In 1942 Contra Costa County, California purchased land to build an airport in Central County for $88,000. The airport was being developed by the County when World War II broke-out and the United States Army Air Forces Fourth Air Force expropriated the site. The Army added additional land and built the airport facilities. They also built a training base for pilots and the base was known as Concord Army Airfeld.

After World War II was over, in 1946 the War Assets Administration (WAA) returned the airport to the County for public use. in August, 1946. The airport was renamed after County Supervisor William J. Buchanan, who served was a board member for more than forty years. The airport continued to be used on occasion by the U.S. Army to transport troops, especially during the Korean War.

Although the airport did not have commercial passenger service, in 1977 Buchanan Field Airport reached its peak level of activity with 357,000 operations. Buchanan Field was ranked the 16th busiest airport in the nation, ahead of San Francisco International Airport, John F. Kennedy International Airport, and LaGuardia Airport. Passenger service began in 1986, but ended in 1992. During this time noise became a concern and in 1988 the county Board of Supervisors instituted a county noise restriction ordinance restricting certain aircraft from operating at Buchanan Field.

Over the last several years Pacific Aviation Development, LLC has developed over 900,000 square ft. of hangar facilities at general aviation airports in California and Arizona. Pacific Aviation Development, LLC works directly with and through Argubright Construction and Argubright Steel Structures. The company has built hangars in California at Whiteman Airport, William J. Fox Field, Fullerton Airport, Chino Airport, Lompoc Airport, Oxnard Airport and Santa Barbara Airport among others. The company has also completed construction projects at the Hartford-Brainard Airport in Connecticut and at airports in Longmont Colorodo, Westminister Maryland and Mesquite Texas.

The company is currently involved in construction projects at Lake Havasu Airport in Arizona; Ernest A. Love Field in Prescott, Arizona; Brackett Field Airport in La Verne, California; Chandler Municipal Airport in Chandler, Arizona; Van Nuys Airport in Van Nuys, California.

Steve Argubright is the owner and operator of Argubright Construction, Inc. and Argubright Steel Structures, Inc.

Argubright Construction, Inc. is licensed as a general contractor and has been in the business of designing and building aviation hangars and projects for over 20 years.

Argubright Steel Structures, Inc. has its own in-house design and manufacturing staff. This allows the company to design and build hangars to fit the site instead of using standard-size, pre-engineered, metal buildings. In addition to designing and building its own buildings the company manufactures its own hangar doors and controls insuring a precise fit between the building and door.

Argubright Construction, Inc. also has its own erection crews, site grading and excavation equiptment, thereby providing it with control of the most significant elements of any hangar construction project. These resources provide the company with the capability for grading, trenching and conduits for electrical, telecomunications, water and sewer lines. The only elements for which subsontractors have been used on recent projects are for concrete and paving.

John F. Feldsted is the Managing Partner of Feldsted & Scoloney, a law firm specializing in business law in Santa Monica California.

He has over twenty-five years of experience as a tax and corporate attorney and has been involved in all phases of real estate development, financing and syndication transactions throughout the course of his professional practice.

Mr. Feldstead holds a B.S. in Engineering Physics from Cornell University and a Masters of Science in Nuclear Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He earned his law degree from Loyola Law School in Los Angeles in 1981 and an LL.M. in Taxation from New York University in 1983.

Prior to establishing his own firm in 1998, Mr. Feldsted practiced with Rogers & Wells in New York and Los Angeles, and with Musick, Peeler & Garrett in Los Angeles. He is admitted to practice in California and New York and before the U.S. Tax Court. He is also registered to practice before the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. He is peer rated AV by Martindale & Hubble.

Tom Sullivan holds a B.A. from Creighton University in Omaha, Nebraska. Following his graduation in 1992 he worked as a financial consultant for a division of Lincoln Financial Group in Glendale California where he provided investment advice, estate and succession planning consultation for high net worth individuals.

Tom joined American Airports Corporation in 2003 as an assistant manager. While at American Airports he optained as AAAE certification in Basic and Advanced Airport Operations which includes training in Part 139 operations, fueling, ARFF training, airport operations and airport staffing. During this period Tom acted as the manager of the Midway Island Airport in the mid-Pacific and of Whiteman Airport in Pacoima.