Albert C. Potter has served for thirty years as Chair of the Aurora Airport Authority. His progressive leadership moved the Aurora  Municipal Airport from a 1600-foot grass runway to a facility with a 4,300' x 75' lighted runway and the most modem equipment. The Aurora, Nebraska airport was named 1994 Nebraska Airport of the Year by the Nebraska Department of  Aeronautics. Potter’s first airplane was a 58hp Taylor Cub. He bought it in parts and assembled it himself. He ran his own flying school, then served as a flight instructor in the U.S. Navy during World War II. He also flew for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and the Department of the Interior in Alaska. 

 

 

 

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