Reaching New Heights
Instructor Jared Huss and Elizabeth Amweg in FVTC’s high-tech flight simulator.
The opportunities are sky high when it comes to careers for graduates of FVTC’s aviation programs. By Chuck Benda
Elizabeth Amweg, 22, started taking flight lessons when she was 15. By the time she graduated high school, the Plymouth, Wis., native had already earned her private pilot’s certificate at a nearby airport. When she started shopping around for a flight school to continue her professional pilot education, she quickly chose Fox Valley Technical College. “I started out looking at some four-year programs,” Amweg explains. “But they were expensive—and they didn’t offer as much as FVTC does in its twoyear program.” A visit to campus made Amweg’s decision even easier. “The people were all friendly,” she says. “The class sizes were small and I discovered I could
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