this concept is the locating of the workshops on the northern edge of the hangar, so that students can look at the numerous BCIT aircraft there, while turning wrenches on a helicopter engine at their workbench. The workshops, referred to as “smart labs,” are equipped with individual power and hydraulic lines—a vast improvement over the previous campus’s workshop set-up. Likewise, the classrooms are outfitted with the latest training computers and equipment that include fully wired overhead projectors and podiums. Wireless access points cover the entire b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 3 9 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
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Structure: Sustainability features: • $77-million facility. • The shoreline of the site is ‘red-lined’, which signifies a prime • 377,662 man-hours. habitat as defined by the FREMP. This requires preservation • 2,300 workers employed. and enhancement of the natural habitat and the building to • 28,300-square-metre facility. be set back from the river. • Two to five storeys in the Partnership Wing. • Erosion and soil stability became a significant influence • 1,000-student capacity, more than double BCIT’s current in the design. Soil densification, pre-loading, and piling capacity. using stone columns were determined to be necessary, • Exterior is comprised of six-millimetre blue glass laminated and building elements were placed in response to ground to a five-millimetre pane of glass with a 19-millimetre air gap, conditions. then six millimetres of clear glass on the inside. • Similarly, flight-path restrictions required by NavCan, coupled • Approximately 1,700 glass panels on the building. with the irregular shape of the site, influenced building form • 11,000 cubic metres of concrete used. and orientation of building elements. These constraints required the hangar to be placed on the west side of the site Building comprises: with classroom and partnering components of the building • 22 customized workshops replicating industry conditions. sloping west to east from two to five storeys as governed by • More than 40 classrooms and laboratories equipped with the flight-path height restrictions. latest wireless and multimedia technology. • A geothermal heat pump strategy is used as the primary • 36 faculty offices. heating and chilled water system for the campus. The • Lounges, a cafeteria, and a gym. system utilizes the hangar slab as a radiant heat source with • 3,716-square-metre hangar. air-to-air heat recovery providing heating for adjacent shops Hangar: and classrooms. • Six 12.5-metre doors, which span 60 metres in total. • The enormous volume of tempered air generated in the • Hangar doors are powered by two 1.5-horsepower motors, hangar provides a source for heating the two levels of but can also be manually opened and closed. workshops on the perimeter of the space. A similar strategy • Can accommodate 20 training aircrafts, which includes a is used for heating the two, large circulation atriums and the Boeing 737. hub gathering space, where return air is used for heating prior to high-level exhaust. BCIT is located: • Cooling and ventilation is achieved naturally within the • Directly beneath the flight path of the Vancouver hangar through convection, where operable windows provide International Airport’s South Terminal. clr fresh air through low-level windows on the west and high- • Next to Russ Baker Way, a major thoroughfare in level windows on the east. Richmond, B.C.
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With cutting-edge f there is any certainty in the Cutting-Edge ATC Facility aerospace industry, it is that change With a student enrollment capacity of technology and a I 1,000, easily more than double the limit happens and it occurs rapidly and proven track record for frequently. What is currently considered at the former BCIT Aerospace Hangar cutting edge in the field of control tower facility, and featuring “smart” labs and innovative instruction, avionics will be old technology in less the latest wireless and tele-conferencing technologies, the new ATC facility is as time than it takes an aerospace student BCIT’s Aerospace cutting edge as the high-tech aerospace to complete a degree at BCIT’s new machines and systems BCIT students Program is a perfect fit Aerospace Technology Campus (ATC). use. And just as aviation technology, circa with the new high-tech And that’s a good thing, since the 1950, seems almost Stone Age to our global demand for highly trained and modern computer-chipped sensibilities, campus skilled aerospace and airport workers the new BCIT campus is far removed continues to grow at an unprecedented from the original aviation training rate, particularly in British Columbia. classrooms held in barns on the Pacific A March 2006 BC Aerospace National Exhibition grounds. Consortium report on the province’s labour
