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Mark Massey is a small-town Texas boy who will be the first to tell you how blessed and fortunate he is, and he doesn’t take a bit of it for granted. As a new graduate of the University of Texas in petroleum engineering and geology in 1985, he took his first trip on an airplane with a bag full of research that convinced Los Angeles bankers to give him a very large loan to buy two oil refineries in Louisiana. He paid the bank back within 18 months and his good fortune allowed him to semi-retire. “I’m very blessed that those bankers took a chance on me,” Massey said. A little over 10 years later, he was given the opportunity to give back and help save lives, and he’s been flying high ever since.
Mark and Wendy Massey enjoy taking their family on trips in the King Air. “It’s the perfect aircraft for us,” he said.
The Massey’s 1980 Beechcraft King Air 200 flies about 125 hours a year for business and personal trips.
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