When Gore Design Completions (GDC) began welcoming visitors to its NBAA ’02 exhibit (Booth No. 1101), its presence was applauded by aviation icon Dee Howard (whose many accomplishments include designing the first thrust reversers for the Learjet). Howard complimented his one-time employees Jerry and Kathy Gore on the quality of GDC’s conversion details and the speed with which they can accomplish it, as demonstrated by their delivery of the Central Asian Head of State Boeing 767-200 extended range aircraft only six months after conversion started.
Jerry Gore noted his company designed the aircraft to accommodate a “Presidential” suite of rooms and office, an executive-style guest seating area, staff seating, plus an electronic communications room and crew lounge. He added that the completion (performed at the GDC facility in San Antonio, which includes a 100,000-sq-ft hangar) also included installing state-of-the-art systems such as Internet access.
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