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market prepared by B.C.-based Vann Struth the Honourable Gordon Campbell, Premier Consulting Group concluded, “British of British Columbia, outlined a new Columbia’s aerospace sector is one of the educational training network that would be emerging stars of the provincial economy.” established at colleges across the province. However, it also warned that while The big-ticket item of the plan was a the industry is poised for “significant $16.4-million investment in the ATC. further expansion, it must deal with the With the combined assistance critical issue of the availability of skilled of industry heavyweights, Honeywell aerospace workers.” Aerospace, Raytheon Canada, WestJet, It is that very labour shortage— and Bombardier, the proposed ATC took identified at the turn of the millennium flight soon thereafter and less than five by aerospace-industry partners from years later is a shining testament to the private sector, government, and B.C.’s global position as an aerospace- educators—that precipitated BCIT to industry training ground. and European aerospace regulations— start planning a new aerospace centre of Range of Degree Programs accreditation to teach Asian regulations excellence. In actuality, thanks to the high is being sought—also means graduates In a landmark speech in June 2003, quality of training programs, taught by of the program are well prepared and equally high-quality instructors, the equipped to work in many countries BCIT Aerospace Program’s curriculum— Congratulations BCIT around the globe. Congratulations BCIT offering a full range of certificate, On 50 years in the Aerospace In many ways, BCIT’s new aerospace Industry and the opening of your diploma, and degree programs—has long new state of the art facility. campus with its flowing design aesthetic been considered one of the best, with and 21st century accoutrements gives its graduates working around the world C&C AVIATION in various capacities in the aerospace
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investment from the Western Economic Diversification Fund, the ATM Laboratory is the first air traffic controller-training centre for a public post-secondary institution. “This laboratory provides a vital link between academia and industry, allowing BCIT to build on its strong aviation training program,” said Federal Minister of International Trade, David Emerson. “It is vital that Canada has a highly skilled, air traffic workforce that can keep up with the increasing demands of safety and security in our airports.” concrete-and-glass ‘flesh’ to an already new training equipment that represents FIRSTplus Simulation Technology excellent curriculum. a leap forward into the future of this The centrepiece of the ATM BCIT’s Bob Rorison called the new ever-evolving industry. Laboratory, and one that further ATC a “leap into the next millennium” ATM Laboratory positions BCIT at the leading edge of for the facility, one that was aided by At the top of that list of new aerospace training, is a $2.6-million substantial donations from industry equipment is an Air Traffic Management piece of equipment funded in part by players, government agencies, and and Integrated Security Simulation the federal government and donated by financial institutions. These donations Laboratory, or ATM Laboratory. Raytheon Canada, which has partnered provided funding for the installation of Established with a $2-million with BCIT to develop and implement the revolutionary training system. Called FIRSTplus, it comprises hardware and software that makes BCIT the first post-secondary institution in Canada to have 3D visual tower simulation technology, which provides students with a major advantage in the aerospace field. Three other schools in North America—University of North Dakota, Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University, and Miami’s Dade College School of Aviation—currently have such technology. “This partnership is a source b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 4 5 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
FIRSTplus hardware and software donated by Raytheon makes BCIT the first post-secondary institution in Canada to have 3D visual tower simulation technology.
of tremendous pride for us,” said terminal, air traffic control environments. students a sense of real-world situations Raytheon Canada’s Mark Desmarais. According to Raytheon, FIRSTplus in a tower, which is critical to the new “We have enjoyed a 50-year heritage in provides for the most modern, cost- programs being developed at BCIT.” Canada and are thrilled to continue our effective air traffic controller training Glass Cockpit Computerized System commitment by investing in the future available today. Another new piece of equipment of British Columbia, BCIT, and the air “The addition of the FIRSTplus on which students will experience traffic control industry.” tower simulator at BCIT will provide real-world situations is a $2.2-million The FIRSTplus Air Traffic Control students and industry partners with “glass cockpit” donated by Honeywell training tool is a sophisticated three- access to one of the most advanced Aerospace. dimensional training system. It includes air traffic management simulation tools Representing the latest in digital a virtual control tower with an “out-of- available today,” said Lane Trotter, avionics technology, glass cockpits the-window” display and a virtual radar Dean, BCIT School of Transportation. replace the traditional array of gauges, simulation that mirrors both en route and “This sophisticated simulator will give switches, and indicators found in a
