Meet the Faculty

  Dale Keegstra, AME, M1

  - Instructor for Okanagan College’s Aircraft Maintenance program

  - 15 years instructing at Northern Lights College, Dawson Creek campus

  - 3 years instructing at Northern Lights College/ Okanagan College, Vernon campus

  - 8 years industry experience with fixed wing and helicopter

  - Pilot - Fixed wing, Multi-engine, commercial, IFR

  Roy Knowles, AME, M1/M2

  - Instructor for Okanagan College’s Aircraft Maintenance program since February 2006

  - Twenty seven years industry experience with a back ground in line maintenance of twin engine
     piston and turboprop aircraft as well as heavy maintenance on transport category aircraft.

  - Have a United States A&P license as well a the Canadian M1/M2 license and an endorsement
     on the Boeing 737-200 aircraft

  Dale Martell, AME, M1/M2

  - Instructor for Okanagan College’s Aircraft Maintenance program since Feb of 2006

  - 16 years within the helicopter industry as an AME doing line, field and heavy maintenance on a
     variety of Helicopters working at BC Heli-ski Lodges, US Forestry Service US on several US
     forest service and Bureau of Land Management Heli-tack initial attack fire fighting helicopters.

  -  Holds a Canadian AME license with a M1/M2 rating and I also hold a United States A&P
     (airframe and power plant) license.

Lyndon Walker, AME, M1

- Instructor for Okanagan College's Vernon Aircraft Maintenance program since April of 2011

- Instructor for past 12 years with Northern Lights College (NLC) before trasferring to the Vernon
  Okanagan College/Norther Lights Aircraft Maintenence Engineering Program.

- 29 years industry experience primarily in Western and Northern Canada on light turbine 
  powered helicopters