September 25, 2006

Grand Junction, Colorado — Premier Air Center | West Star Aviation is pleased to announce that Honeywell has designated the company an APU 36-100 and APU 36-150 Line Service Center. This permits the Grand Junction, Colorado facility to perform routine maintenance, warranty work, MSP claims, service bulletins, R&R and hot sections as well as the APU 36-100(E) upgrade to the performance-enhancing 36-150(CL) APU. The company also has access to the Honeywell APU rental bank.

"As a Honeywell APU 36-100 and 36-150 Line Service Center, we are pleased that we are now able to offer our Challenger customers a complete 'one-stop-source' for all their engine, airframe, avionics, paint, modification and interior refurbishment needs", stated Rick Brainard, general manager of the Grand Junction, Colorado location. "The completion of our new 78,000 square foot hangar at this facility —scheduled for March 2007 — will also substantially increase our capacity for Challenger maintenance work", Brainard added.

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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