HVCC, Albany Airport setting up aircraft mechanic training school | The Daily Gazette SECTIONS By John Cropley/Business Editor | June 3, 2021 JOHN CROPLEY/THE DAILY GAZETTE Albany County Airport Authority CEO Philip Calderone speaks to a reporter on Thursday in the hangar that will house a new aviation maintenance technician school. Shares0 COLONIE — A new classroom and workshop in an airplane hangar will prepare students for careers in aircraft repair and, it is hoped, make a dent in the growing industrywide shortage of mechanics. Hudson Valley Community College and the Albany County Airport Authority on Thursday announced a collaborative effort to launch the Aeronautical Training Institute.