Do you prefer to work with your hands and fix things that might be broken? If this describes you, then keep scrolling to find some projects that a mechanic might work on, a game where you get to be a technician for a day or watch videos about aircraft mechanics.
“What are the steps to become an aircraft mechanic?”
Take a Class or Enroll in a Training Program
- Aeronautic Maintenance Program at Honolulu Community College
- Aeronautics Maintenance Technology at Honolulu Community College
- Aircraft Mechanic Apprenticeship Program
- How to Become an Aircraft Mechanic
- Aircraft Career Training Program
“Where can I learn more about fixing and maintaining planes?”
Play A Game
Explore These Hands-On Projects
Watch These Videos
- Careers in Aviation: Airline Mechanic.
- Careers in Aviation: Vice President Maintenance and Engineering
- Careers in Aviation: Aircraft Maintenance Technician
- How Women Technicians are Making History
- Female Aviation Technicians Soar to New Heights
- What is an Aircraft Mechanic?
- Aircraft Maintenance Technician Program
- Aviation industry scrambles for mechanics as retirements loom
- Aviation’s race for technicians
- A Day in the Life of Aircraft Mechanics and Service Technicians
Listen to These Podcasts
- Aviation Podcast.
The Finer Points Of Flying
“How do I pay for my education and training?”
Explore Scholarship Opportunities (Available to high school seniors and/or college students attending an accredited school in avionics or aircraft repair)
- Bendix/King Avionics Scholarship
- Johnny Davis Memorial Scholarship
- Dutch and Ginger Arver Scholarship
- Plane & Pilot Magazine/GARMIN Scholarship
- GARMIN International Scholarship
- Lee Tarbox Memorial Scholarship
- David Arver Memorial Scholarship
- BFGoodrich Component Services Scholarship
- Bud Glover Memorial Scholarship
- Lowell Gaylor Memorial Scholarship
- Universal Avionics Systems Corporation Scholarship
- Rockwell Collins Scholarship
- The Stone Foundation Scholarship
- L-3 Aviation Products Scholarship
- Garmin – Jerry Smith Memorial Scholarship
- Duncan Aviation Scholarship
- Aircell Scholarship