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conventional cockpit with sophisticated “We believe Honeywell’s investment in Raytheon’s FIRSTplus equipment are computerized display systems. The new BCIT is a means of ensuring future leaders ideal examples of how BCIT and industry laboratory and its equipment positions in the field can experience and fully partners join forces to train workers to BCIT as an international leader in the understand the latest technology that can step into jobs in the global aerospace field of avionics and a premier trainer improve flight safety, on-time performance, industry. in basic to advanced avionics systems, and operational efficiency,” said Trotter. Also, because these two specific which allows students to receive a It’s not the first time Phoenix-based training technologies are found in only broader-based education. Honeywell Honeywell has teamed with BCIT. a handful of elite schools throughout has been at the forefront of every major Honeywell provides industrial automation North America, and not many more advance in aircraft display technology, equipment from its North Vancouver worldwide, BCIT is able to attract foreign since introducing the “Zero Reader” flight Process Solutions office for student students. There is also interest from director in the 1940s. Today, Honeywell training, and also employs engineering industry players, who regard the ATC as is the leading provider of liquid crystal and technical graduates in its Building the ideal facility for hands-on workshops displays (LCD) for air transport, corporate Solutions office in Burnaby. and training sessions with their own and military aircraft, general aviation, Industry Partners technicians. and space systems. Honeywell’s glass cockpit, and All this talk of cutting-edge training
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indicates, quite correctly, that BCIT is ready to take HSBC, the RBC Foundation, and Scotiabank, joined on the challenges of training tomorrow’s aerospace WestJet, Vancouver Airport Authority, Highbury workers. Foundation, and London Air Services as contributors. In addition to the new, high-tech equipment, the BMO’s $250,000 donation represented the ATC also has a range of earlier technology on which largest donation ever made by the company to BCIT. the school has been teaching students for decades— “BMO Financial Group was pleased to add much of that in the form of an impressive aircraft its financial support to this innovative aerospace collection. Since the lifespan of most aircraft is in technology centre of excellence that offers enhanced the 20-year range much of the equipment currently training and skills development for BCIT students,” maintained and repaired by airline technicians would said BMO’s Richard Rudderham, who added that the not be considered cutting edge. By having older bank has been a long-time supporter of BCIT. BMO systems, combined with new technology additions, Financial Group will have a teaching area at the new clr ATC instructors have the ability to teach a wide range campus designated with its name. of real-world situations. Scotiabank provided a similarly large donation of Financial Support $125,000. Not all the donations to the ATC have come in “We are committed to backing projects like this the form of hardware or technical support. Financial one because we recognize the need to strengthen the institutions, such as BMO Financial Group, CIBC, quality of education available to Canadian students
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and the potential to help make a lasting, time, the program has been regarded as positive impact for future generations,” a leader in instruction and innovation. said Scotiabank’s David Poole. Its many industry partnerships have And HSBC Bank Canada has helped BCIT provide relevant training to established a permanently endowed students, who in turn fulfill the demand HSBC Aerospace Award to provide for highly trained workers in the growing funding to deserving students in financial aerospace labour market. need who are enrolled in any eligible full- With the September 2007 move time aerospace program at BCIT. to the Aerospace Technology Campus, “We hope this award will allow and the generous donations of many students the financial freedom to focus corporate supporters of BCIT, British on their studies and pursue their career Columbia is well situated to continue to interests,” said HSBC’s Jeff Dowle. provide the skilled labour force needed BCIT’s aviation and aerospace by the local and global aerospace programs have filled approximately industry. 5,000 highly skilled jobs in the past With the opening of the new ATC half-century in this province. During that facility, the sky is indeed the limit.
