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Salina Airport Authority, Salina Area Chamber of Commerce Engage James Gregory Consultancy
to Expand Aerospace Recruiting Efforts
Salina, Kan.
February 16, 2006
The Salina Airport Authority and Salina Area Chamber
of Commerce have jointly engaged James Gregory
Consultancy LLC to increase the community's efforts
to recruit expanding and new aerospace business to
the SLN Aviation Service Center.
Jim Gregory, of James Gregory Consultancy LLC, is a
veteran aerospace industry executive with more than
30 years of aviation experience and an extensive
background in economic development projects. He
retired in 2002 from the senior leadership team at
Raytheon Aircraft Company with responsibilities for
corporate affairs and communications. Previously he
served in executive capacities with The Boeing
Company and the predecessor company to
Bombardier Aerospace Learjet.
"We are pleased to complement our aviation business
recruiting effort by including Jim Gregory's counsel
and professional services on our economic
development team," said Tim Rogers, AAE, executive
director of the Salina Airport Authority. "He has
supported the Salina Airport for more than 20 years,
either as an executive with Raytheon or consulting
with us following his retirement," Rogers said.
"Jim Gregory has already begun to add value to our
recruiting program and Salina will benefit from his
experience and contacts in the aviation industry,"
added Salina Chamber President Gerald
Cook. "Engaging a recruiter of his capabilities is
further indication that Salina is serious about
expanding our aviation reach and that we are
aggressively looking for new aerospace business,"
Cook said.
"The Salina Airport and the community offer aviation
businesses outstanding opportunities to grow their
operations and to prosper," Gregory said. "I am
eager to continue to champion the aerospace
potential in Salina."
Gregory has been involved in numerous aviation-
related economic development projects on and off
airports in many cities and states. His experience
includes negotiating economic development incentive
packages, airport development projects, and build-to-
suit leases, in addition to acquiring and divesting
aviation businesses.
James Gregory Consultancy previously provided
professional services to the Salina Airport Authority
and Salina Area Chamber of Commerce. These
efforts included:
- Public relations support for the Virgin
Atlantic GlobalFlyer project.
- Public affairs consultations on successful
repeal of the state sales tax on aircraft modification
and maintenance activities at the Salina Municipal
Airport.
- Guiding legislative strategy to facilitate
Salina Vortex's expansion at the Salina Airport
Industrial Center.
Among Gregory's past and present aviation-related
clientele:
- Aeroplex Aerolease Group, Long Beach
- Airport Business Solutions, Tampa
- Aviation Data Service, Wichita
- Lew Aerospace, Las Vegas
- National Institute for Aviation Research,
Wichita State University
- Quantem FBO Services, Manchester, New
Hampshire
- Tandava Aviation, Wichita
- TriAd Marketing Resources, Wichita
- URS Corp, Atlanta
- L-3 Vertex Aerospace, Mississippi
In addition to Steve Fossett and the Virgin Atlantic
GlobalFlyer, the Salina Municipal Airport is home base
for numerous aviation businesses and operations.
These include America Jet, Aerospace Systems &
Technologies, Inc., EagleMed air ambulance, Kansas
Wing Headquarters - Civil Air Patrol, Flower Aviation,
Kansas Army National Guard Aviation Support Facility,
Kansas State University Salina College of Technology
and Aviation, Kansas Highway Patrol Aviation,
Professional Flight Training, LC, Raytheon Aircraft
Company - Salina Division, Salina Aircraft Services,
Wells Aircraft, Inc., and the corporate flight
departments for ADM Milling Company, Blue Beacon
International, Geoprobe Systems, Pepsi Cola - Salina,
Plains Environmental, Premier Pneumatics, Inc., and
Bradley Trucking Co.
The SLN Aviation Service Center has available hangar
space and room for growth to accommodate a wide
array of aviation related industries. The SLN Air
Traffic Control Tower logs more than 86,000 annual
aircraft operations. Two FBOs annually deliver over
4 million gallons of aviation fuel to the aircraft using
the Salina Municipal Airport. For more information
regarding expansion opportunities at "The SLN
Aviation Service Center," contact us at
785.827.3914 or visit the available properties link at
www.salinaairpor
t.com
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Salina Airport Authority
Tim Rogers, A.A.E.
Executive Director
phone:
785.827.3914
Media Contact
James Gregory Consultancy
James Gregory
telephone:
316.832.9733
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