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Focus On Business: Robert Riggs on the Aviation and Aerospace Industry in Kentucky

What is Kentucky’s leading export industry? If I told you that it’s manufacturers of products for the aviation and aerospace industry, would you be surprised?  In 2014, Kentucky Aerospace exports quietly surpassed far better known industries such as automotive and bourbon.  Robert Riggs is founder and current board member of the Kentucky Aviation Association.  He spoke with Tom Martin.

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Tom Martin talks to Aviation Association board member Robert Riggs about a resolution recently pass by Kentucky's state legislature declaring the aviation and aerospace industry the Commonwealth's top exporter.

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