Northrop Grumman donates jet to Maryland's first high school aviation program

[Stinky The Clown]

I this is VERY cool!!!!

https://www.capitalgazette.com/education/ac-cn-aacps-aircraft-20191209-hzql4x5yajb7rbe4irnkeypr7a-story.html

Northrop Grumman donates jet to Anne Arundel for Maryland’s first high school aviation program

For the first time in Maryland, high school students will get the chance to work on an airplane as part of a new aviation maintenance technician program in Anne Arundel County. Monday morning, Northrop Grumman donated the plane to Anne Arundel County Public Schools. School officials and representatives of aerospace and defense stood beside the Sabreliner N160W in Linthicum to discuss the new program at the Center of Applied Technology North in Severn.

The jet, along with corresponding parts, moved to a nearby facility being set up as a classroom.
“We talk a lot about creating opportunities that have impact for our schools and this donation epitomizes just that,” Superintendent George Arlotto said. “If you want students to excel at cutting-edge careers, we need cutting edge partnerships and this aircraft, as well as a large quantity of parts that were donated, makes it possible for us to launch the new aviation maintenance technician program.”
The 1972 twin-engine aircraft was used to test sensors as part of the long-running radar system program at Northrop Grumman, chief test pilot Matthew Taylor said. It retired from service last year.

[SterlingPound]

1. That is cool

and we need more to follow their example

[Sherman A1]

2. Perhaps a nice gesture

But a 1972 jet is hardly cutting edge technology that they seem to mention in the article.

[Tiggeroshii]

3. It'll do the trick

For the purpose of the program. Age of the jet only says so much. The sR71 is still the fastest and highest flying jet out there, and it was built in 1966.

[Kurt V.]

4. not cool. i work in the aerospace dept. there is space exploration and war . That's it.

[Loki Liesmith]

5. I also work in aerospace

Verdict: it’s cool.

[Stinky The Clown]

8. Very cool.

Civil aviation. Jobs. Youth education. Jobs.

[SharonClark]

7. Yes, it's cool

Des Moines Public Schools have had an aviation mechanics program for years and it is always a big deal to get something like this donated.

The program is located at what was Solar Aircraft when I was a kid.