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Current BCIT Aerospace Certificate and Diploma Programs
Aircraft Maintenance Aircraft Gas Turbine (Jet) Airport Operations Engineering Engine Technician The 16-month BCIT diploma program in Airport Aircraft Maintenance Engineering provides the The Aircraft Gas Turbine Technician program is Operations, supported and approved by the aviation student with three distinct career path options: conducted at BCIT’s Aerospace and Technology industry, provides students with a comprehensive, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Category M campus at the Vancouver International Airport. It is interdisciplinary program of study. This is the only – Maintenance) is responsible for the release or a hands-on trades training program consisting of 40 program of its type in Western Canada. To maintain certification of an aeronautical product (aircraft) per cent theory and 60 per cent practical. Students a current, high-calibre standard, the program has an after maintenance or inspection. have access to a wide variety of gas turbine engines, industry Advisory Committee made up of airport and use extensive specialized engine tooling and are airline managers, airport field staff from Canada’s Full-time – Diploma of Technical Studies taught by qualified instructors. Along with theory local regional and national airports, and Transport Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Category S studies, students perform tasks ranging from the Canada representatives. – Structures) is responsible for the assessment, use of basic hand tools to complete disassembly, Full-time – Diploma of Technical Studies planning and implementation of aircraft structural inspection and assembly of gas turbine engines. fabrication and repairs. The Aircraft Maintenance Complex disassembly and assembly procedures Engineer Category S (Structures) program is fully require good manual dexterity and mechanical Airline and Flight accredited by both Transport Canada and the reasoning. An extensive use of technical manuals Operations (Commercial Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC). requires strong reading comprehension skills. Pilot) Structures technicians are often an integral part of Full-time – Certificate of Technical Studies The program is 64 weeks long and operates for four repair crews that include maintenance technicians, continuous terms. It is one of the fastest ways in avionics technicians and professional engineers. Canada to qualify for a commercial pilot’s licence, They are expected to precisely follow aircraft Aircraft Interior while attaining a post-secondary diploma. The Airline fabrication and repair schemes for aluminum, Technician and Flight Operations Diploma program follows titanium and stainless steel structures, as well as The Aircraft Interior Technician program contains a training standards prescribed by both Transport plastics and composites. mix of theory and practical lessons. Students perform Canada and the aviation industry. It is delivered at Full-time – Certificate of Technical Studies a wide variety of tasks, which ranges from using the BCIT Aerospace and Technology Campus and at basic hand tools to specialized procedures for aircraft the Boundary Bay Airport. Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (Category E interior re-finishing. Students disassemble, inspect Full-time – Diploma of Technical Studies – Avionics) is responsible for the servicing, repair and repair aircraft furnishings, such as galleys and and modification of aircraft electronic systems and washroom modules, seats, windows, passenger components. service units, storage bins and emergency equipment. Full-time – Diploma of Technical Studies Training is done at the BCIT Aerospace and Technology Campus at Vancouver International Airport. Full-time –Associate Certificate of Technical Studies
Aerospace Technology Campus Contacts Admissions/Student: ...... 604.419.3744 Records: Toll-free (Canada & U.S.) ...... 1.866.434.1610 Aerospace Programs: ...... 604.419.3777 Fax: ...... 604.278.5363 Library: ...... 604.419.3708 PTS/Industry Services: ...... 604.419.3704 Office Hours: Monday to Friday 0800-1600 Library Hours: Monday to Thursday 0730-1800, Friday 0730-1500 Location: 3800 Cessna Drive, Richmond, B.C. Canada V7B 0A1 b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 5 1 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
Boeing 737-200 on the move—the WestJet-donated aircraft on its The Falcon 20 was one of 12 aircraft that were towed to BCIT’s new unique journey along Russ Baker Way. Aerospace Technology Campus.
Photos By Jim Jorgenson moving day BCIT Aircraft Moved to New Home
t wasn’t your typical office three ultralight aircraft, were move—on the evening of towed between the hours of 12 I July 28, 2007, the British a.m. and approximately 5 a.m. Columbia Institute of Technology to minimize disruption to YVR (BCIT) began its trek to a new operations and traffic flow in the Aerospace Technology Campus surrounding community. (ATC) by moving 12 aircraft from “Months of prep work and its existing ATC on the south planning went into this move,” side of Vancouver International said Bob Rorison, an ATC The hard-working moving crew with one of the electro-magnetic powered tugs Airport (YVR). used in the towing process. staff member and the plane The 12 aircraft, consisting marshal for the relocation. “We of eight planes, one helicopter, and an exciting time for our instructors and had tremendous support from many three ultralight aircraft, are training tools students,” said Mike Tomko, BCIT’s members of the airport and Richmond used by students in BCIT’s aerospace associate dean of aerospace. “The communities.” programs. The aircraft were towed new facility has new technologies and The $77-million ATC builds on through parts of the airport’s South simulators, which will provide additional the foundation of BCIT’s recognized Terminal, across Russ Baker Way and training for our students and add to the leadership in maintenance, repair, and clr into their new home, the Honeywell hands-on skills they learn by working on overhaul training. Already the largest Aerospace Education Hangar at the new these aircraft.” aerospace training school in Canada, campus. A flatbed truck transported the The aircraft, a Falcon 20, a Boeing it offers a full range of certificate, three ultralight aircraft. 737, three Aerostar A600s, a Cessna diploma, and degree programs in aircraft “While this was just the first phase of 180, a Turbo Commander, a Piper maintenance engineering, airport and our move into the new facility, it marked Navajo, an Alouette helicopter, and flight operations. It also provides global
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Approaching the spectacular glass-enclosed hangar. History was made as the first aircraft entered the Honeywell Aerospace Educational Hangar.
