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

For Immediate Release

TEXAS AVIATION SERVICES ACHIEVES BRAZIL REPAIR STATION CERTIFICATION

Fort Worth—February 12, 2008 Texas Aviation Services, an industry leader in helicopter and aircraft completions, MRO and maintenance services for over 37 years, has achieved repair station certification number CHE No. 0712-01/ANAC with Brazil’s ANAC (Agência Nacional de Aviação Civil).  TAS is now one of only a very few independently owned helicopter customizing and completion centers in the U.S. with certification for Brazilian rotorcraft customers.  This federal license from Brazilian aviation authorities is a significant enabling function for TAS to service and certify completions, retrofits, and customizations for the growing number of large turbine-powered helicopters in cities such as Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro, for flying customers such as major corporations, wealthy individuals, and offshore oil companies.  Market estimates for jet-driven helicopters in just those two major cities of Brazil range as high as 1,000+ and increasing steadily due to increased usage and broader mission applications.

Tim Woodard, President of TAS, said “Brazil is one of the fastest growing helicopter markets in the world.  We have an extraordinary influx of new customer channels in Sao Paulo and elsewhere in that immense country.  Sao Paulo is arguably the single most helicopter-intensive metropolis on the globe.  We are proud and privileged to be licensed by ANAC for these important rotorcraft projects in Brazil.  This authorization allows us to deliver helicopters to our Brazilian clients without the excessive time delays suffered by non-ANAC repair stations.”

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 37 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, Agusta, 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).  Other Ranger subsidiaries include Integrated Flight Systems (http://www.integratedflightsys.com) and Platinum Aviation Group (http://www.platinumaviation.com).