The GMAA provides a forum for the sharing of opinions and concerns of the industry, government, civic leaders and others with an interest in the past, current and future activities of aviation.
From the President:

Greetings Everyone,

First and foremost, I would like to take this opportunity to introduce myself, my name is Brian Loomer and I am the incoming President to the newly elected board for the GMAA.  I have over 30 years of experience in the aviation industry, with the last 25 years closely involved with the most unique and dynamic aviation society in the colorful world of “South Florida”.

I would also like to extend my sincere gratitude to Mark Henderson, for his outstanding leadership as President for the past calendar year.  If it wasn’t for Marks’ guidance and vibrant enthusiasm in leading this organization towards the best direction, I may have very well passed on the opportunity to accept the challenge of leading this distinguished organization for the upcoming calendar year.  Nevertheless, after spending a year on the board with Mark and an outstanding group of people, who are so committed to the South Florida Aviation Community, it made my decision to run even easier.

As we move forward this upcoming year, we must challenge ourselves and also ask, what else can we do to help one another succeed, prosper, reward and show the industry that we are true leaders to this terrific South Florida Aviation community.  Our monthly luncheons, and the newly appointed dinners are a great resource to invite other colleagues of the industry to gather and share our knowledge and extensive experience in the aviation industry locally and worldwide.   These gatherings could also benefit the increase of the GMAA membership forum, which in turn help our future charities, scholarships, etc.  I would like to reach out to all of you, my constituents, to assist GMAA reach its target goal and hopefully advance towards an all-time membership forum record for 2011-2012.  It is up to all of us, the members, to work hard to continue to grow GMAA’s profitable success.

I would also like to share with everyone the future commitments from the South Florida aviation community, and the milestones it is striving to achieve, with the outstanding support of the Beacon Council and Miami Dade County.  In latter part of 2012 they will host the first Miami International Airshow at the Homestead Air Force Base site.  This event should and will live up to the reputations of the notable Paris and Farnborough Air Shows.  Both entities continues to work hard on this upcoming event, to execute the approved $7.5M of infrastructure improvements to modernize, improve and beautify the location for the inaugural MIAS in late 2012.  I believe this is a true testimony from our government leaders towards the commitment to the South Florida aviation community.

On behalf of myself and the entire AAR family, we look forward to working with the GMAA family towards a rewarding, productive and prosperous upcoming year!



Brian LoomerBrian Loomer
AAR Aircraft Services
Vice President/General Manager
P: 786-265-4226
Brian.loomer @ aarcorp.com