The Navy gave Alan Klapmeier and Kestrel Aircraft a Christmas gift late last week when it opened a runway at the soon-to-be-former NAS Brunswick in Maine to allow the prototype Kestrel single-engine turboprop to land. It was the first arrival at the base in almost a year. Kestrel is leasing 93,000 square feet of a cavernous hangar built for the Navy and will shortly begin work on a new prototype. Kestrel intends to spend about $100 million getting the revamped Kestrel into production and about 300 people will be employed when the facility is in full operation.
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