Sun, Oct 03, 2004
Kansas State University College of Technology and Aviation
purchases five aircraft
Cessna has taken its first Garmin G1000 Skyhawk fleet order.
Kansas State University's College of Technology and Aviation in
Salina, Kansas, will take delivery of five new G1000 equipped 172
Skyhawks that will join an existing fleet of 15 172 Skyhawks that
Kansas State University took delivery of in 1999 and 2000.
The new G1000 aircraft are scheduled for delivery in April 2005.
Each aircraft will display the university's purple "Powercat" logo
on the vertical stabilizer.
Kansas State University plans to debut their G1000 "glass"
equipped aircraft to other universities in April 2005 during the
National Intercollegiate Flying Association's Safety and Flight
Evaluation Conference (SAFECON) and competition. The
intercollegiate conference will be held at Kansas State
University's College of Technology and Aviation in Salina.
"The new G1000 Skyhawks will be a state-of-the-art training
platform and also a great marketing tool for prospective students,"
said Kansas State Aviation Department Head Marlon Johnston. "We're
looking forward to taking delivery of one of the most proven
airframes ever manufactured, incorporating the most advanced
avionics package available on the general aviation
market."
Kansas State University's College of Technology and Aviation is
one of University's fastest growing colleges. It is located on the
Salina Municipal Airport, which is home to three instrument
runways, including one that is 12,300 feet long. All flight
training is conducted in the Aviation Center that houses 4
simulators. The Kansas State University aircraft fleet totals 40
aircraft including Cessna 172s and a CitationJet.
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