BY Jennifer Pazdor

The Stevenson Campus, located near the airport, is Red River College’s home for aviation and aerospace. There are about 200 students in the four programs offered at this campus including the Apprentice Maintenance Journeyperson Program, Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME), Introduction to Airspace Maintenance, and Aerospace Manufacturing along with 12 speciality courses. The Stevenson Campus works closely with industry professionals to educate their students. It has a hangar full of smaller planes and keep larger planes outside for students to get hands-on practice. The campus applies to get new equipment and sometimes aircrafts are donated.

 

Karanveer Singh, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student at the Stevenson Campus works on their N76PW Aircraft on April 4, 2018. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

An N76PW Aircraft featuring Red River College and Stevenson Campus logo. April 4, 2018./JENNIFER PAZDOR

Jose Veira, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student checks out the engine in the newly donated Fisheries and Oceans Canada helicopter. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

The full hangar in the Stevenson Campus located at 2280 Saskatchewan Ave. on April 4, 2018. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

Sam Ola, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student does practice maintenance work on the N76PW Aircraft’s left wing on April 4, 2018. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

Christian Collantes, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student works on a small turbine Allison 250 helicopter motor on April 4, 2018. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

Caitlyn Barry, an Aircraft Maintenance Engineer (AME) student works on building composites in the classroom on April 4, 2018. /JENNIFER PAZDOR

Christopher Walters, an instructor at the Stevenson Campus for the past eight years, shows off the abandoned FedEx Aircraft that was left behind 17 years ago due to bad vibrations in the engine. Students use this plane to practice on. /JENNIFER PAZDOR