SD: Peitz Announces Plans to Build Big Hangar at Pierre Airport to House Avera Air Ambulance Planes
Jan. 3, 2018
Jim Peitz convinced the Pierre City Commission on Tuesday to approve a new airport lease for a big new hangar he and his wife, Cathy, plan to build this year at the airport.
It will house a new base for air ambulance service for Avera St. Mary’s Hospital, he said.
“We’ve got something that to me, is motherhood and apple pie,” said Peitz, who started Mustang Aviation nearly 30 years ago at the Pierre Regional Airport. “To build a hangar for Avera St. Mary’s.”