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Company
Skytech, Inc.
by Lance Phillips
Chronicles
Back in January of 2001, the Baltimore Sun did a story about how qualified mainte- nance technicians in the avia-
tion industry were becoming harder and harder to come by. The story referenced business leaders in the area who were actively doing things to help remedy the situation. One of those leaders was Frank Stephenson, the founder of Skytech Inc., based at the time at Martin State Airport in Maryland. Obviously, the world changed dramatically just eight short months later. Still, the needs of the sector supporting business and personal aircraft operations in the United States don’t really change too much over time. We still are short on experienced technicians and pilots. What hasn’t changed is Skytech’s dedication to its customers and ad- herence to the concept of meeting and overcoming challenges in order to be successful.
Skytech is an authorized dealer and service center for Piper and Pilatus aircraft.
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Frank Stephenson was a pilot and Air Force veteran who managed op- erations at the Glen L. Martin plant in Middle River, Maryland, prior to founding Skytech. He was quoted in the Baltimore Sun article saying,
“The problem is national in scope and reaches into every corner of the aviation industry. We attend meetings around the country, and everybody’s talking about the same thing: not enough mechanics. The volume of