FBO Dedication, Bartow, Florida

General Aviation Terminal Building, Bartow Municipal Airport - KBOW

April 26, 2007 - Today Bartow Municipal Airport's new 20,000 s.f. General Aviation Terminal Building was officially dedicated. The building which cost $ 7,000,000 houses the Bartow Flying Service (FBO), the FLIGHT LINE Grill, and Bartow Air Base Museum Room. Construction on the new terminal began May 16, 2006

The economic impact of the BMA complex exceeds more than $ 315 million dollars. There are some 1,300 people employed on the complex and more than 50 tenents.

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General Aviation Terminal Building

View of building from tarmac (below)

General Aviation Terminal Building - front (below)

Links to the dedication day photos:
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Building Interior

High ceilings, model aircraft, and murals depict KBOW's history as a P-51 training base.

Bartow Air Base Museum Room (below)

Links to the dedication day photos:
Building Exterior	Building Interior	Dedication	FLIGHTLINE Grill
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DEDICATION CEREMONY

Airport manager Cindy Barrow (below)

Airport manager, Cindy Barrow, receives plaque from Juan Brown, FAA Southern Region, recognition as 2006 Airport Manager of the Year.

Bartow Flight Line Grill owners, Chris & Susie Scott (above), look on as Bartow
Mayor Rosie Thornburg (below) dedicate the new General Aviation Terminal Building.

VINTAGE AIRCRAFT

Kermit Weeks, Fantasy of Flight Museum, arrives in his P-51C Mustang (below). This aircraft was actually based here at Bartow's P-51 Fighter Pilot Training Center.