Mueller, Haas Airport Authority Board Write-In Candidates

Nic Haas and Jesse Mueller have are seeking voter support as write-in candidates for the Sidney Airport Authority Board.

The board has two positions open, and two candidates.

The ballot will show Jim Price as a candidate for the board. However, he has left Cheyenne County. He was appointed earlier this year to fill a vacant seat.

Mueller is a pilot for a major airline, and involved in aviation in his spare time. He owns a personal airplane which is hangared at the Sidney airport. He graduated from the University of Nebraska at Omaha with a Bachelor of Science in Aviation in 2006 and has 18 years of aviation experience.

"I've always been passionate about aviation, and I want to help facilitate the future and growth of the Sidney Municipal Airport," Mueller said.

He grew up northeast of Potter, graduating from Potter-Dix High School. He returned to Sidney in 2014 to work as Cabela's corporate pilot. He has been a licensed pilot since 2003.

His vision for the airport includes attracting new aviation businesses, increasing marketing and advertising to make Sidney Municipal Airport more desirable, build new small hangars for aircraft storage and preventive maintenance of re-sealing and concrete repairs to taxiways and tarmac.

Haas is working on private pilot's license, expecting to have it completed in less than a month, and he has a private plane hangared at Sidney Municipal Airport.

"I enjoy aviation and think that the airport is vital infrastructure for our community," Haas said.

He has lived in Sidney for 11 years, and has served on the Here Wee Grow Daycare board for five years.

He says the Airport Authority Board will have a new hangar project coming up in the next couple of years.