Portland / Observer Thursday April 29.1971
PCC aircraft students tops
Students preparing to become
ce rtifie d a irc ra ft mechanics at
Portland CommunityCollege lead
the nation in average scores on
the Federal Aviation A dm inistra-
tion examination, known
fo r
th e ir stringency.
The PCC program , under way
fo r two years, is ce rtifie d by the
FAA to prepare both airfra m e and
powerplant mechanics.
During the last 24 month, a-
cross the nation, applicants corp-
pleting
the a irc i aft mechanics
ce rtification tests successfully
on the fir s t try totalled only 73
percent. PCC applicants scored
96 percent.
Powerplant m echan icscertifi-
cation examinations showed
74
percent successful completion on
the fir s t try , while PCC students
scored 89 percent.
The PCC Droaram is located in
surplus
Oregon A ir National
Guard buildings on the south side
°* Portland International A irp o rt.
More than 200 students are now
working in the program; each is
eligible fo r theFAA examinations
a fte r 18 months of preparation,
“ We like to give live expert-
ence," says Dan B eltram i, as-
sembly and rigging in structor.H e
explained that one of the reasons
f ° r the high student scores on the
FAA examinations is "because at
PCC we get the students working
on actual a irc r a ft."
Many small-plane owners in
the Portland area bring th e ir
planes in fo r checkups and me-
chanical work, p ro vid ing pra cti-
C®1 problem -solving experiences
f ° r the students and giving each a
chance to acquire f ir s t - hand
At the Dinner Table
knowledge of
ancj maintenaricc
PCC
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Nice trick
Grandpa was very fond of ico
cream and his hostress thought it
would be a special treat to serve a
fru it sherbet at a dinner.
"How id you like the d e s s e rt? "
she asked Grandpa la te r.
" I t was right good," he a dm itt
ed " But I could never get ir. v own
cows to eat oranges."
The delights
cookery w ill be I
a lly - organized
sponsored by F
munity College
School starting
V irg in ia Plai
her knack fo r outi
teach the sim plic
ing, smoke cookii
desserts and sa
breads.
The course sta
the Home Econon
Aloha High Schoo
on succeeding Sai
tra tio n ls lim ited
F o r inform atio
perfect answer
'Hie answer: " A new
c a r'
My Son John
"Y o u r face is clean, but how’d
you get your hands so d irty ? ”
"Washin* my face."
Yes — An o p tim ist
" What’ s a debtor. Pop?" " A
man who owes money."
" What’ s a cre d ito r. Pop?"
" A man who thinks he’ s going
to get it back."
A
teacher in one of West
Viglnla’ s rura l school’ s thought
long and hard, and then decided to
give a pupil credit fo r his answer
to an arithm etic problem.
The
question:
" I f your father sold
1,500 bushels of g ra in fo r $2 a
bushel, what would he get?*’
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