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Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology (nicknamed Spartan and initially named Spartan School of Aeronautics) is a for-profit aviation institute in Tulsa, Oklahoma that offers training in aviation, aviation electronics, flight, nondestructive testing, quality control and aircraft maintenance. Originally established to provide pilot and technicians for Spartan Aircraft Company, it outlived its parent company and continues to train pilots and mechanics into the 21st Century. According to the school web site, it has trained over 90,000 aircraft technicians and pilots. The main campus is adjacent to Tulsa International Airport, with another campus primarily used for flight training at Richard Lloyd Jones Jr. Airport.〔 In May, 2014 Spartan acquired the Crimson Technical College located in Inglewood, California. Crimson Technical College was founded in 1930, originally called The California Flyers, Inc. and eventually became the renowned Northrop University. On March 31, 2015, this campus took on the Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology name. ==History== William G. Skelly, a Tulsa oilman and owner of Spartan Aircraft Company, founded the Spartan School of Aeronautics in 1928. Initially, the purpose of the school was to promote sales of aircraft manufactured by the company.〔Encyclopedia of Oklahoma History and Culture. "Spartan Aircraft Company." ()〕 The school was located initially across Apache Street from Tulsa International Airport. During the early 1930s, Skelly pledged his share of Spartan Aircraft Company as collateral for a loan from J. Paul Getty, but Skelly's finances became overextended during the Great Depression. As a result, Getty obtained control of Spartan Aircraft, including the Spartan School in 1935. In 1942, Getty personally took over management of Spartan Aircraft and its school.〔(Schirmer, Robert F. "Spartan Trained Pilots" )〕 The Spartan school was activated as a U. S. Army Air Corps (USAAC) facility on August 1, 1939 as an advanced civilian pilot training school to supplement the Air Corps' few flying training schools. The Air Corps supplied students with training aircraft, flying clothes, textbooks, and equipment. The Air Corps also put a detachment at each school to supervise training. Flying training was performed with Fairchild PT-19s as the primary trainer. The Air Force also supplied several PT-17 Stearmans and a few P-40 Warhawks. Spartan furnished instructors, training sites and facilities, aircraft maintenance, quarters, and mess halls.〔Something About Everything Military: Spartan Trained Pilots."().〕 Students from the Royal Air Force entered the school on June 7, 1941. The U. S. Army Air Force officially designated Spartan as a British Refresher School.〔Murdock, Scott D. "Royal Air Force Training in Oklahoma during World War II." Accessed June 15, 2011.()〕 In 1943, the school reorganized into a College of Aeronautical Engineering, School of Flight, School of Mechanics, School of Meteorology, School of Communications and School of Instruments.〔("Airventure Museum - The Spartan Aircraft Company" )〕 In November 1943, the school was selected by the Department of State and the Civil Aeronautics Administration as a training facility for the Inter-American Aviation Mechanic Training program. The first class under this program included 67 students from 12 Latin American countries.〔 Spartan Aircraft Company reorganized after World War II, renaming itself as Spartan Aero Repair in 1946. It ceased to produce aircraft, though it continued to operate the school. For the next 15 years the parent company made Spartan Trailers instead of aircraft. It closed the Tulsa manufacturing plant in 1961, and renamed Minnehoma Insurance Company. The Spartan tradename was sold to the Spartan school. In 1967, the former Spartan interests were bought by Automation Industries, Inc., which sold them to National Education Corporation in 1972.〔 In 1997 National Education Corporation became a subsidiary of Harcourt General Corporation. In 2004 Spartan School of Aeronautics name change to Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology to represent its current offering of college degree programs and technology diversity. Spartan Aviation Industries, Inc. was formed in 2005 by Spartan's management team and was purchased from Harcourt General Corporation. In 2013 Spartan Education Industries Inc, was formed and acquired the college from Spartan Aviation Industries, Inc. In 2014 Spartan acquired the Crimson Technical Institute, an Airframe and Powerplant focused college located in Inglewood, California. The Crimson Technical College was founded in 1930 as The California Flyers Inc. and eventually became Northrop University and then Northrop Rice Aviation Institute of Technology (NRAIT). On March 31, 2015 Crimson Technical College became an additional campus location of Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Spartan College of Aeronautics and Technology」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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