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BILL MACON:

P A T R I C I A

Chief executive officer of Ideal Aviation

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THERE IS
TR EMENDOUS
GROWTH POT ENTIAL
I N SERVING T HE
AV I O NI CS NEEDS OF
THE GA MARK ET,

AND THAT'S
WHY WE JOINED
THE AEA.
BILL MACON of Ideal Aviation

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2015

he chief executive officer of Ideal Aviation comes
from an aviation family, but it was just recently
that he turned his family heritage into a thriving
business.
Bill Macon grew up in St. Louis in a family who was
active in fixed-wing aviation in the 1930s and 1940s.
"And before that, they were active balloonists," he said.
His mother became a pilot shortly after her 17th birthday
and, in fact, took her own airplane - an Aeronca Defender
- to college with her. "On weekends, my mother and her
best friend would fly from Stephens College in Columbia,
Missouri, to Texas in pursuit of boys," he laughed. "I grew
up hearing about aviation and wishing I was a pilot."
Instead, he pursued a successful career in manufacturing
and sold his company in 2008. Macon began a search for
a company to acquire for "my next holy war" as he called
it, aviation or not. He came upon an established fixed base
operator at St. Louis Downtown Airport that intrigued
him. "I thought: here was an opportunity to run a company
while I pursue my lifelong dream of becoming a pilot."
He looked at more than 200 companies before making this
decision.
The FBO was owned by a couple who was retiring. "The
FBO was known for cheap fuel, and that's about it," Macon
said. "I had experience in turning around companies,



Avionics News May 2015

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Point of Communication
AEA Now
International News and Regulatory Updates
ADS-B Around the Globe
Member Profile
Missionary Communication
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Help Wanted
Member Profile
Aviation Aces
Business Basics
A Conversation With...
Value-added Refurbs
What's Working?
What's New
Before & After New
Marketplace Classifieds
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