{"id":17618,"date":"2021-02-03T19:52:21","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:52:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17618"},"modified":"2021-02-03T19:52:23","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T19:52:23","slug":"william-a-beeks-to-be-inducted-into-north-dakotas-aviation-hall-of-fame","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/north-dakota\/william-a-beeks-to-be-inducted-into-north-dakotas-aviation-hall-of-fame\/%20","title":{"rendered":"William A. Beeks to Be Inducted Into North Dakota\u2019s Aviation Hall of Fame"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame committee has\nannounced that William A. (Bill) Beeks has been selected for induction into the\nstate\u2019s Aviation Hall of Fame.  Bill will\njoin the prestigious aviation hall of fame group that currently includes 45\nother individuals who have all had a significant impact to the growth,\ndevelopment, and promotion of aviation in North Dakota.  For more information on the North Dakota\nAviation Hall of Fame, visit https:\/\/www.fly-nd.com\/HoF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Bill Beeks<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n

Bill Beeks was born January 21st, 1941 in Bismarck, North\nDakota.  In 1957, he completed his first\nflight on his 16th birthday and moved on to earn his private pilot’s license at\nthe age of 17. Bill grew up in Washburn, North Dakota and after his High School\ngraduation in 1959, he continued his education at the University of North\nDakota and received a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Arts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill returned to Washburn in 1967 to assist his father,\nClifford H. Beeks with their family business, Central Flying Service.  The business was incorporated in 1969 and\nBill worked hard to eventually purchase and become the primary owner. He\nmarried Mary Ann Guenthner on July 26th, 1969 and together they raised their\ndaughter, Lara. During this time, Bill began his many years of working in North\nDakota as a flight instructor, aircraft mechanic, aircraft inspector, and\naerial applicator.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Whenever friends and family would visit Washburn, Bill took\ntime to give them an aerial tour of the area and share his love for North\nDakota, the Missouri River, and its rich history of the Lewis and Clark\nExpedition. In the 1980’s Bill flew for the US Army Corps of Engineers and the\nCivil Air Patrol where he helped to gather counts of campers and boats on Lake\nSakakawea and the Missouri River.  He\nalso provided critical surveillance for area storm damage, range fires, and ice\njams.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill served as the manager of the Washburn Airport for many\nyears and was well-known around the area for his love of aviation and the\nservices that he provided.  His desire to\nimprove the Washburn airport prompted him to lead the effort to successfully\nadvocate for the construction of a new concrete runway which occurred in 2002. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill was active in many different community and church\norganizations but was especially involved in the state\u2019s aviation-related\norganizations where throughout the years he served in multiple leadership\nroles.  His early and active\nparticipation with the North Dakota Agricultural Aviation Association and the\nAirport Association of North Dakota led to many positive evolutions within both\norganizations as they matured.  Bill also\nvolunteered his time to act as a lobbyist for the aviation community where he\nwould represent the best interests of the industry during multiple state\nlegislative sessions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bill had a passion for his local community that was hard to\nmatch, and his sense of citizenship led to help place a small North Dakota\nfarming community on the map. Bill will always be remembered for his love of\naviation and his work to tirelessly show others that the front door of any\ncommunity can truly begin – at the airport.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The North Dakota Aviation Hall of Fame committee has announced that William A. (Bill) Beeks has been selected for induction into the state\u2019s Aviation Hall of Fame.  Bill will join the prestigious aviation hall of fame group that currently includes 45 other individuals who have all had a significant impact to the growth, development, and […]<\/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":[54],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17618","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-north-dakota"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17618","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=17618"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17618\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17620,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17618\/revisions\/17620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17618"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17618"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17618"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}