In a little more than a month, the Georgia State Patrol’s aviation division will finally be able to call a hangar at Gainesville’s Lee Gilmer Memorial Airport a comfortable home. For the last few weeks, construction crews have been renovating office space in a hangar that will serve as base for the state patrol’s emergency helicopter unit. “It’s super,” said Sgt. Kevin Thompson, the unit’s commander and one of two pilots who will operate out of the hangar.
State Patrols Gainesville hangar nearly complete
Work slated to be finished by end of November