access for collaboration with industry In addition to celebrating the opening partners in the development of applied of the new campus in 2007, BCIT also research. marked 50 years of aerospace training, The ATC has received just over $26- having furnished the industry with more After six years of planning and more than a year in construction, Lane Trotter, Dean, BCIT School of million in support from government, than 5,000 job-ready graduates over the Transportation, expresses his pride in a job well done. industry, and private sector donors. decades.
b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 5 3 Significant Dates in Aviation History
1500 1903 1919 The Italian artist and inventor Orville and Wilbur Wright of the United Captain John Alcock and Lieutenant Leonardo da Vinci made drawings of States made the first engine-powered, Arthur Whitten Brown of Britain made flying machines with flapping wings. heavier-than-air flights, near Kitty the first non-stop aerial crossing of the Hawk, N.C. Their first flight achieved Atlantic in a modified Vimy IV. 1783 37 metres and lasted only about 12 Two Frenchmen, Jean F. Pilatre de seconds. 1924 Rozier and the Marquis d’Adlandes The first all-metal tri-motor transport, made the first free lighter-than-air 1906 the Junkers G 23, was test flown in ascent. They made the ascent in a hot Trajan Vuia, a Romanian inventor, built Germany. air balloon. the first full-sized monoplane, but it could not fly. 1927 1804 The Lockheed Vega, a single-engine Sir George Cayley of Great Britain flew 1907 transport, flew for the first time. It the first successful model glider. Louis-Charles Bregnet of France became one of the most popular completed the first helicopter flight. transport planes of the 1920s and 1843 early 1930s. William S. Henson, a British inventor, 1909 patented plans for a steam-driven Louis Bleriot of France became the 1927 first person to fly across the English airplane that had many of the basic American pilot Charles Lindbergh Channel. parts of a modern airplane. made his first solo crossing of the Atlantic. 1848 1913 John Stringfellow of Great Britain built Igor I. Sikorsky, a Russian inventor, 1928 a small model based on Henson’s built and flew the first four-engine The Zeppelin dirigible flew for the first plane. It was launched but remained plane. time. in the air only briefly. 1915 1936 1891 The first flight of an all-metal Douglas DC3 transport planes entered Otto Lilienthal, a German, became cantilever wing plane, the Junkers J 1, airline service in the United States. the first person to successfully pilot a took place in Germany. They became the most widely used glider in flight. airliners in history. 1918 1896 The first scheduled airmail service 1937 Samuel P. Langley of the United began in the U.S. English aviation engineer and pilot States flew a steam-powered model Frank Whittle ran a gas turbine jet- plane. powered engine for extended periods.
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1937 Pan American Clipper’s first Trans Pacific flight.
1939 The first successful flight of a jet engine airplane, the Heinkel He178 took place in Germany. Engine designer was Hans von Ohain. 1953 The first turboprop airliner, the Vickers 1939 Viscount, began regular airline service. Pan American Clipper’s first regular Atlantic service. 1953 1941 The North American F100 Super The first British jet-powered flight, the Sabre jet fighter became Gloster E28/39, designed and built by the first operational supersonic Frank Whittle. fighter.
