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

For Immediate Release

TEXAS AVIATION SERVICES APPOINTS TOM LARK AS VICE PRESIDENT-OPERATIONS

Fort Worth—February 11, 2008 Texas Aviation Services, an industry leader in helicopter and aircraft completions, MRO and maintenance services for over 37 years, has appointed Mr. Tom Lark as Vice President-Operations.  Each of the operational divisions and departments of TAS will report to Lark, while the marketing, finance, and administrative functions continue to report to Tim Woodard, the company’s President.  Lark will report directly to Mr. Woodard.
 
Tom Lark has a strong background in helicopters, management, and business.  He is a West Point graduate with a double major in Engineering and Spanish.  He holds an MBA graduate degree from Duke University.  Lark has significant experiences as both a helicopter pilot and rotorcraft MRO leader.  In addition to flying a number of various helicopter types, up to and including Chinooks, Lark was one of the managers for 450 rotorcraft technicians in a major overhaul setting, accomplishing several hundred thousand man-hours per year of heavy depot level tasks on large numbers of helicopters.

Tim Woodard, President of TAS, said: “Our whole organization welcomes Tom Lark.  His strong leadership background and extensive helicopter MRO experiences will serve our customers well.”

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).