New York state aviation alliance

New York Governor George E. Pataki has created the New York State Aviation Alliance whose founding members consist of a coalition of six separate and distinct New York aerospace and aviation destinations that will coordinate their marketing plans with the "I Love New York Campaign" to attract aviation enthusiasts and tourists from across the country and around the world.

"In addition to attracting thousands of tourists, this effort will help to educate and inform visitors about our State's important role in aviation and aerospace industry," stated Pataki. "By establishing the New York State Aviation Alliance, we can provide a unified marketing approach that will help spread the word about this outstanding facility (he was speaking at the American Airpower Museum), as well as the many other institutions in our State that celebrate and preserve our aerospace and aviation heritage."

Founding destinations include the Grumman Memorial Park at the former Calverton Test Center in Suffolk; the American Airpower Museum at Republic with its squadron of operational WWII aircraft; The Cradle of Aviation Museum in Nassau County; the Intrepid Sea/Air/Space Museum in Manhattan; The Rhinebeck World War I Aerodrome in the Hudson Valley; and the National Warplane Museum in Chemung County.