NEWS GOFUNDME LAUNCHED TO RAISE FUNDS FOR
GIACINTA BRADLEY KOONTZ MEMORIAL A GoFundMe page has been launched by a group of friends (Friends of Gia) of the late Giacinta Bradley Koontz (Gia) to raise funds for a memorial to be placed in her honor at the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation in Los Angeles, CA. In March of 2020 the aviation community lost one of its most stellar advocates and goodwill ambassadors — the renowned aviation historian, journalist, author and biographer, Giacinta Bradley Koontz , more familiarly known as ‘Gia.’ To pay tribute to Gia’s lifelong dedication and enduring legacy toward the preservation of aviation history, the ‘Friends of Gia’ have initiated an appeal for funding and placement of a 28’’ x 16” bronze memorial plaque within the interior of the Portal of the Folded Wings Shrine to Aviation and Museum, the final resting place of aviation pioneers who contributed so much to its development. Thanks to Gia’s efforts, the Portal of the Folded Wings was added to the U.S. National Registry of Historic Places in 1998 (see links below). The group leading the fundraising effort has been in contact with the Pierce Brothers Valhalla Memorial Park where the Portal is located. The cost for the plaque is $9050 (adjusted for our GoFundMe transaction fees). Director Of Maintenance magazine (D.O.M.), where Gia was a regular contributing writer on aviation maintenance professionals of the past, contributed $875, which covered the down payment on the plaque. Gia’s passion for aviation began in 1994 when she became interested in the life of Harriet Quimby, America’s first licensed female pilot. As an anthropologist, Gia’s background included field work in historic archeology, as well as museum curation. Her penchant for digging out primary source documents fueled her love for aviation research. In 1995, when Gia first entered the Portal of the Folded Wings located at Valhalla Cemetery in Northern Hollywood, CA, she vowed to find out everything she could about this unique, ornately domed structure which is the final resting places of over 14 pioneering aviators, including John and Matilde Moisant, Wright Brothers mechanic Charles Taylor and air historian, John Franklin Carruthers.
In her book Pioneer Mechanics in Aviation, she wrote: “Each time I visit the pioneers, I bring a flower to rest on John Moisant’s grave, whispering thanks for bringing me to a place of beauty and American history to share with the rest of the world. I wear a Victorian brooch with Charles Taylor’s photograph on my lapel. When I am asked who he is I smile and tell them the story of how I went
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looking for Johnny’s grave and found the man who built the Wright Brother’s first engine.” The GoFundMe page can be viewed at: https://www.
gofundme.com/f/friends-of-giacinta-bradley-koontz.
DAS/FLITE ANNOUNCE COMBINED CAPABILITIES Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) and FLITE Components (FLITE) announce that the two companies will now work in conjunction with one another as sister companies supporting a wide range of composite and aerostructure repairs. Both DAS and FLITE provide a wide spectrum of capabilities and are centrally located in the Dallas, TX, area for the convenience of the customer. The joint efforts and capabilities shared between DAS and FLITE will provide a stronger foundation of services available to all commercial, regional and corporate aircraft customers, as well as allow both companies to build on their industry reputations within their specialized aviation markets. “Having this great advantage of utilizing combined floor
space, and the sharing of talents, will bring our companies into a very strong position to enhance turn-times,” says Mike Ward, VP of Sales, DAS. “This will also be very beneficial to our customer base and allow us to streamline AOG events. Together DAS and Flite will be your one-stop shop for all your composite and aerostructure repairs.” DAS and FLITE Components are affiliates of West Star
Aviation. Their combined capabilities include radomes, thrust reversers, flight-control surfaces, cowling doors, sheet-metal repair and more for commercial, regional and corporate aircraft owners. Both FAA- and EASA-approved Part 145 Repair Station locations are centrally located in Dallas, TX, for customer convenience. For more information, visit DAS at
www.dasvcs.com or call 972.723.3164. Visit FLITE at
www.flite.aero or call 214.678.9976.
JETHQ EXPANDS TO SUPPORT
LATIN AMERICAN GROWTH JetHQ continues its global aircraft expansion, adding an experienced aviation professional to meet the needs of clients in Mexico and Latin America. The aircraft transaction and brokerage company announces that Gabriela Perez de Leon has joined the team as Sales director, based in and overseeing Mexico. Perez de Leon will work with vice president of Sales, Chris Morales, who currently covers Latin America. Perez de Leon has worked in aviation for 20 years, the last 15 as the principal of Mondo Aereo, an executive aviation services company located in Toluca, Mexico.
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