4/09/20, 6:46 PM
Follow-Up: AIR OPS
Following up on our earlier story, we reported that Jefferson County Commissioner/Chair, Kelly Simmelink, stated, “…we are in the process of verifying that they (Hillsboro Aero) are still operating during this pandemic.”
Commissioner Simmelink added later, that he had a conversation with a representative from the Governor’s Office that indicated an interest to investigate thoroughly this matter to determine the validity of the information.
This afternoon Ranch Matters returned to Hillsboro Aero in Redmond and observed considerable flight training operations.
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While photographing the various activities in and around the flight line area we were confronted by an unidentified
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“Chief Flight Instructor” for Hillsboro Aero.
He was concerned about our presence and indicated some of the Chinese student pilots and staff wanted to know who we were.
An unidentified Hillsboro mechanic asked us “What’s your story, what are you writing about.” However, before we could respond, the Chief Flight Instructor, waved him off and told us he was calling Airport Operations.
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