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Country Music Star Dierks Bentley Reinforces Bizav Advocacy

Country music artist Dierks Bentley was the keynote speaker on the opening day of NBAA VBACE.

By Jerry Siebenmark • Senior Editor

December 2, 2020

In a wide-ranging discussion as the keynote speaker for the opening day of NBAA-VBACE, country singer, songwriter, and pilot Dierks Bentley told NBAA president and CEO Ed Bolen why he continues to be an advocate for business aviation. Most recently, Bentley has logged time in a Cessna Citation CJ4, as well as a Cirrus piston single that was destroyed in the March tornado that struck Nashville and John C. Tune Airport, where he kept the airplane.

“For the majority of people, whether they’re flying a jet or a prop plane or whatever, they’re going to work,” Bentley said. “That’s how they get stuff done. And that’s an efficient way to do it. For me personally, my business, and the people I employ, I wouldn’t be able to do it without aviation. I’ve got three kids, a lot going on here back home. I can’t afford to spend 24 hours riding a bus to get somewhere to play a show. I just can’t do that anymore.”

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