Arrangement
The collection is arranged chronologically from 1979-1990
Administrative/Biographical History
Journalism professor Robert LaConto and biology professor Jack Bennett, both retired from NIU in 1990, recognized that the flight school at Taylor Municipal Airport was in need of a proper training aircraft. The plane they acquired in 1984 was subsequently managed by aviation companies created by the two men and leased to the commercial Fixed Base Operator (FBO), known as Kishwaukee Aviation, at Taylor airport. After two years of the agreement, Kishwaukee Aviation went into bankruptcy. The new FBO, Northern Illinois Aviation, was not interested in renting the plane from B-J Aviation and therefor the Cessna was sold to a man operating out the Beloit, Wisconsin regional airport. Additional information is available in folder 2, in a document titled “The B-J Aviation Story.”
