Hello my name is Kurt Leslie and I'm the
Dean of Aeronautics here at
Hallmark University welcome to our school
come on let me show you around
Hallmark University has been around since 1969
we're currently located here on the San
Antonio International Airport in this
hangar we have classrooms and a seventy
station computer lab we also have
privately owned aircraft that are maintained
and housed in this hangar so what a
great opportunity for our students to be
immersed in this aviation industry and
seeing first-hand the A&P mechanics
who are maintaining these aircraft so
come along let's go see what's in hangar
two
if you look up here on the wall these
are our character traits these are seven
character traits that we build into our
program the reason we have these seven
character traits is because we talked to
our industry partners we asked them what
do you need what makes a good fit for
your company obviously they want them to
be knowledgeable of the job that they have
they also tell us that character is the
number one they want someone who's a
good fit someone who's not going to come
in and upset their employees someone
who's not going to steal from them
someone who is going to show up early stay
late do a good job so all through the
program we push these character traits
into our students and we actually have a
character award that we give to our
students if they excel and it's called
the character of distinction award so if
you see that on your resume that will
set you apart from the rest of the folks
who are applying for the jobs and the
companies that you're out there after so come with me and walk over this way
this is our reciprocating lab these
engines are Continental O-470
engines a reciprocating engine is a
propeller driven engine the majority of
our general aviation aircraft we have
out there are for reciprocating engines
so they'll be able to go through this
and tear these things apart and put them
back together and learn a lot of good
stuff about these particular
engines so let's walk over here and I'll
show you some more stuff
what you see here this is something that the students
will see in term 4 these are turbine
engines this is a J34 Westinghouse
turbine engine they will take these
completely apart they'll put them back
together they'll do inspections on them
they'll ensure their serviceability and
then we're gonna have a test cell that
we'll actually have a couple of engines
they can actually run and operate and do
operational checks on these types of
engines
our program here at Hallmark and
the college of aviation is 15 months
long in those 15 months what the
students are going to earn is two
associate degrees they're gonna earn
their airframe and powerplant license
which is required to work on an aircraft
so why do we do with the degree why do
we do all that for a student why don't
we just give them the certifications for
their airframe and powerplant license
well here's the deal our College
went out and met with our industry
partners and found out that having a
degree will get them past the
entry-level positions when they get
hired on with their companies like
Boeing, StandardAero and companies like
that
so Hallmark graduates come in with their
degrees and they're leapfrogging these
folks that only have just these
certifications so that's why we do the
degrees along with this we want the best
for our students when they leave here
well if you come with me I got some
other neat toys to show you
this right here is our Cessna 150
students will actually be able to do
engine runs on this aircraft they'll
actually be able to get in it and drive
the thing around so they'll actually get
some good experience on a flyable
aircraft that we have here at the school
this right here is our T-38 Talon
aircraft that we got donated by the
United States Air Force we have a
relationship with Randolph Air Force
Base where our graduates will actually
train on this aircraft and then Randolph Air Force Base will actually
hire them we've actually had seven
students hired by them here in the past
few months now it looks like it's in
pieces right now because we just got it
it is a fully functional T-38 that we
can actually do all kinds of neat little
projects with this aircraft let me show
you one more thing we got over here it's
kind of hard to see because our hanger
is being reorganized at this particular
point but this little aircraft right
here this helicopter is the first
helicopter this school has ever had we
just received this about a month ago
it's actually a fully functional
helicopter so we'll be able to take it
out do all kinds of neat little projects
on that because when the students
graduate from this program it's not just
about working on airplanes it's also
helicopter stuff too the helicopter
industry is growing like crazy alright
so we're going to go back this way and
then I'm going to talk to you a little bit about
student services and success
so this is our Student Services office
this is miss Sally she's a part of
our office that takes care of our
students so if our students have any
needs any issues any obstacles keeping
them from being successful in our program this is the
office that they go to they help them
with jobs they help them with rent they
help them with gas money they help them
with tutors they help them with anything
they need to help them get through
school and if they can't do it we'll
refer them over to the other campus
where we have actually more counselors
over there to get the student what they
need now let's go see our third hanger
so what you have over here this is our
airframe lab if you've never seen a
Rolls Royce up front this is a Rolls
Royce engine so we actually have five of
these that we can have students do
projects on so they'll do like the
accessory maintenance on this like the
gearboxes and the pumps and the inhalants
and the exhaust things on these
particular engines now this aircraft
sitting over here this is an Aztec just
kind of look like it's in bits and
pieces and there's a reason for that
because we take this thing apart and we
put the thing back together we'll do
engine removals and installations we'll
do gear retractions we'll do tire
maintenance brake maintenance hydraulic
maintenance airframe maintenance
interior removals and installations so
when the student leaves here they're
gonna have a general knowledge of just
about every system on the aircraft so
that when they get out to their industry
they have a little bit of knowledge to
where they can go right to work now that
doesn't mean they're gonna know
everything but what they're gonna have
is a ticket to learn because when they
get hired by major companies like Boeing
StandardAero AIT Southwest American
Airlines they're gonna put them through
their specific training programs but let
me say this they would never even get in
the door with those companies if they wouldn't
come to a school like us and get their
license and get their degrees so this is
their opportunity to get a
bunch of doors opened up for them in
their career one thing I'd like to point
out here if you look back over this
way you'll see these are general
aviation aircraft we are mixed in right
here on the San Antonio International
Airport you see it's getting loud
because there's airplanes taxiing in they
will actually be right next to actual
A&P mechanics in the industry actually
 doing the job so they're not
far away from the real deal
here in the sheetmetal lab this is some of the
things our students will be learning and
doing if you look on this board here
you'll see just flat pieces of metal
doesn't look like much but what they're
gonna do is transform it into these
pieces on this board they're gonna take
it from this all the way through this
process to create this airfoil
basically what this is is a replica of a
leading edge of an aircraft so if the
students can build this they can do any
sheetmetal project on an aircraft but
the neat thing about this is they get to
keep it and they can take it with them
on their job interviews and they can
show their employers
the type of work that they can do
welcome back to Hangar 1 and I want to
thank you again for joining us on our
tour here at Hallmark University what a
great opportunity for you to get started
in an exciting career of aviation but I
couldn't show you everything to learn
more go to our website at HallmarkUniversity.edu or call us at (210)690-9000
thank you again for joining us
and I hope to see you soon