1942 1956 The first successful operational A British supersonic aircraft, the Delta 1983 helicopter, developed by Russia’s Igor Fairey 2, broke the World Air Speed A Rockwell Sabreliner became the Sikorsky. Record. first plane to cross the Atlantic Ocean with a pilot guided only by a satellite 1942 1958 navigation system. The Bell Aircraft Company built the The Boeing 707 began the first US jet first jet airplane in the United States. transport service between the United 1995 It was flown byRobert M. Stanley at States and Europe. The Boeing 777 airliner, the world’s Muroc Dry Lake, California. largest twin-engine jet, began 1968 passenger service. 1947 Russian pilots test flew the world’s Charles Yeager, a U.S. Air Force first supersonic transport plane, the 1995 captain, made the first supersonic TU144. American Steve Fossett became the flight, in a Bell X1 rocket plane. first person to make a solo flight across 1970 the Pacific Ocean in a balloon. 1949 The first jumbo jet, the Boeing 747, Inaugural flight of the first jet- entered airline service. 2005 enginered airliner, the De Havilland The largest passenger airliner, the Comet. 1976 Airbus A380 prototype, is unveiled at The Concorde, a supersonic transport a ceremony in Toulouse, France. 1952 plane built by Britain and France, De Havilland Comets, the world’s first began passenger service. large commercial jetliners, began service. b c i t . c a 2007 / 2008 n AEROSPACE 5 5 Celebrating 50 Years of Leadership in Aerospace
Celebrating The Best BCIT thanks our supporters for their visionary leadership
V A N C O U V E R FOUNDATION
5 6 AEROSPACE n 2007 / 2008 b c i t . c a A d v er t i sers ’ I N D EX: Acklands-Granger Inc...... 21 ACO Systems, Ltd...... 34 Air Transport Association of Canada . . . . 15 Alsco Uniform & Linen ...... 21 Avcorp ...... 8 Aviation World ...... 49 Best Western Richmond Hotel & Convention Centre ...... 12 British Columbia Institute of Technology . . . . . 50 Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council . . . 47 BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus Cascade Aerospace ...... 53 Celebrating The Best “Soaring to Excel” Campaign Contributors C&C Aviation ...... 44 CHC Helicopter Corporation ...... 42 • Avcorp Industries • Harbour Air Seaplanes • Pacific AME Association City of Richmond ...... OBC BCIT thanks our supporters for their visionary leadership • Barbara Foster • Helijet International • Pacific Press Ltd. Con West Contracting Ltd...... 34 • BC Bearing Engineers Limited • The Highbury Foundation • Pratt & Whitney Canada Davidson & Sons Customs Brokers Ltd...... 13 • BC Aviation Council • Honeywell Aerospace • Province of British Columbia Delta Vancouver Airport ...... 19 • BMO Financial Group • HSBC Bank Canada • Raytheon Canada • Bombardier Aerospace • Kasian Architecture Interior • RBC Foundation Division 15 Mechanical Ltd...... 39 • Bombardier Employees US Design and Planning Ltd. • Scotiabank Executive Airport Plaza Hotel & • CIBC • Latta Aviation • Vancouver Airport Authority Conference Centre ...... 47 • Donna Stearns • Ledcor Group of Companies • Vancouver Foundation Fasken Martineau ...... 32 • Dressew Supply • London Air Services • Western Economic Heli-One ...... 42 • The Estate of Frank Orban • London Drugs Foundation Diversification Canada Hi-Cube Storage Solutions ...... 12 • Friends of Ferdi Vachon • Mark R. Wittig • WestJet • Greg Riddick • MKT Development Group Industrial Plastics & Paints ...... 38 Kasian Architecture Interior Design & Planning Ltd...... IFC BCIT Aerospace Technology Campus Kelowna Flightcraft Ltd...... 11 “Soaring to Excel” Campaign Cabinet Lafarge Canada Inc...... 31 Chair: Jerry Lampert, President and CEO, Business Council of British Columbia Ledcor Group of Companies ...... 37 Larry Berg, President & CEO, Vancouver Airport Authority MCW Consultants Ltd...... 37 Graham Clarke, Chair of the Board, Vancouver Airport Authority Metro Testing Laboratories Ltd...... 38 Dale Hunt, President, ADHoc Services Microserve ...... 46 Gary Ley, Gary Ley Public Affairs Ltd. MKT Development Group ...... 32 Tim Morgan, formerly Executive Vice President, Operations, WestJet Sue Paish, CEO, Pharmasave Drugs (National) Ltd. MMM Group ...... 