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Hot section MRO profile: Crownair Aviation

Crownair Aviation at Montgomery Field (MYF) in San Diego is improving and expanding its maintenance and FBO facilities in preparation for the economic turn

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

December 29, 2009

Crownair Aviation at Montgomery Field (MYF) in San Diego is improving and expanding its maintenance and FBO facilities in preparation for the economic turnaround. The company is in the process of obtaining city approval for the facility expansion. Crownair general manager Ray Richmond told AIN, “While we don’t expect to see a return on it in the short term, we’re confident we will over time.”

Richmond earned a B.S. in accounting from Brigham Young University and
a master’s degree in information systems consulting in 1990. He went to work at Ernst & Young as an accountant and spent the next 17 years in various non-aviation business-related positions.

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