{"id":17303,"date":"2021-01-04T12:50:12","date_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:50:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17303"},"modified":"2021-01-04T12:50:14","modified_gmt":"2021-01-04T12:50:14","slug":"blake-raney-appointed-to-oklahoma-aeronautics-commission","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/oklahoma\/blake-raney-appointed-to-oklahoma-aeronautics-commission\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Blake Raney Appointed to Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Blake Raney of Edmond has been appointed by Governor Kevin\nStitt to serve on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission through 2026 representing\nthe Fifth Congressional District. Raney is active in both the aviation and\nbusiness community throughout Oklahoma. He is the owner of Red Falcon Aviation,\nwhere he provides aviation brokerage services, management, and consulting. He\nalso holds ownership in several service companies and real estate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cBlake Raney is an experienced pilot and businessman who has\nworked in the aviation industry for over a decade,\u201d said Gov. Stitt. \u201cI look\nforward to seeing his expertise and knowledge on display at the Commission to\nhelp ensure Oklahoma remains a leader- both nationally and globally- in the\naviation and aerospace industry.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Commissioners serve as a voting body representing their\nrespective districts, airports, and users of the Oklahoma Airport System and\nplay an integral role in the accountability of the agency. They approve the\nAirport Construction Program at the agency\u2019s bi-monthly meetings, and review\nairport projects within the 108 airports in the Oklahoma Airport System.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cI am thrilled to serve on the Aeronautics Commission to\nserve my state in a business sector that I truly love. Coming in as the new\ncommissioner, I am excited to work alongside the six other commissioners and\nthe Commission staff, who I know are dedicated to ensuring that Oklahoma\u2019s\naviation and aerospace industry is viable and thriving. Oklahoma has a rich\naviation history, and I am looking forward to helping our state continue that\nlegacy during the next six years,\u201d Raney said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An Oklahoma native, Raney says he has always had a passion\nfor aviation and business. A licensed pilot, Raney has been involved in the\naviation industry for 10 years.  He\nreceived his private pilot license in 2011, and later, his instrument rating.\nHe has over 1,200 hours of flight time with hundreds of hours of tailwheel\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Raney served on the board for the Oklahoma Engineers Flying\nClub and is a member of the Oklahoma Pilots Association, AOPA, & EAA. He\noften attends Oklahoma airshows and annually flies to Oshkosh, Wisconsin, for\nthe largest airshow in the world. He makes his home in Edmond with his wife\nAnna, and enjoys recreational flying in their Cirrus and open cockpit biplane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe are extremely pleased to see the appointment of\nCommissioner Raney,\u201d State Director of Aeronautics Grayson Ardies said. \u201cAs\npilots, Blake and I share a passion for planes, and his aviation business\nexperience will be very helpful in achieving the Commission\u2019s mission and\ngoals.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Since FY2002, the Commission has invested $212.8 million in\nfederal funds and $75 million of the $89.3 million it has received in state\nfunds into airport infrastructure. Approximately 83% of the Commission\u2019s total\nrevenues are invested back into airport infrastructure across the state. The\nCommission is a non-appropriated agency funded directly by users of the\nOklahoma Airport System through aircraft excise and fuel taxes, and aircraft\nregistration fees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Empowered and directed to encourage, foster, and assist in\nthe development of aviation and aerospace in this state and to encourage the\nestablishment of airports and air navigation facilities, the Oklahoma\nAeronautics Commission (OAC) was formally created in 1963 by an act of the\nOklahoma Legislature, succeeding the Oklahoma Aviation Commission. The agency\nhas been maintaining 120 miles of runways in Oklahoma for nearly 60 years, and\nrepresents the second largest industry in the state, aviation and aerospace,\nwith a near $44B annual economic impact.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Blake Raney of Edmond has been appointed by Governor Kevin Stitt to serve on the Oklahoma Aeronautics Commission through 2026 representing the Fifth Congressional District. Raney is active in both the aviation and business community throughout Oklahoma. He is the owner of Red Falcon Aviation, where he provides aviation brokerage services, management, and consulting. He […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[56],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17303","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-oklahoma"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17303"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17305,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17303\/revisions\/17305"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17303"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17303"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17303"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}