FBO network Signature Flight Support, with more than 200 locations in 27 countries worldwide, announced this week it has completed its acquisition of Meridian’s two facilities at Teterboro Airport (KTEB) nearby New York City in New Jersey and Hayward Airport (KHWD) in California. Originally established at Teterboro by World War II Army pilot J. Kenneth Forester Sr., Meridian started out as Mallard Air Service selling and maintaining North American Seabee amphibians and Navion high-performance piston singles. Known as “Ken Sr.” to distinguish him from his son with the same name, Forester served as an engineering test pilot flying bombers, transports and fighters during his military career, including the Bell P-59, the nation’s first jet aircraft.
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