FBOs
FBO Profile: Trego-Dugan Aviation, Grand Island, Neb.
Being in the right place at the right time has its benefits.
“Rocket Bob,” a popular wooden sculpture of a cowboy riding a Learjet, has been a familiar sight to visitors at Central Nebraska Regional Airport for the past 30 years.
“Rocket Bob,” a popular wooden sculpture of a cowboy riding a Learjet, has been a familiar sight to visitors at Central Nebraska Regional Airport for the past 30 years.

In the span of a dozen years, Nebraska-based Trego-Dugan Aviation has gone from a company of 12 employees, most of whom were related, to nearly 500, a move company president Vincent Dugan credits largely to its purchase of the FBO at Central Nebraska Regional Airport (GRI). While the aviation service provider had operated a facility at North Platte Regional Airport, 100 miles away, for nearly 50 years, things really took off for the company after it acquired its second location in 2003.