Texas Aviation Services and Sierra Aeronautica Reinforce Support for Brazilian Helicopter Clients at ‘LABACE’

    SAO PAULO, Brazil, Aug. 15 /EMWNews/ -- Texas Aviation Services

(TAS), a leader for 37 years in helicopter and aircraft services, along

with its in-country partner Sierra Aeronautica, announced today their joint

venture support for Brazilian helicopter clients here in Sao Paulo at

"LABACE."



    Speaking before members of the aviation press corps and other industry

leaders, the partnered companies noted that as a consequence of the rapid

growth of the helicopter market in Brazil, they have achieved unprecedented

backlogs for completions and customizing projects chiefly for VIP

helicopters. LABACE is the largest annual aviation trade show in Brazil.

TAS is also a sponsor of "ABPRAPHE" the largest association of Brazilian

helicopter pilots.



    Given the continuing growth of these markets for helicopters and

aircraft technical services, Ranger Aerospace (parent company of TAS) is

considering more aggressive expansion to serve customers in the region,

perhaps including a substantial industrial investment in the Sao Paulo

area, joint ventured with Brazil partners with whom preliminary talks have

already begun. TAS is a Brazilian "ANAC" certified repair station.

Helicopters that are delivered from Texas to Brazil are already registered

and approved by the Brazilian aviation authority, without the delays

normally found with typical entry and customs procedures.



    Steve Townes, Chairman of TAS and CEO of Ranger Aerospace said: "We are

committed to our helicopter clients in this region. We want to be the

customizing partner of choice for discerning customers who value the

exceptional quality instilled in helicopters by a dedicated and skilled

workforce. We are investing steadily to achieve deeper technical capacity

and larger scale."



    Marcos Braga, CEO of Sierra Aeronautica, and a well-known widely

respected rotorcraft expert in Brazil, said, "The helicopter expertise of

TAS, plus the aerospace experience and investment power of Ranger

Aerospace, spells Good News for our numerous customers here."

    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://sierraaeronautica.com.br and 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).



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actual results to differ materially from management's expectations.