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Media Advisory: Secretary LaHood To Attend General Aviation Rally

GAMA NEWS 11-12 For Immediate Release: Mar 14, 2011

WASHINGTON, DC, March 14, 2011 – The General Aviation Manufacturers Association (GAMA), in partnership with Cessna Aircraft Company, is hosting a general aviation (GA) rally featuring U.S. Department of Transportation Secretary Ray LaHood, Governor Sam Brownback, Senator Jerry Moran, and Congressman Mike Pompeo.

The rally will be held at Cessna with a crowd of 2,000 employees from Cessna, Bombardier Learjet, Hawker Beechcraft and other GAMA member company employees.  Many local community and business leaders will also be in attendance.

The GA industry contributes more than $7 billion to the Kansas economy each year, due much in part to Wichita as a leading GA manufacturing center in the U.S.

Date:     Monday, March 21, 2011

Rally:   10:00 a.m.  CDT

Location:   Cessna Aircraft Company
                     Corporate Headquarters Building
                     One Cessna Boulevard (K-42)
                     Wichita, KS 67215

RSVP:     Please register via phone to 877-898-2612

Media Contacts:
GAMA:  Katie Pribyl, 202-393-1500, kpribyl@gama.aero
Cessna:  Doug Oliver, 316-517-1927, doliver@cessna.textron.com
Hawker Beechcraft:  Nicole Alexander, 316-676-3212, nicole_alexander@hawkerbeechcraft.com
Bombardier Learjet: Annette Kopec-Brawley, 514-855-4387,
Annette.Kopec.Brawley@aero.bombardier.com
Event:  Lynn Stone, 877-898-2612, AviationForum@GrassrootsSupport.net

Communications Director:
Andre Castro: acastro@gama.aero
General Aviation Manufacturers Association
www.GAMA.aero
Headquarters: (+1) 202-393-1500
European Office: (+32) 2 550-3900

GAMA exists to foster and advance the general welfare, safety, interests, and activities of the global business and general aviation industry. This includes promoting a better understanding of general aviation manufacturing, maintenance, repair, and overhaul and the important role these industry segments play in economic growth and opportunity, and in serving the critical transportation needs of communities, companies, and individuals worldwide.