LU announced preliminary plans to build a new facility for its school of aeronautics at Lynchburg Regional Airport to make room for its growing flight school.
The proposed facility would provide additional space for its pilot training program, which has grown from four to 300 students in the past eight years.
It also would house LU’s aircraft mechanics training program, which was launched in January on property Liberty owned at The Plaza shopping center that has since been sold.
Once the designs are complete, Liberty must submit them to the airport commission for approval. The project also must undergo a three- to six-month environmental assessment and gain approval from City Council before construction could begin.
In 2007, Liberty announced plans to build an aviation complex that never got off the ground. The plans were scrapped when Liberty decided to purchase the Falwell Aviation Jet Center early last year, a for-profit company that provides charter and fuel services at Lynchburg’s airport.
via WSLS