Meet Our Team

John Holden
Founder and Principal

Roger Nelson
Director of Maintance

Roger is a graduate of Parks College of St. Louis University, with 36 years of well rounded experience.  Working his way up from Lear Jets, Sabre Liners, the F/A-18 Assembly Line, to Maintenance at Northwest Airlines working on everything from the DC-9 to his personal favorite, the Boeing 747.  Roger retired from Northwest Airlines based at Washington Dulles, where he returned to Corporate Aviation Maintenance.

 

With experience in Falcon, Gulfstream, Hawker, and Bombardier products, Roger's pride in his work is second only to the quality of his work.  His latest accomplishments include achieving his Master Technician Certification on the Falcon 50 from Flight Safety, as well as earning his Inspector Authorization.

 

We are honored to have Roger on our team, leading our Maintenance Department.

John has been a certificated pilot since 1996.  After graduating from Sewanee:  University of the South with a BS in Biology and a Private Pilot License, John began his aviation career in the Summer of 1998.  

 

With over 8,000 hours in 28 different types of aircraft and three Type Ratings (DA50, DA2000, and S70), John's aviation career has covered a variety of operation types. Flight Instruction, Corporate Turboprop, Part 121 Airline, Part 135 World Wide Charter Operations, and Part 91 Corporate Jet Flight Operations are all areas in which John has experience.  

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John's vision is to combine the best of his experiences in Aviation in order to provide an experience for BOTH the Employees and the Aircraft Owners that is second to none.

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