{"id":34152,"date":"2026-02-09T20:51:07","date_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:51:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/?p=34152"},"modified":"2026-02-09T20:51:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-09T20:51:08","slug":"ross-griffin-joins-aviation-team-at-indot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/indiana\/ross-griffin-joins-aviation-team-at-indot\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Ross Griffin Joins Aviation Team at INDOT"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The Indiana Department of Transportation has selected Ross Griffin as Chief Airport Inspector.<\/p>\n\n\n

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Ross currently is a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the Indiana Army National Guard flying UH-60L\/M Blackhawk as a MEDEVAC pilot. He was previously a lead mechanic on the A\/MH-6 Little Bird. \u201cHe comes to us with a commercial pilot license, SEL, MEL & Helicopter as well as a Part 107 remote pilot certificate. He is a graduate of Indiana State University with a degree in Aviation Management,\u201d noted Marcus A. Dial, State Aviation<\/a> Director.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

His official office duties will entail ensuring a uniform level of safety at all our aviation facilities across the state through our certification program. This will include the inspection of roughly 118 facilities a year to ensure they meet state safety standards. This position also includes performing master record inspections via a contract through FAA, Tadera & NASAO. When not performing inspections, Ross will oversee the production of our Indiana Aeronautical Chart and various duties around the office.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Indiana Department of Transportation has selected Ross Griffin as Chief Airport Inspector. Ross currently is a Chief Warrant Officer 2 in the Indiana Army National Guard flying UH-60L\/M Blackhawk as a MEDEVAC pilot. He was previously a lead mechanic on the A\/MH-6 Little Bird. \u201cHe comes to us with a commercial pilot license, SEL, […]<\/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":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-34152","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indiana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34152","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=34152"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34152\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":34154,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/34152\/revisions\/34154"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=34152"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=34152"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=34152"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}