Anyang City and Sebring City Collaborating on Sports Aviation Development

On April 25 to 28, Invited by the Aero Sports Association(ASA) Mayor Wang Xinwei led the Anyang City General Aviation delegation in the successful visit to the United States, which opened the “China Aviation Capital” international development tour.

The delegation first visited the ASA headquarters in Silicon Valley, then visited the San Carlos aviation museum, as well as the Palo Alto airport and Stanford University. The next stop was Mesa, Arizona to visit the McDonnell Helicopter headquarters, and later visited the United States most famous aviation town, Spruce Creek, as well as the aviation city of Sebring.

Anyang is called the “capital of aviation” city in China, where China’s first and biggest pilot school and sports aviation training base is located. Anyang has also been hosting the annual international sports aviation expo and air show for the past 9 years. Just like Anyang city, the City of Sebring in Florida has also been organizing an annual international sports aviation expo for the past 14 years. During this trip, ASA and the Sebring Regional Airport Authority worked together to successfully bring both aviation cities together to create a bridge for international sports aviation culture and tourism industry exchange. Both cities have agreed to develop a friendly cooperation between the two cities, and through friendly consultations, have reached agreement on the establishment of Friendly Cooperation City relationship.

The president of Light Aircraft Manufacturers Association(LAMA) Mr. Dan Johnson, warmly welcomed the Anyang delegation to visit the famous fly-in community of Spruce Creek.