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MEDIA CONTACT: Mike Bashlor, President, mbashlor@texasaviationservices.com or 817.625.0192

For Immediate Release

TEXAS AVIATION SERVICES KEEPS THE COMPLETIONS COMING FOR HELICOL

Industry-leading customizing and systems integration company delivers second of three Bell helicopters to air transport operation based in Bogota, Colombia

Fort Worth—October 17, 2007, Texas Aviation Services, an industry leader in helicopter and aircraft completions, MRO and maintenance services for over 36 years, has delivered the second in a series of three Bell 412EP helicopters to Helicol (the first was delivered in August and the third is scheduled for a December delivery).  Helicol uses the helicopters to transport British Petroleum personnel to remote and otherwise inaccessible locations throughout Colombia.

Major technical features on this second Bell completion included Wirestrike Protection, Flight Director, Cargo Hook Complete, Bambi Bucket Provisions, HUMS (Health and Usage Monitoring Systems), Radar Altimeter, and Bendix King Radar RDR 2000.  TAS also provided custom paint inside and out, a custom corporate leather interior and Aft Audio.

“Helicol and Texas Aviation Services both specialize in technical excellence and customer service,” said Tim Woodard, President of Texas Aviation Services.  “We’re proud to work with them and look forward to building on this relationship.”

About Texas Aviation Services

Texas Aviation Services, with 140,000 square feet of facilities at Meacham Field in Fort Worth, TX, is an independent helicopter technical services company with 36 years of successful history.  TAS specializes in both civilian and military helicopter completions, retrofits, MRO, avionics systems integration, interiors, paint, component overhaul and engineering.  Originally founded in 1971, TAS performs complex customizing projects on civilian Bell, Eurocopter, and other helicopter types, and extensive retrofits on military Blackhawks.  The Meacham Airport operations are one of the largest of their type in the mid-South, with the capacity for scores of helicopter projects per year.  Additional information is available on the Web at http://www.texasaviationservices.com.  TAS is a wholly owned subsidiary of Ranger Aerospace & Aeronautics, Inc. (http://www.rangeraerospace.com).

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