MATA members Nancy Grazzini-Olson of Thunderbird Aviation and Academy College (left) and MATA President Al Lange (right) greeted members of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (center, left to right): Jim Deal, John McClung and Carl Crimmins. Both Deal and McClung are general aviation pilots. Deal was once a crop duster in Wheaton, Minnesota, and McClung owned a Cessna 182 Skylane up until a few years ago.
BLOOMINGTON, MINN. – Members of the Minnesota Aviation Trades Association, including the organization’s board of directors, met with several members of the Metropolitan Airports Commission (MAC) at Signature Flight Support at Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport (MSP) in Bloomington, Minn. MAC serves the Minneapolis-St. Paul metropolitan area, including MSP, and has one of the best – if not the best – reliever airport systems in the world. General aviation reliever airports include St. Paul Downtown, Flying Cloud, Anoka County-Blaine, Crystal, Lake Elmo, and Airlake.
The purpose of the meeting was for MATA members and commissioners to get better acquainted, and build understanding.
