Business View Magazine | November 2019

154 BUSINESS VIEW MAGAZINE NOVEMBER 2019 Over the following years, Reading Municipal Airport evolved with the construction of a new and modern airport terminal and restaurant in 1961. As airline service flourished, the Airport facility began to change to meet the needs of the newer aircraft. Runways were lengthened, navigational aids were updated, and a new control tower was built to serve the growing air traffic demands. The growth of the Airport continued and Reading Air Services became a prominent aircraft service facility. In the 1950s, Reading Air Services sponsored the National Maintenance & Operations Meeting, better known as the Reading Airshow. The annual airshow was one of the largest in the United States through the ‘60s and ‘70s, peaking at 100,000 in attendance in 1976. The show expanded to a week-long trade and airshow, then declined and ended in 1980, as infrastructure was overwhelmed and prices escalated. It was revived again in 1985 as a smaller airshow, the Reading Aerofest, finally ending in 1998. During those years, the Airport was served by