May 21, 2025
Dear Elected Officials as well as Business and Community Leaders,
You are cordially invited to join the Ohio Aviation Association (OAA), the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association (AOPA), and the Ohio Regional Business Aviation Association (ORBAA) for a briefing on aviation issues of importance to airports, businesses, and pilots. The details of the event are below.
When: Friday, June 13, 2025 (9:30a.m.-1p.m.)
Where: National Advanced Air Mobility Center of Excellence
1323 W Blee Rd
Springfield, OH 45502
Springfield-Beckley Airport (SGH)
The agenda for joint OAA/AOPA/ORBAA regional airport issue briefing will be:
1) Key priorities for the associations in the 136th General Assembly
2) West Central Ohio airport presentations (each airport has 7-10 mins and 4 slides each)
3) General topics of discussion related to aviation (Q & A)
Please RSVP for this event by using this registration link. Please e-mail tony@ohioaviation.org with any problems.
Thank you for your time and consideration in attending this event. The airports located in DDC’s footprint in the Western part of Ohio have been invited to attend this regional event.
OAA Contact
AOPA Contact
ORBAA Contact
Tony Fiore
Executive Director
Ohio Aviation Association
65 E. State Street, Suite 1800
Columbus, OH 43215
Office: (614) 462-5428
Mobile: (614) 906-8669
tony@ohioaviation.org
www.ohioaviation.org
Kyle Lewis
Regional Manager, Airports and State Advocacy, Great Lakes Region
Aircraft Owners & Pilots Association
o: (301) 695-2229 | c: (740) 418-8950
601 Pennsylvania Avenue NW, North Building, Suite 250
Washington, DC 20004
kyle.lewis@aopa.org | www.aopa.org
Mike Christie
Vice President, ORBAA
Head of Sales, Americas
Global Jet Capital
O (614) 542-7284
Email: mchristie@globaljetcapital.com
www.globaljetcapital.com
www.orbaa.org
Thank you to our event sponsors!