{"id":27976,"date":"2024-02-28T22:57:11","date_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:57:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=27976"},"modified":"2024-02-28T22:57:32","modified_gmt":"2024-02-28T22:57:32","slug":"spencer-vaughn-joins-iowa-dot-aviation-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/iowa\/spencer-vaughn-joins-iowa-dot-aviation-team\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Spencer Vaughn Joins Iowa DOT Aviation Team"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/spencer-vaugn.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-27977\" width=\"226\" height=\"285\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spencer-vaugn.jpg 254w, https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/spencer-vaugn-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 226px) 100vw, 226px\" \/><figcaption><em>Spencer Vaughn<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Spencer Vaughn has joined the Iowa DOT\u2019s Modal\nTransportation Bureau as an Aviation Program Specialist. Vaughn will provide\naviation program support for the Aviation Team, working closely with airports,\npilots, and other aviation stakeholders in Iowa. Primary responsibilities\ninclude working with the aircraft registration program, airport project\nreviews, airport engagement, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and aviation\nsystem analysis. Vaughn holds licenses for both aircraft and UAS. Prior to\njoining the Iowa DOT, Spencer was a Central Service manager at a seed research\nequipment manufacturer, and a photojournalist and chief pilot at KCCI TV in Des\nMoines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Aviation Director, Tim McClung noted Spencer is a welcomed\naddition to the Aviation Team. \u201cHe will play a key role in providing technical\nservices to aviation stakeholders, and in assuring that public investment in\naviation is meeting objectives and properly serving the aviation system\u201d. Modal\nTransportation Director Tammy Nicholson said the addition of Spencer brings the\nAviation Team to full staffing to best support a strong aviation system in\nIowa.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Spencer Vaughn has joined the Iowa DOT\u2019s Modal Transportation Bureau as an Aviation Program Specialist. Vaughn will provide aviation program support for the Aviation Team, working closely with airports, pilots, and other aviation stakeholders in Iowa. Primary responsibilities include working with the aircraft registration program, airport project reviews, airport engagement, Uncrewed Aircraft Systems (UAS), and [&hellip;]<\/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":[39],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-27976","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-iowa"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976","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=27976"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":27979,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/27976\/revisions\/27979"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=27976"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=27976"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=27976"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}