37 G. Wynne Powell, President, London Air Services Ltd. MTU Maintenance ...... IBC Patrick Reid, O.C. Northwest Regional Airport ...... 13 Donald Rix, Chairman, MDS Metro Laboratory Services and Chairman, Cantest Limited Pacific Flying Club ...... 15 Daniel Sitnam, President & CEO, Helijet International Progressive Office Interiors ...... 19 Dennis Skulsky, President, CanWest MediaWorks Publications Inc. Raytheon ...... 41 Wendy Slavin, Senior Vice President, BC and Northern Territories, CIBC David Unruh, formerly Vice Chairman and Director, Duke Energy Gas Transmission Canada Schoolhouse Products Inc...... 29 David T.Y. Wang, formerly VP and Site Executive, Raytheon Canada Snap-on Industrial ...... 22 Stanley Security Solutions ...... 36 BCIT Representation Technique Office Furniture ...... 46 Vancouver Airport Authority ...... 24 Laurie Clarke, Vice President Development and Executive Director Foundation and Alumni Association Paul McCullough, Campaign Director, BCIT Foundation Weiler Smith Bowers Consulting Structural Jim Reichert, Vice President Research and International, BCIT Engineers ...... 37 Lane Trotter, Dean, School of Transportation, BCIT XL Ironworks ...... 35
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Aerospace Industry Association of B.C. Kootenay Association for Science and 700 Georgia St W Suite 1450 Technology (KAST) Vancouver, BC V7Y 1A1 2196 Leroi Ave Suite 108 Box 119 B.C. Aerospace Tel 778-371-5204 | Fax 604-683-6345 Rossland, BC V0G 1Y0 Email [email protected] Tel 250-483-5052 | Fax 250-483-6872 Industry Members www.aiabc.com Email [email protected] www.kast.com Company Website Applied Science Technologists & ACROHelipro Global Services Inc ...... www.acrohelipro.ca Technicians of BC Mid-Island Science Technology & Innovation 10767 148 St, Surrey, BC V3R 0S4 Council (MISTIC) ADHoc Services ...... Tel 604-585-2788 | Fax 604-585-2790 420 Albert St, Nanaimo, BC V9R 2V7 Advanced Hybrid ...... www.ahausa.com Email [email protected] Tel 250-753-8324 | Fax 250-753-0722 AircraftAeroinfo Systems ...... www.aeroinfo.com www.asttbc.org Email [email protected] Aerospace BizDev ...... www.mistic.bc.ca Aerospace Industry Association of BC ...... www.aiabc.com Association of Professional Engineers & Aerosphere Technologies ...... Geoscientists of BC (APEG BC) NAV Canada 4010 Regent St Suite 200 Air Canada Technical Services ...... www.aircanada.com/acts P.). Box 3411 Station D, Ottawa, ON K1P 5L6 Burnaby, BC V5C 6N2 ARC AERO STRUCTURES LTD...... Tel 1-800-876-4693 | Fax 1-877-663-6656 Tel 604-430-8035 | Fax 604-430-8085 ASAP Avionics ...... www.asapavionics.com www.navcanada.com Email [email protected] Asco Aerospace ...... www.asco.be www.apeg.bc.ca ASDAC CNC Machining ...... www.asdac.net Northern Air Transport Association Ashford Training Technologies ...... www.ashford.ca BC Aviation Council PO Box 2457, Yellowknife NT X1A 2P8 4360 Agar Drive, Richmond, BC V7B 1A3 Tel 867-920-2985 | Fax 867-920-2983 ATI Technologies ...... www.aeroalliance.com Tel 604-278-9330 | Fax 604-278-8210 Email [email protected] Avcorp Industries Inc...... www.avcorp.com Email [email protected] Aviall Canada Ltd ...... www.aviall.com www.bcaviation.org Northwest Science & Innovation Society Axymetrix Quality Engineering Inc ...... www.axymetrix.ca (NSIS) BCIT ...... www.bcit.ca BC Environment Industry Association 3224 Kalum Street, Terrace, BC V8G 2N1 Camcoat Industries ...... www.camcoat.bc.ca/ 999 Canada Pl Suite 578 Tel 250-638-0950 | Fax 250-638-0951 Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council ...... www.camc.ca Vancouver, BC V6C 3E1 Email [email protected] Tel 604-683-2751 | Fax 604-677-5960 www.nsis.ca Cascade Aerospace ...... www.cascadeaerospace.com Email [email protected] CFN Consultants ...... www.cfnconsultants.com www.bceia.com Okanagan Science & Technology Council CHC Global Conair Group Inc...... www.chc.ca/ www.conair.ca (OSTEC) Concord Quality Systems Consultant ...... BC Innovation Council 1632 Dickson Ave Suite 320 Convergent Manufacturing Technologies Inc ...... www.convergent.ca 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 Kelowna, BC