Wednesday, January 30th
In the morning the students visited AVIRSUR. This company provides services and sells Hawker-Beech airplanes.
The facility is the best in Chile, and the management was happy to receive delegations from the air capital of the world. Chilean economy is owned and run by five richest families. One of the members of the family participated in the meeting and answered our questions.
A few students work at Beechcraft, and they invited Mr. Matetic to visit their company in Wichita.
We went to the famous fish market for lunch. Tons of fresh catch of different sizes and types, and fish smell. Many small and big fish restaurants around as well as souvenir booths.
The afternoon meeting was with DGAC -Direction General de Aeronautica. It is a state agency for civil aeronautics operating since 1930. The DGAC is a key pillar of the Chile's National Aeronautics System with control center, innovative technology and new management concepts. It was the first presentation delivered in Spanish and translated for us.
