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TUCSON, Ariz. — Tucson and Southern Arizona have the fifth highest concentration of aerospace careers in the nation.
On a Monday night, teens fill a garage, heads down and focused. They rivet, weld, saw and study plans. The program was started in 2016 to give high school students interested in aviation an alternative to the classroom. Students began working on the planes in 2017. Students work in groups of two to three, studying plans and instructions to build different components like wings, the tail section and fuselage.
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