Warbird Adventures Takes Off with New Construction
Local attraction breaks ground on new hangar

Kissimmee, FL – April 11, 2006 – Warbird Adventures, a hands-on flight training school and sightseeing attraction at Kissimmee Gateway Airport (ISM), recently broke ground on a new 12,500 square-foot hangar. The new hangar will be used for office space, aircraft storage, and as a maintenance facility. This is the first project in the ISM Business Airpark.

The new hangar will also be built to withstand 140 mile per hour winds, surpassing the City of Kissimmee’s wind code requirement of 110 miles per hour.

"We are thrilled to be getting our first hangar," Graham Meise, president of Warbird Adventures said. "We have been operating out of temporary shelters for almost 8 years. It will be nice to have a new facility."

The new hangar is scheduled to be complete later this year.

About Warbird Adventures
Warbird Adventures is a vintage aircraft flight training school located at Kissimmee Gateway Airport. The attraction offers flights in North American AT-6 and SNJ advanced trainers and in Bell 47 helicopters. Individuals can either receive flight instruction or go on a sightseeing flight over the Orlando area. For more information visit www.WarbirdAdventures.com.

About Kissimmee Gateway Airport
Located just eight miles from Walt Disney World, and 10 miles from the Orlando-Orange County Convention Center, Kissimmee Gateway Airport accommodates general aviation air service 24 hours a day with two paved runways, 5,000 and 6,000 feet each. The airport also offers flight training, warbird adventure flights, an aviation restoration museum, a golf course, and an industrial park. The air traffic control tower operates from 7 a.m. to 9 p.m., daily. Built in 1942, Kissimmee Gateway Airport is owned and operated by the City of Kissimmee. For more information, visit kissimmeeairport.com.

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