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Aviation Campus at Downsview

"Today, Alex, Rupert and myself went to centennial colleges aviation campus which was still a fully functional airport until it was shut down last year, about 11 months ago to be more precise, and I was nothing but amazed for what the campus had to offer. It was massive with its own plane hangars, still functioning planes and helicopters such as luxury jets that were donated. Retired search and rescue helicopters. There were so many different types of aircraft too. With piston drive engine blocks and jet engines. You had to choose a type that you want to specify in if you wanted to go to college there, for example they guy who showed us round the college that happened to be from Sheffield, went to college there after he met his wife in Canada while touring on a gap year he took after school when he was 18 back in 2011. It was good to have him showing us around and keeping us engaged. It was good as well as we had something to talk about since he was from Britain too. He was asking us how things were going and stuff like that I felt like it was a basis to have a relation off since we all had the same home. He was also able to explain the differences in the school systems since he went through it all back in the United Kingdom before he moved here. He had a lot of time for us and even stayed behind after hours to continue giving us the tour of the college which was brilliant. The colleges equipment is crazy, the have full fabrication and printing labs for making parts and other equipment for the planes. They even have their own parts shop for the planes so that you can go and collect new parts to allow you to fix the planes on the spot rather than having to go through the process of waiting for a new part to arrive from the manufacturer which is a process that can sometimes take days, much like cars, which in most cases is time you don’t have as you need the vehicle back up and running as soon as possible. He also gave us the opportunity to manufacture a phone stand out of sheet metal and rivets all while showing us the basic of how their tools worked and what the point of the class was. Which wasn’t only a great way to learn about riveting but also to make something that will last a lifetime. I really enjoyed the way he taught us including how he took the time to show us all the college has to offer, he didn’t have to don that, yet he still took the time to do so. I really appreciate what he did for us today as we learned more about the Canadian school system than we ever have before, or that’s what I believe personally, since we had the conversations with him about the differences with Britain and he understood since he had done all of that before." - Connor Gibb





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