Aviation Industry Expo: another tremendous success!

The 2005 Aviation Industry Expo has come and gone, along with the GSExpo, A[S.sup.3], NATA Convention and PAMA Symposium. The show proved to be an exceptional three days with nearly 450 exhibitors (on more than 109,000 net square feet of exhibit space--a six percent increase over last year) and the attendance kept pace with 2004's.

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"We're very pleased with the outcome of this year's event," says Jill Hilgenberg, show director. "You could feel the energy and enthusiasm in the air as you walked through the show. Exhibitors were displayin