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Back In Business, TxDOT Aviation Conference meets in person again
Though the attendance may have been down a bit from previous years, the spirit and camaraderie felt by the gathered attendees at the 2021 Texas Aviation Conference more than made up for that shortcoming.
The 2020 conference was held virtually during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. With enhanced protections including capped attendance numbers and additional space for attendees, this year’s conference resumed in-person at the Embassy Suites Hotel Conference Center in San Marcos.
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TxDOT Airport Award Winners
2020 WINNERS 2021 WINNERS
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Ed Mayle Receives 35 Years of Service Award
When Airport Project Manager Ed Mayle left the Air Force in 1973, he knew one thing was certain: he didn’t want to return home to Cleveland in the frigid north. Since his last station was at Bergstrom Air Force Base (now Austin-Bergstrom International Airport), he decided to make Austin his new post-military home. “Austin was…
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Sugar Land Airport Terminal Named After Former Aviation Director
By Landan KuhlmannThe Fort Bend Star The new terminal at Sugar Land Regional Airport will bear the name of former director of aviation, Phillip W. Savko, according to the city. The new Phillip W. Savko Terminal is named after Savko, who served as the city’s aviation director for 21 years until he died in 2019,…
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Fulton Joins Texas Transportation Hall of Honor
Among 350 Texas aviation leaders, former colleagues, friends and family, David S. Fulton, a nationally recognized leader in the aviation industry and the first director of the Texas Department of Transportation (TxDOT) Aviation Division, was inducted into the Texas Transportation Hall of Honor at the Texas Aviation Conference awards banquet in San Marcos, Texas, on…
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Back in Business: TxDOT Aviation Conference Meets In Person Again
By Chris SasserTexas A&M Transportation Institute Though the attendance may have been down a bit from previous years, the spirit and camaraderie felt by the gathered attendees at the 2021 Texas Aviation Conference more than made up for that shortcoming. The 2020 conference was held virtually during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic. With enhanced…
