Aviation advocate and U.S. House Representative Don Young, R-Alaska, passed away on Friday at the age of 88. Young was the longest-serving member of Congress, having been sworn in in 1973 and reelected to his 25th term in 2020. A member of the House General Aviation Caucus, he also served as chairman of the House Committee on Transportation and Infrastructure from 2001 to 2007 and as a member of its aviation subcommittee.
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