Duncan Aviation’s Jason Burhoop Named Project Manager

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Jason Burhoop

Duncan Aviation is pleased to announce that Jason Burhoop was recently named a Project Manager for the company’s Lincoln, Nebraska, location.

In 1999, Burhoop started his career at Duncan Aviation as an Engine Technician. During his 17 years in the engine shop, he served as Engine Lead Tech, Master Tech, Engine Tech Rep, and most recently, Engine Team Leader.

“Jason has excellent communication and organization skills and a solid technical background,” says Russ Haugen, Duncan Aviation’s Assistant Manager of Customer Service. “With his rooted experience at Duncan Aviation, Jason will be a great asset for customers who bring multi-shop projects to our Lincoln facility.”

Duncan Aviation has a total of 40 Project Managers working at its main service facilities in Lincoln; Battle Creek, Michigan; and Provo, Utah. They provide customers with personalized service and aircraft project expertise, ensuring that projects meet critical milestones and stay on budget. Each has a minimum of 15 years of technical experience and an average of 25+ years of aviation experience.

Burhoop holds a Powerplant License earned from Bakers School of Aeronautics in Nashville, Tenn. He also earned an associate’s degree in diesel technology from Southeast Community College in Milford, Nebraska and spent nine years in the Nebraska Army National Guard as a Power Generation Equipment Repairer.

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.