[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 160 (2014), Part 12]
[House]
[Page 17251]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




                          NORTH STATE AVIATION

  (Ms. FOXX asked and was given permission to address the House for 1 
minute.)
  Ms. FOXX. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to recognize North State 
Aviation, an aircraft maintenance company based in Winston-Salem, North 
Carolina.
  In November I had the pleasure of attending the company's fourth 
anniversary event to celebrate the completion of work on their 300th 
United Airlines aircraft and 400th aircraft overall.
  In just 4 short years, North State Aviation has experienced 
exponential job growth, going from zero to 365 full-time employees. 
More than 100 of those employees are military veterans.
  However, the economic impact of North State Aviation goes beyond the 
company itself. While the company's ambitious growth plan has enabled 
hundreds of workers to find jobs in Winston-Salem, the local community 
and the region's aviation industry have benefited as well.
  As a result of North State's success, Smith Reynolds Airport has been 
able to afford the ongoing construction of Runway 4-22, and the 
airport's master plan includes an additional hangar, in part to give 
North State more expansion space.
  North State Aviation is a company that recognized an opportunity and 
seized it through hard work and innovation. Its resulting success is 
well deserved.

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