China’s Aviation Industry Has WWII-Era Williamsport Roots

Published 10.02.2017

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Chinese army engineers take a cylinder apart as they learn to manufacture a training plane in Williamsport in 1945. They would use the skills to establish an aviation industry in their homeland. Photo courtesy of GRIT Magazine.

From the Fall 2017 Penn College Magazine: A group of 25 engineers from China, all military officers, became part of the city’s fabric when they studied aviation at Williamsport Technical Institute and Aviation Corp. in 1945. Read “Culture Exchange.”