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Mark Hicks probably isn’t Within four years, the owner of Hicks
the first business owner to credit road construction with pushing him into aircraft
ownership but he might be one of the fastest at ramping up his involvement in business aviation.
Lightning Protection in Dallas went from frustrating, day-long drives from north Texas to Houston, Austin or San Antonio to chartering and then owning his own aircraft for relaxing, quick flights to all three satellite offices in the same day.
Mark Hicks uses his 1981 King Air B200 about 250 hours a year, mostly flying within the state of Texas and bordering states to visit satellite offices and job sites for his Hicks Lightning Protection company and for hunting, fishing, golfing and family vacation trips.
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