Kentucky Transportation Cabinet
Office of Public AffairsFor Immediate Release
June 19, 2008Media contact: Chuck Wolfe
Chuck.Wolfe@ky.gov
Miranda Thacker
Miranda.Thacker@ky.gov
502-564-3419Secretary Prather makes key appointment in Transportation Cabinet
Winn Turney to serve as commissioner for the Department of AviationFRANKFORT, Ky. — Transportation Secretary Joe Prather today announced the appointment of R. Winn Turney, of Lexington, to serve as commissioner of the Department of Aviation.
Turney, a 1965 graduate of Transylvania University, holds a law degree from the University of Kentucky. He has been practicing law in Lexington for many years. Turney has long been involved in aviation activities in central Kentucky and is a pilot. He is a former member of the Lexington-Fayette Urban County Airport Board, serving both as secretary and chairman of the General Aviation Committee during the construction of the new airport terminal.
Turney is a charter founding member and trustee of the Aviation Museum of Kentucky and a member of the Kentucky Aviation Hall of Fame Committee.
He is the former vice chairman of the Scott-Fayette County Airport Board (Georgetown, Ky., Marshall Field), a member of the Kentucky Aviation Association, a charter member of the national Aviation Hall of Fame and its Board of Nominations (located in Dayton, Ohio) and former member of the Senior Squadron 221 of the Civil Air Patrol, located at Blue Grass Field.
Secretary Prather said Turney brings a wealth of experience and knowledge within the aviation field. “I am confident that he will provide great leadership and vision to the cabinet,” Prather said.
The Department of Aviation oversees site selection, development and construction of airport facilities throughout the commonwealth. The state has more than 61 hard surface, general aviation airports, three large air-carrier airports, 115 private airports and more than 60 heliports.
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