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PART 2

FROM VITAL LINK TO MILITARY ASSET TO BUSINESS DRAW
S T O R Y

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nce the domain of barnstormers and airmail
service, today' s small town airports keep
families connected and help businesses reach
their customers. They serve as military supply bases,
suburban relievers in busy cities, and as the main form
of transportation in rural communities.
Fairbanks International Airport
For far-off villages in Alaska, airports do even more -
they still provide a critical lifeline to the outside world.
" D own in the lower 48, you might say, let' s go
flying, but here flying is a means to an end - getting
groceries, going hunting and fishing - it' s not the end,"
ex plained Steve H eideman, owner of Aircom Avionics,
who has been in aviation since 1 96 6 . " It' s all looked at
differently up here. It' s a vital, vital link for ex istence
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in Alaska - airports and aviation. V ery few towns are on
the road system."
Located at Fairbanks International Airport, Aircom
Avionics is an FAA-certified repair station that services
a variety of general aviation aircraft, from single-engine
pistons to multiengine turboprops.
" This state was started by bush pilots," H eideman
said. " They were the lifeblood. They kept everything
going between the villages. They would fly when they
shouldn' t be flying when things needed to be done. They
helped people get medical care. They brought food.
They brought news from the outside. They still do."
According to the Fairbanks International Airport
website, " Early aviators in the Alaskan Territory freq uently
made do without prepared landing strips, putting their
airplane down wherever air transportation was req uired.



Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Avionics News August 2015

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