German Aircraft Manufacturer, Extra Aircraft, Chooses Montrose, Colorado For Its U.S. Base
It was so exciting to be a part of a large crowd on Friday, July 23, 2010, on a Montrose Regional Airport runway, to hear the announcement confirming that Extra Aircraft is the German aircraft manufacturing company that has chosen Montrose, Colorado to be its U.S. headquarters and assembly plant for its luxury business class single-engine turboprop, the EXTRA 500, and aerobatic airplane. Two of these planes were on display for the public to ooh and ahh over. This really is a big deal for Montrose, and quite a coup for the partnership of MEDC (Montrose Economic Development Corp.), the City of Montrose, the County of Montrose, and State of Colorado to bring this company to Montrose, which was in competition with about 7 other locations. It means the potential of 200+ jobs within the next 2-3 years, in addition to greater national and international attention for Montrose.
In this home made Flip Mino video of mine, I feature just a few of the speakers that presented at the ceremony. They include Sandy head, president of MEDC, Paul Matthews, Senior Sales Manager for Extra Aircraft, Errol Bader, V.P. of Corporate Development for Extra Aircraft, Ken Keith, Owner and CEO of Extra Aircraft, and Bruce Panter, of MEDC. There were many other speeches from proud representatives of the City, County, and the State and recognition of notable local players, which I did not include in the interest of time. I was so proud to be a MEDC Investor and Montrose area resident as I listened to all the complimentary things the folks from Extra Aircraft had to say about Montrose and the reasons they chose to locate their domestic facilities here, which are captured in part in this video.
Extra Aircraft will be at the upcoming aviation expo, AirVenture (http://www.airventure.org) in Oshkosh, WI (this coming week, where they will display the newly named “Spirit of Montrose” EXTRA 500 Aircraft and proudly promote Montrose, Colorado as their new U.S. location.
For more information on Extra Aircraft, visit their website at www.extraaircraft.com,
and their Youtube channel at
http://www.youtube.com/user/ExtraAirc…
and their Facebook Page at
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Hunxe-G…
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