V1Y 7T2 Vancouver, BC V6E 4A2 Coplan Ltd ...... www.coplanlimited.com Tel 604-438-2752 | Fax 604-438-6564 Tel 250-712-3344 | Fax 250-861-4728 Deep Development Corp ...... www.deepdevelopmentcorp.com Email [email protected] Email [email protected] Elmec Engineering Ltd...... www.ostec.ca www.bcinnovationcouncil.com Epic Data International Inc...... www.epicdata.com Pacific Aircraft Maintenance Engineers GE Polymershapes ...... www.gepolymershapes.com BC Regional Science & Technology Network Association Grant Thornton, LLP ...... www.GrantThornton.ca (BCRSTN) APO Box 23732, Richmond, BC V7B 1X9 4464 Markham St Suite 2202 Hammer Mechanical ...... www.hammerbc.com Tel 604-279-9579 | Fax 604-279-9588 Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Heli-One ...... www.heli-one.ca Email [email protected] Tel 250-483-6214 | Fax 250-483-3201 Industry Canada ...... www.pamea.com www.bcrstn.com International Water-Guard Industries Inc ...... www.waterknowledge.com Science & Technology Association of the Kelowna Flightcraft ...... www.flightcraft.ca BC Technology Industries Association (BCTIA) North (Sci-Tech North) KPMG ...... www.kpmg.ca 1188 Georgia St W Suite 900 9325 100th St Vancouver, BC V6E 4A2 McNeal & Associates ...... Tel 604-683-6159 | Fax 604-683-3879 Fort St. John, BC V1J 4N4 MDA Metal Action Machining ...... www.metalaction.ca Email [email protected] Tel 250-785-9600 | Fax 250-785-9649 MTU Maintenance Canada ...... www.mtucanada.com/ www.scitechnorth.bc.ca www.bctia.org Neurokinetics Health Services Inc ...... www.neurokinetics.com/ Transport Canada Northern Sky Aircraft ...... www.airporttrainingcouncil.com Canadian Owners & Pilots Association (COPA) NRC Innovation Centre - IRAP Pace Technologies ...... www.irap-pari.nrc-cnrc.gc.ca/ 207 75 Albert St, Ottawa, ON K1P 5E7 330 Sparks St, Ottawa, Ontario KIA ON5 Tel 613-236-4901 | Fax 613-236-8646 Tel 613-990-2309 Our Designs ...... Email [email protected] www.tc.gc.ca Pacific Avionics & Instruments Ltd...... www.pacificavionics.com www.copanational.org Pacific Safety Products ...... www.pacsafety.com/ Vancouver Island Advanced Technology Pyrotek Heat Treating ...... www.pyrotek.com Centre (VIATeC) Central AME Association Radarsat International ...... PO Box 136 Stn L, Winnipeg, MB R3H 0Y8 4464 Markham St Suite 2202 Richmond Inn Hotel and Conference Centre ...... www.richmondinn.com Tel 204-885-1631 | Fax 204-885-1631 Victoria, BC V8Z 7X8 Email [email protected] Tel 250-483-3214 | Fax 250-483-3201 Sabre Engineering Ltd www.camea.ca Email [email protected] Sealand Aviation Ltd...... www.sealandaviation.com www.viatec.ca Siemens ...... Experimental Aircraft Association TAG Aerospace Inc...... www.tagaerospace.com Western AME Association Canadian Council Versaform ...... www.versaform.ca 203 1040 Shoppers Row 575 Palmer Rd NE Box 26 Viking Air Ltd ...... www.vikingair.com Campbell River BC V9W 2C6 Calgary AB T2E 7G4 Tel 250-286-1108 | Fax 250-286-1178 Tel 403-884-7018 | Fax 403-284-7226 West Coast Weld Tech Inc...... www.westcoastweld.com/ Zum Hingst Technologies Inc...... www.zht.com
5 8 AEROSPACE n 2007 / 2008 b c i t . c a MTU Maintenance Canada congratulates the British Columbia Institute of Technology on its 50th Anniversary and new Aerospace Campus. The MTU Maintenance Group is renowned for excellent-value engine maintenance. For a quarter of a century, the company has been a reliable partner of many airlines, offering a compelling choice of customized service packages.
MTU Maintenance Canada Ltd. is the North American member of the MTU Maintenance network of companies, the largest provider of independent commercial engine services worldwide. Based in Richmond, British Columbia, the company operates a shop in the vicinity of Vancouver International Airport.
MTU Maintenance Canada holds all OEM licenses required to repair and overhaul GE CF6-50- and CFMI CFM56- 3 engines. Apart from accessory repairs in its own shop, the company also offers Engine Accessory and LRU (Line Replacement Units) management services, which play an increasing role in MTU’s service offerings.
6020 Russ Baker Way, Richmond BC V7B 1B4 Tel: (604) 233-5700 | Fax: (604) 233-5701 www.mtucanada.com