Ryan Sapp loves working with his hands.
From the time he was a young teenager in Jackson, Ga., he helped his contractor father build houses. Roof work, brick work, hopping on tractors to cut 60-acre fields - you name it, he’s done it.
“I guess that started me on the path of enjoying work more than regular school,” said Sapp, now 20. “But my dad didn’t really want me to go into construction full-time. He talked to me about maybe becoming a pilot, but I didn’t really want to do that.”
Sapp has, however, found another path into aviation. He is about to become the first student from a Griffin Ga.-based dual-enrollment program to complete his certificate in aviation maintenance technology from Middle Georgia State University’s (MGA’s) School of Aviation.
