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When 28-year-old Paul Rivas moved to Litchfield a couple years ago, he began repairing electrical motors while working at IPS Trico. But fixing airplane engines is his real love – Rivas was ...

Gregory Riley of Monument Beach, a veteran and aircraft mechanic, died on January 30. He was 72. Born in Quincy to Walter and ...

There is a dire shortage of aviation mechanics.According to numbers from boeing -- the global industry needs to recruit more ...

If you’re working in a professional environment or have money to burn, you always buy top-shelf mechanic tools. That isn’t an option for most of us, though. We have to spend a ton of time ...

Families and students can explore career education options at the East Valley Institute of Technology during the annual “EVIT Expo -- Your Future, Your Way” event, which will be held from 9 a.m. to 1 ...

Being an aircraft mechanic—also known as an aircraft maintenance technician (AMT) or airframe and powerplant technician (A&P)—can therefore be an interesting and rewarding job for those ...

Since you constantly need to move around to get the tools and parts you need, struggling to do so makes you want to give up and have a professional mechanic do it for you. There's a simple way to ...

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How Much Does an Auto Mechanic Make? Auto Mechanics made a median salary of $47,770 in 2023. The best-paid 25% made $62,310 that year, while the lowest-paid 25% made $36,910. The metropolitan ...