Nation’s Newest FBO on Display at Shell
Chicago-area service provider B. Coleman aviation opened its doors just days before the show.
B. Coleman Aviation, named in honor of Chicago-area pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, opened at Indiana’s Gary/Chicago International Airport just days ago.
B. Coleman Aviation, named in honor of Chicago-area pioneer aviatrix Bessie Coleman, opened at Indiana’s Gary/Chicago International Airport just days ago.

Among the 18 service providers exhibiting under the Shell Aviation banner (Booth 2040) at NBAA 2014 is the newest FBO in the country, having opened literally just days before the start of the convention. Named after pioneering Chicago-area resident and aviatrix Bessie Coleman, B. Coleman Aviation now occupies a newly-built $9 million facility at Indiana’s Gary/Chicago International Airport, making it the second service provider at the airport, which is located less than half an hour from the Windy City’s downtown.