NBAA Announces 34 Maintenance TRACS Winners

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NBAA and its Maintenance Committee congratulated 34 recipients of the 2011 Maintenance Technical Reward and Career Scholarship (TRACS) at NBAA’s 26th Annual Maintenance Management Conference on April 5 in San Diego.

Now in its sixth year, the Maintenance TRACS program is open to current and future A&P holders and other individuals interested in developing their technical and professional career paths in business aviation maintenance. Award recipients are able to attend model-specific courses at aircraft, engine and avionics training centers.

The 2011 Maintenance TRACS recipients and their sponsored training courses are as follows:

  • Irving Bouloute – FlightSafety International P&WC PT6
  • Brianna Brown – Honeywell Primus EPIC
  • Andrew Chance – Embraer Phenom 300
  • Michael Counts – Bombardier Lear 60
  • Zachariah Deardorff – HBC King Air
  • Brent Ellis – CAE King Air 200
  • Stephen Michael Ferris – Honeywell TPE 331
  • Michael Galemba – Dassault Falcon 7X
  • Bjorn George – Cessna CE-525
  • Clifford Geraci – Bell Helicopter Conn/Cable
  • Mitchell Geraci – Global Jet Services course of recipient’s choice
  • Armando Gonzalez – NBAA Maintenance Management Conference
  • Charles Hall – Cessna CE560
  • Reginald Haywood – Honeywell SPZ-8400/HUD GIV
  • Donald Joseph – GE Aviation CF34
  • Gustave J. LaRoy – Bombardier Challenger 604
  • James Laws – CAE Introduction to Digital Avionics
  • William Lee – Bell Helicopter Composite Blade Repair
  • Chrissy Lesicka – Williams Engine FJ Series
  • Donald Lesicka – Williams Engine FJ Series
  • Everton Loney – Bell Helicopter Composite Repair
  • Adam Lucas – Honeywell TFE 731-20/40/50/60
  • Douglas McCumber – CAE King Air 300/350
  • George McEwen – Rolls-Royce AE3007
  • Kari Nylander – Honeywell Primus 1000
  • Joshua Olds – Gulfstream G550
  • Michael Sanchez – Bell Helicopter Vibration Monitoring
  • Joshua Schmidt – CAE Citation II
  • Alden Stokes – Bombardier Global Express
  • Daniel Wanna – FlightSafety International P&WC PT6
  • Collin Wells – Dassault Falcon 2000EX/EASy
  • Michael Werber – Bombardier Lear 45
  • Daniel Yarbrough – Honeywell TFE 731-2/3/4/5
  • Rachid Zoheir – FlightSafety International Principles of Troubleshooting

The scholarship program is administered by the NBAA Maintenance Committee and supported by the following aircraft, engine, and avionics manufacturers; maintenance training providers; and other industry sponsors:

  • Bell Helicopters
  • Bombardier Aerospace
  • Cessna Aircraft
  • CAE Simuflite
  • Dassault Falcon Jet
  • FlightSafety International
  • GE Engines
  • Global Jet Services
  • Gulfstream Aerospace
  • Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
  • Honeywell Inc.
  • Pratt & Whitney Canada
  • Rolls-Royce
  • Williams Engines

Applications for the 2012 Maintenance TRACS awards will be available by early fall 2011. For more information on this program, visit the Maintenance TRACS web page.