PREMIER AIR CENTER | WEST STAR AVIATION
GRAND JUNCTION AND NEWLY AQUIRED DALLAS FACILITY
APPOINTED EMBRAER FACTORY SERVICE CENTER

October 17, 2006

East Alton, Illinois — Premier Air Center | West Star Aviation is pleased to announce that its Grand Junction and Dallas locations have been named Embraer Factory Authorized Service Centers for the new Embraer Phenom 100 and Phenom 300 aircraft Robert E. Rasberry, president of Premier/West Star made the announcement.

Premier/West Star’s Grand Junction, Colorado and Dallas, Texas locations will be authorized to perform warranty repairs on both the Phenom 100 and 300 models. The Phenom 100 is expected to enter service in mid-2008 with the 300 scheduled for service in mid-2009.

“We are excited about the addition of these services available to our customers at our Grand Junction and Dallas locations,” said Rasberry. “We expect many of our existing customers to be operating these models when released in mid-2008 (Phenom 100) and 2009 (Phenom 300).”

Premier Air Center, West Star Aviation and West Star Avionics, under one ownership, represent the very best in aircraft maintenance capability and services. Premier Air Center is located at St. Louis Regional Airport (ALN) in East Alton, IL and is a Factory Authorized Cessna Citation Service Center for all 500 and 650 series aircraft including the Sovereign, Mustang and CJIII aircraft and is FAA-Certified on all Dassault Falcon aircraft. Premier Air Center specializes in interior, paint, avionics and engine maintenance as well.

West Star Aviation, located in Grand Junction, CO (GJT), is a full service FBO specializing in airframe maintenance, engine repair, interior, paint and avionics upgrades for a wide variety of today’s corporate and general aviation aircraft including Lear, Conquest, Citation, Hawker, Challenger and Falcon aircraft. An Authorized Service Center for Hawker and Citation 500 and 650 series aircraft, the company also holds an STC for an RVSM solution for Learjet 31, 35, 35A, 36 and 36A models and the Conquest II aircraft. West Star Avionics specializes in the acquisition and sales of surplus avionics through their Hiawatha, IA facility.

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