WORK BEGINS ON NEW FLIGHT TRAINING CENTER ANNEX AT BOWERS FIELD

ELLENSBURG, Wash., Sept. 2 -- Central Washington University issued the following news release:

The Central Washington University Department of Aviation is hoping to ascend to new heights in the next two years with the introduction of a new 8,800-square-foot Flight Training Center (FTC) Annex at Bowers Field.

The $6.2 million facility, made possible by a $9.9 million appropriation from the Washington State Legislature in 2025, will bring all the program's operations under one roof for the first time since it was founded in the 1970s.

CWU Aviation currently occupies four separate buildings at the airfield northwest of campus, plus a classroom in Black Hall.

"We've been needing to do this for a long time," Assistant Professor and Program C...