At its recent annual meeting, members of the Texas Aviation Association (TXAA), a non-profit organization of pilots and aviation enthusiasts that promotes general aviation and airports in Texas, elected its board of directors for 2009.
Elected to the board, which will provide strategic guidance to the association this year, were Jay Carpenter of Austin, Baron Carter of Lago Vista, Laura Jolley of St. Louis, MO, Ken Koock of Austin, Jay McKinney of Austin, James Rank of Austin, Eugene Robinson of McKinney, Paul Smith of Georgetown and Conrad Werkenthin of Austin.
Carpenter was also elected Chairman of the Association’s Management Committee for 2009.
Advisers to the board of directors are Shelly deZevallos, Regional Representative for the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association; Bill Gunn, Director of Safety for the Aviation Division of the Texas Department of Transportation; and Stephen Hadley, Regional Representative for the National Business Aviation Association.
Keynote speaker at the annual meeting was Ron Henriksen, who is developing Bird’s Nest Airport in Manor, Texas, in eastern Travis County, to accommodate more small aircraft and business aircraft. Mr. Henriksen and Andrew Perry, Vice President of Development, showed photographs of the construction work and updated TXAA members and their guests on progress toward building a new runway at Bird’s Nest Airport.
