NASAO Annual Meeting Kicks Off - State Aviation Journal

The 2009 National Association of State Aviation Officials (NASAO) Annual Meeting and Trade Show kicked off on Saturday, September 12th in Tucson, Arizona with committee meetings. Sunday’s daily festivities consisted of a city tour, luncheon and the first ever NASAO golf tournament. Sunday evening was capped off with a welcome reception with exhibitors.

FAA Great Lakes Regional Administrator Barry Cooper at the far end of the table gives remarks at a meeting of State Aviation Directors and FAA held in conjunction with the 2009 Annual Meeting of the National Association of State Aviation Officials held this year in Tucson, Arizona.

From left Jim Bennett, President, C.E.O., Metropolitan Washington Airports Authority; Barclay Dick, Director, Arizona Aeronautics Group, Arizona Department of Transportation; and Mike Covalt, Arizona Airports Association.

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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.