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The Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA) is a private trade school focused on aviation-related programs with its main location in West Mifflin, Pennsylvania.The institution's headquarters is at the Allegheny County Airport and it has three branch campuses.
Pennsylvania Institute of Technology: Upper Providence township: Delaware: private secular Special Focus Two-Year: Health Professions 449 1953 Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics: West Mifflin borough: Allegheny: private secular Special Focus Two-Year: Technical Professions 285 1929 Pittsburgh Institute of Mortuary Science: Pittsburgh city ...
William F. Trimble, "High frontier: a History of Aeronautics in Pennsylvania" University of Pittsburgh Press, 1982 OCLC 8132981 W. David Lewis and William F. Trimble, "The airway to everywhere: a history of All American Aviation, 1937-1953" University of Pittsburgh Press, 1988 OCLC 16757006
The airport is popular among business travelers [citation needed], being closer to downtown than Pittsburgh International Airport. It is much closer to the densely populated South Hills, Monroeville area and Monongahela Valley. The airport is home to Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics (PIA), a large aircraft maintenance school.
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Ball was a member of the Aero Club of Pittsburgh joining in 1919 and was elected President for 30 years. [51] In 1965 the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics and their mechanics' school dedicated its $80,000 Clifford Ball Academic Building and Ball was honored as Pittsburgh's "Grand old man of aviation." [51]
Aviation in Pennsylvania dates back over 100 years. Pennsylvania ranks 11th in the country in the number of public-use aviation facilities with 122 airports, heliports, and seaplane bases. The 122 public-use facilities provide an annual economic impact of $23.6 billion to the state.