Aviation Enterprises opened its house to visitors April 6

1. Melvin Humphreys, president of Aviation Enterprises, and Ray Van Gilder, a corporate pilot for a company in Lamar, stand before a Cessna Citation. 2. One of two 470 cubic inch fuel-injected engines on a Beechcraft 62 Baron shows off its

clean components.

3. Visitors mill inside Aviation Enterprise's 30,000-square-foot hangar at Springfield-Branson

Regional Airport.

4. Some of the nearly 160 open-house attendees

listen for their names to see if they've

won the drawing.

5. Contemplating distant horizons: two visitors converse

outside the hangar. 6. Ericka Breit pulls the winning names from a spinner prop. From left to right are Bill Hammitt, vice president of Aviation Enterprises; Kyle Eiserer, flight instructor; Melvin Humprhreys, president; and Kyle Cary, son of David Cary, parts manager.