With Sponsorship from Senator Robert C. Byrd, the West
Virginia National Guard established the state of the art personnel training
facility totaling $6.4 million in construction costs. Here Students and
Instructor Pilots from the Fifty States and Guam train and certify on three
different types of transport aircraft.
A wide hangar and an innovative hangar door system allows quick access to any one of five airplanes without disturbing other aircraft. Each aircraft has a dedicated manufacturer support/maintenance team with their own work space. The two story masonry annex accommodates administration staff, instructor pilots, and instruction/simulator rooms.
The hanger proper is a steel frame structure with a clear span of the entire 210 foot hangar width. A prefinished insulated metal wall system with translucent thermal panels provides glare-free natural light with little or no maintenance.
