Aviation Maintenance Technician Program
AMT - On behalf of Wicomico County, SWED applied for and received a $3.298 million grant from the Rural Maryland Economic Development Fund to establish an Aviation Maintenance Technician program at the Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY).
Teaming with the University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES), the state Maryland, Wicomico County and Piedmont Airlines, the 12-month Aviation Maintenance Technician program will create a pipeline of mechanics and enhance the aviation and aeronautics sector for our region. Beginning with an initial cohort of twenty-five students, the program is expected to begin in the spring of 2024 with the first graduating class in 2025. SWED is brokering all transactions associated with establishing this program.
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HopFlyt is dedicated to developing and commercializing next generation Electric Vertical Takeoff and Landing aircraft and has located to the Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico County Regional Airport’s (SBY) Unmanned Autonomous Innovation Center. The center is a new and purpose built facility designed as a hub to accelerate commercial UAS adoption in this unique geographical environment. HopFlyt will continue to development and test their electric and hybrid-electric VTOL aircraft product line.
The University of Maryland Eastern Shore (UMES) recently received its FAA Part 147 Certification to operate an Aviation Maintenance Technician school at the Salisbury-Ocean City: Wicomico Regional Airport (SBY). Students completing the 1900 hour, one-year program will receive a Certificate and be eligible to sit for both an Airframe and Powerplant certification test. Passing these tests grants the student A&P Mechanic certification, a highly sought after and valued recognition in the aviation industry. Credits accumulated through the program can be transferred toward a four-year degree at UMES at the option of the student. While some training is specific to the aviation sector, much of the training (hydraulics, electronics, etc.) is applicable to multiple economic sectors. Students therefore are not limited to the aviation or aeronautical sectors for meaningful careers. The program will begin with a maximum cohort of twenty-five students. SWED was proud to lead the effort for the program and recognizes success could not have occurred without many partners including Wicomico County, the State of Maryland, UMES, Piedmont Airlines and the Tri-County Council. The program will begin in January, 2025. For more information, please visit: https://wwwcp.umes.edu/amt/
Approximately one hundred members and guests attended SWED's 56th Annual Meeting recently at Green Hill Yacht and Country Club. The meeting featured a year in review by David Ryan and a keynote presentation by Tom Barkin, President and CEO of the Federal Reserve Bank of Richmond and a voting member of the Federal Open Market Committee. A special thank you to all of our sponsors! First Shore Federal Savings & Loan Wicomico County, Maryland BBSI Piedmont Airlines Delmarva Veteran Builders Trinity Sterile Hebron Savings Bank City of Salisbury, MD Perdue School of Business Pohanka of Salisbury Saltwater Storage GMB Architects & Engineers Maryland Department of Commerce TidalHealth SVN Miller Commercial Real Estate LINKBANK Avery Hall PKS & Company P.A. Salisbury Area Chamber of Commerce
