Wing Aviation opens new Texas bizjet support base

Over the last few decades cities have been witnessing corporate migrations from traditional business and residential cores to the suburbs.

By Daryl Murphy

May 8, 2008

Over the last few decades cities have been witnessing corporate migrations from traditional business and residential cores to the suburbs. In the case of Houston, the fourth-largest city in the U.S., the move has been predominantly toward the north, where the Gulf of Mexico’s wetlands give way to a more idyllic setting of pine forests, rolling hills and woodland lakes.

These open spaces are what drew John Wing to live in Conroe, a city of 37,000 located about 30 miles north of Houston. Wing, whose primary business is building and financing power plants throughout the world, is also involved in real estate and investments. He is one of the original founding backers of the Samuel Adams brewery. At first, Wing based his Learjet and then a Gulfstream II at George Bush Intercontinental Airport (IAH) in North Houston.

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