Bob Tooker, a sales representative and a long-time aircraft technician with Duncan Aviation, is honored as a recipient of the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award.

West Star Aviation announces its expansion to St. Louis Downtown Airport (KCPS). The location will be fully operational and open to current and future customers by mid-February of 2018.

Baker Aviation, a full-service aircraft charter, management and maintenance company headquartered in Fort Worth, TX, announces the addition of three new aircraft to its fleet. Baker Aviation’s growing fleet continues to boast a variety of aircraft for client needs and now includes a King Air 350, a Hawker 800XP and a Citation X.

Kestrel Engineering Ltd. announces it now offers a universal aircraft wheel deflator kit which drastically reduces noise levels by more than 20 dBA when deflating aircraft wheels to a pre-set pressure.

Conklin & de Decker announces Life Cycle Cost Release 18.1 is now available. Life Cycle Cost (LCC) provides aircraft owners, operators, flight department managers and aircraft consultants with independently researched ownership and operating cost data for more than 460 jet, turboprop, helicopter and piston aircraft.

ADMA is now accepting scholarship applications for 2018. The two-year, renewable student scholarship is worth $3,000 in total.

West Star Aviation announces Michael Zeris as Gulfstream Technical Sales manager at its East Alton, IL, location (ALN).

CSI Aviation, Inc., a New Mexico-based international air charter services and logistics company, announces it has been certified by the U.S. military’s Commercial Airlift Review Board (CARB) to operate on-demand passenger, cargo and air medical flights for the Department of Defense (DoD). CARB certification is among the highest safety standard certifications that can be achieved by an air carrier, and CSI is now one of only a few air carriers worldwide to have this certification. 

Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. announces it has delivered the final Gulfstream G450 as it prepares to usher in the next generation of business aviation with the all-new Gulfstream G500.

West Star Aviation announces it will now offer Top Flight Supplies (TFS) Titanium paint protection in-house at its East Alton, IL—ALN, and Grand Junction, CO, facilities.