Aviation Media Treated to Sky Train Construction Tour in Phoenix

Members of the aviation media, many in town for the 2011 Sky Harbor International Aviation Symposium were treated to a tour of Stage One construction of the Sky Train, underway at the Phoenix, AZ airport. Stage One, will run between the METRO light rail station on 44th Street, East Economy parking and Terminal 4 and is scheduled to open sometime in the first quarter of 2013. Look for more information on Sky Train in an upcoming issue of the Arizona and State Aviation Journals. (Photos by Kim Stevens – Members of the media on the bridge over the taxiway, which is high enough for a 747 to pass underneath. Sky Harbor Project Manager, Jay Dewitt describes part of the construction.)

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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.