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be peeled layer by layer on-site to fit the precise measurement needed in aircraft . TKI also donates time and materials to the Warbirds of Glory Museum , which is undertaking a full restoration of a B-25J Sandbar Mitchell , and mentors youth on aviation maintenance and skill trades involved in aviation .
www . tkishims . com
Touchstone Advanced Composites
TRIADELPHIA
Touchstone Advanced Composites builds the molds from which next-generation carbon fiber composite aircraft and rockets are made , which are used by virtually every major aircraft and rocket company in the U . S . Touchstone is equipped with a temperature-controlled machine shop with large five-axis milling machines , three autoclaves , a clean room , a steel fabrication capability and a large metrology facility .
www . touchstoneac . com
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Touchstone Research Laboratory , Ltd .
TRIADELPHIA
Touchstone Research Laboratory invents new materials and processes to produce next-generation aircraft and rockets . Currently under development is a thermal protection system to cover and protect rockets from lightning strikes . The world ’ s strongest aluminum is being applied to improve stiffness and reduce potential buckling of aircraft fuselage and rockets , and new composite processing techniques are being used for spacecraft .
www . trl . com
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Upshur County Regional Airport
BUCKHANNON
Upshur County Regional Airport is a general aviation airport . It will soon begin a fence clearing project , and crack repair and seal coating projects were recently completed on runways 11 and 29 .
West Virginia Aeronautics Commission
CHARLESTON
The West Virginia Aeronautics Commission develops aeronautics and aeronautical activities in the state and administers a grant matching program for airport improvement projects to match federal funds . It has also partnered with the West Virginia University Extension Office ’ s Fire Service to provide firefighting , homeland security and emergency training to airport firefighters and mutual aid responders .
www . transportation . wv . gov / aeronautics
West Virginia University
MORGANTOWN
The master ’ s , doctoral and bachelor ’ s programs in aerospace engineering in West Virginia University ’ s ( WVU ) Benjamin M . Statler College of Engineering and Mineral Resources prepare students for careers in numerous systems , including aircraft , watercraft , spacecraft , rockets , missiles , satellites , deep-diving vessels , fuel-efficient automobiles and high-speed trains . The program awards approximately 223 bachelor ’ s , 26 master ’ s and 11 doctoral degrees each year .
www . wvu . edu
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West Virginia University Potomac State College
KEYSER
WVU Potomac State College offers the first two years of a four-year aerospace engineering degree program , allowing students to complete course requirements in calculus , chemistry , physics , statistics , elementary differential equations , the modynamics and mechanics of materials . Typically , students earn their associate degree from WVU Potomac State College and transfer to WVU ’ s Morgantown campus to complete a bachelor ’ s degree to prepare for a career in the aerospace industry , government research , development centers and laboratories and military mission-oriented agencies .
www . potomacstatecollege . edu
Wheeling-Ohio County Airport
WHEELING
Wheeling-Ohio County Airport is a general aviation airport and is commonly used by the military , state law enforcement , business corporations , the U . S . Department of Agriculture , medical evacuation companies , private pilots , student pilots , entertainers , members of the oil and gas industry and West Virginia Wing Civil Air Patrol .
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Wyoming County Airport
PINEVILLE
Wyoming County Airport is a general aviation airport regularly used by local coal and gas companies . With no landing fees , it brings people in from across the country . The airport is currently preparing for runway repairs to be completed by the FAA .
Yeager Airport
CHARLESTON
Yeager Airport is a commercial airport primarily used for business travel and as a military home base . It is currently working to extend runway 5 / 23 to 7,000 feet , which will give each end a 1,000-foot safety area . The postsecurity restaurant and gift shop are also being renovated . Yeager will be home to Marshall University ’ s Bill Noe Flight School , which is currently under construction . The school will include a 12,000-square-foot hangar , and classes are set to begin in the fall of 2021 .
https :// yeagerairport . com /
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Touchstone Testing Laboratory , Ltd .
MILLWOOD & TRIADELPHIA
Touchstone Testing Laboratory provides materials and structures primarily to the aerospace industry and operates two facilities in West Virginia . The Triadelphia facility can test every material on aircraft and spacecraft , from the metals , composite structural materials and high-temperature jet engine materials on airplanes to the thermal protection systems , rocket engine materials and even the windows on spacecraft . The Millwood facility provides a large volume of aircraft aluminum quality testing . With these two facilities , Touchstone Testing Laboratory is one of the largest private aerospace testing laboratories in the U . S .
www . touchstonetesting . com
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West Virginia University Institute of Technology
BECKLEY
The aerospace engineering program at WVU Tech provides a 2 + 2 program with WVU . Students can start as freshmen at WVU Tech in the mechanical engineering program , complete the courses in four semesters and transfer to WVU . For the aviation management program , students complete the majority of their initial flight training during their freshman year at FlightSafety Academy in Vero Beach , FL , while also taking online courses in aviation , business , marketing and communications from WVU Tech .
www . wvutech . edu
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