Ferns to Head Aviation Museum of New Hampshire

No fooling, on April 1st, long time state aviation official from New Hampshire, Jack Ferns, will begin a new season in his life as Executive Director of the Aviation Museum of New Hampshire. His last day at the New Hampshire Department of Transportation will be March 17th.

Ferns term as Director of Aeronautics, Rail and Transit for the New Hampshire DOT, officially ended last August but was given the opportunity to stay until his position was filled with a qualified applicant with the appropriate knowledge, skills and a focus on transit.
Ferns, a former Chair of the National Association of State Aviation Officials, (NASAO), has been very active

promoting aviation not only in his state but on a regional and national level as well.
Ferns has been leading the effort to create a New England General Aviation System Plan. He has also been very active in the state’s historic society as well as the New England Aviation Club. Ferns said he is looking forward to the museum challenge.

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Kim Stevens

Kim Stevens is the publisher of State Aviation Journal, which he founded in 2009. A longtime commercial-rated pilot, he was introduced to state aviation in 1992 as Director of the Nebraska Department of Aeronautics, later serving as Deputy Division Director for the Arizona Department of Transportation's Aeronautics Division. From 2013 to 2018, he was Director of Communications and Operations for the National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) in Washington, D.C. Relocating to North Carolina, Kim worked for the Raleigh-Durham International Airport for two years and now concentrates solely on the Journal. Prior to his aviation career, Kim spent a decade in the newspaper and magazine business.