Management where she ran

the $100K Entrepreneurship

Competition. Her resume

also includes the International

Space University’s summer

internship program in Beijing,

China; collaboration with

Stuart Witt to develop an

“access to space” action plan

for commercial operations of

the next generation of space

transportation vehicles from

Mojave; an internship with

the XPRIZE Foundation; and

12 years of strategy and busi-

ness development experi-

ence.

Karina will be taking over

duties as airport CEO/

General Manager on January

16, 2016.

In 2013 Mojave Air & Space

Port CEO and General Man-

ager Stuart Witt announced

his plans to retire. On May 1

of this year the MASP Board

of Directors announced the

beginning of their search for

Mr. Witt’s replacement. And

during the September 15,

2015 board meeting Dr. Allen

Peterson, President of the

Board, announced that after

a systemic search the board

had determined that Karina

Drees would be the best can-

didate to take over spaceport

operations.

Karina began working at Mo-

jave Air & Space Port in 2012

as the Business Development

Manager and a year later be-

came the Deputy General

Manager. She earned a Bach-

elor of Science Degree from

Arizona State University, fol-

lowed by a Master of Busi-

ness Administration degree

from the MIT Sloan School of

Mojave Air & Space Port has

redesigned and relaunched its

flagship domain,

www.mojaveairport.com.

The website has been de-

signed to be more user

friendly, faster, and more

informative than before.

New information has been

added to the website in-

cluding pages for tenant

information, the Stuart O.

Witt Event Center, and

visitors. It also includes

easy access to AWOS.

New CEO Announced

U P C O M I N G

E V E N T S :

Senator Fuller’s

Office Hours

10/1

Board Meeting 10/6

Blood Drive 10/15

Plane Crazy

Saturday

10/17

Board Meeting 10/20

Congressman

McCarthy Of-

fice Hours

10/22

Halloween 10/31

MASP Website Revamped

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T H I S

M O N T H I N

A I R P O R T

H I S T O R Y

As we approach the

one year anniver-

sary of last year’s

tragic SpaceShip

Two accident, we

continue to keep

the Alsbury family

in our thoughts,

and hope for suc-

cess in the future.

“To most people the sky is the limit. For those who love aviation, the sky is home.” -Anonymous

Airport tenants Justin Gillen and Elliot Seguin participated in the Reno National Championship

Air Races in September. This was Justin Gillen’s first time racing. He flew long time airport

tenant Rick Poe’s Cassutt. He was there to finish a racing propeller test program, the bulk of

which was completed here in Mojave. Gillen had an excellent week, including placing 2nd in the

Formula One Silver event.

Elliot Seguin of Wasabi Air Racing had an amazing week as well. At 242 MPH, he flew faster than

ever, thanks to some motor work from Lycon Aircraft Engines. He also finished higher than

ever placing in 3rd place all week.

Congratulations to Justin and Elliot, and thanks for representing Mojave so well!

1434 Flightline

Building 58

Mojave, CA 93501

Phone: 661-824-2433

Email: info@mojaveairport.com

Website: www.mojaveairport.com

Mojave in Reno

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The next blood drive will be

Thursday, October 15, 2015

from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. All

who donate at Mojave Air &

Space Port will be entered to

win $100! To schedule an

appointment or walk-in con-

tact Tenina at 661-824-2433

or

tenina@mojaveairport.com.

Photo Credit: Dave Patriarche

Aviation Photo of

the Month SpaceShipOne & White Knight One in Flight To see your avia3on photos featured in the MASP Newsle5er,

e-mail info@mojaveairport.com

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