and By JOHN THOMPSON

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The largest supplier of aircraft

parts and pilot supplies in the world, Aircraft Spruce and Specialty Company,

is coming to Peachtree City.

The company, currently located

in Griffin, broke ground Saturday at a piece of property adjacent to Falcon

Field. The new building will house a 2,500-square-foot showroom and a

56,000-square-foot distribution and sales facility. It is expected to

open by Oct. 16 of this year.

"It is quite a coup for

Falcon Field," said Fayette County Development Authority Chairman

Chris Clark.

Pilots will be able to drive

or fly in to use the facility which will offer everything from hand-held

global positioning systems (GPS) systems to headsets, intercoms, tools,

hardwares and more. The facility's design will be based on the company's

headquarters in Corona, Calif.

Clark said the company wanted

to use a local company to build the headquarters and chose Peachtree City's

Group VI for the job.

Aircraft Spruce and Specialty

Company bills itself as a one-stop shop for pilots.

"Like our Corona, Calif.,

facility, this new building will allow for efficient processing of larger

volumes of orders and a larger store featuring more aircraft parts, avionics

and pilot supplies," said company president, Jim Irwin, on the company's

web site (www.aircraftspruce.com). The site advertises online ordering

of 30,000 parts as well as catalog items.

Clark said the company has

already had an impact on business at Falcon Field.

Southeast Piper recently announced

it was opening a dealership near the airport and Gardener Aviation is

building a 16,000 sq. ft. avionics facility in the airport's office park.

"We hope this announcement

will help bring other businesses to fill up the rest of the park,"

Clark said.

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