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Arcadia's Vision

Arcadia believes that aircraft follow people. We have assembled a superb team of industry professionals whose careers have been epitomized by their high ethical standards, attention to detail, commitment to transparency and a genuine love of this industry.

We have committed ourselves to building out infrastructure at multiple locations throughout the northeast and mid-Atlantic regions that will deliver to our tenant customers, both individual aircraft owners and corporate flight departments, an unsurpassed level of service for the care, storage and management of their aircraft.

We believe that what sets us apart is our ability to anticipate our customers’ needs.

We believe that what sets us apart is our vertically integrated offering (facilities and services) that allows the company to provide cost effective solutions to the industry’s most demanding challenges.

We believe that what sets us apart is our commitment to transparency – we measure success over the long term and understand the important of aligning and communicating our business objectives with the interests of our owners at the outset of the relationship.

Company Overview

Arcadia Aviation provides premium services to the rapidly growing fleet of corporate and private jet aircraft servicing the Eastern Region of the United States.

The combined increase in the number and utilization of jet aircraft has taxed existing general aviation facilities. While the impact of this growth is being felt across the entire national airport infrastructure, it is particularly acute at hub airports like Washington DC’s Dulles International, New York’s Teterboro and other airports located near the nation’s major metropolitan markets.

Private aircraft owners and corporate fleet operators who base their aircraft at these major metropolitan airports compete for space and attention with transient aircraft. High levels of transient activity have contributed to crowded airspace, ramp congestion, service delays and cost escalations at these locations.

Driven in equal part by the growing congestion, lack of available space and the prohibitively high costs of fuel, hangar rent and other services, tenant operators based at primary major market airports are beginning to move their aircraft to “reliever” airports to take advantage of their cheaper fuel, greater availability of hangar storage and better service.

Arcadia Aviation was founded to provide these tenant operators individuals and corporations, managed aircraft customers and corporate flight departments – with an alternative that offers a scope of benefits that we believe is unique in the industry:

• Maximum Flexibility: With development beginning on over 160,000 square feet of hangar space [Link to Corporate Aviation Facilities page], Arcadia has the space to accommodate any customer need.
• Customized Programs: Arcadia’s vertically integrated service offering (full service FBO, hangar storage, refueling, FAA certified repair station, FAA air carrier certificate) means we can customize a program to meet any customer need.
• Value Economics: Arcadia’s inexpensive hangar space and advantaged fuel purchasing programs create a compelling economic rationale for relocating your flight department ‘remotely’.
• Total Transparency: Arcadia’s belief in total financial transparency means our customers understand upfront where our profit centers are; with all other expenses being passed through at cost.

Management Team

Robert Garrett, Jr., President

rgarrett@arcadiaaviation.com

Rob Garrett oversees the overall management of Arcadia Aviation, the sales and marketing of new corporate hangars and Arcadia Aviation's acquisitions of new facilities. Previously, Garrett managed the operational turnaround of The Excel Group, a $30 million consumer products' company, on behalf of a private equity firm. During his tenure he refocused the business around a core profitable customer base, established Wal*Mart as a top 3 customer and rebuilt the senior team by hiring well-respected sales and marketing professionals from throughout the industry. Prior to Excel, Garrett worked for Sony Corporation where he was the senior financial executive of a joint venture between Sony Corporation of America and Sony Pictures. He has also worked for Scripps-Howard. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Columbia Business School, and has been a private pilot since 1997.

David Brinson, Senior Vice President of Operations

dbrinson@arcadiaaviation.com

Brinson oversees both the operations of Arcadia Aviation's FBO and the construction of the company's new hangars. Brinson has over 30 years of experience in all aspects of the general aviation industry. For much of his career, he worked for Landmark Aviation (formerly Piedmont-Hawthorne). During his tenure there, he spearheaded the design, construction, staffing and management of Piedmont's Dulles (IAD) FBO - which grew to be the most profitable property in the company - before becoming the regional manager with ultimate responsibility over five of the largest and most profitable FBOs in the country. Additionally, his experience includes overseeing Part 141 maintenance and Part 135 air charter operations, hangar construction, fuel farm design, aircraft sales, the negotiation of dealer supply contracts, and the development of creative fuel management strategies that maximize bottom line performance. Brinson is a graduate of the University of North Carolina, Charlotte, and a commercial pilot with 9,500 hours under his belt.

George Smith, Senior Vice President and Director of Flight Operations

gsmith@arcadiaaviation.com

George Smith has over 40 years experience in general and commercial aviation. Through the early 1990s, he managed the flight departments for: A.M.F., Inc., Barnes & Noble, and Litton Industries. In Spain, he started Roca Industries Corporate Flight Department. In the mid-1990s, Smith founded Aero Smith Inc., an FBO operator with locations in Hagerstown, MD and Martinsburg, WV. Smith began his career as a member of an antisubmarine task force in the U.S. Navy that was based on the U.S.S. Intrepid. Additionally, he has flown as a commercial pilot for Allegheny Airlines. Smith has logged 23,000 hours of flight time, including 17,000 hours in corporate jets.

Daniel Chrisinger, General Manager, Martinsburg Facility

dchrisinger@arcadiaaviation.com

Dan Chrisinger directs the firm’s FBO and Charter operations at the Martinsburg, WV location. He brings sixteen years of aviation experience, including six years with Bombardier’s Skyjet division. While at Skyjet, Dan supervised the Operations Planning and oversaw daily flight operations, built strong relationships with over eighty Part 135 Operators resulting in lower charter rates to the company, and analyzed and structured flight segments to optimize jet utilization while maintaining quality standards. Prior to joining the Arcadia, Dan spent two years with Volo Aviation (formerly NextFlight Aviation) as Director of FBO Business Development where he successfully lead a regional project to recruit new tenants, aircraft and owners in a highly competitive market to fill available hangar space, organized and negotiated contract fuel, office and hangar space. Dan attended Ferrum College.

Michael Gauvreau, Vice President, Aircraft Sales & Acquisitions

mg@arcadiaaviation.com

As the newest member of Arcadia’s management team, Michael brings eleven years of successful aircraft acquisition and disposition experience, distinguished by a true understanding of his fiduciary responsibilities to his clients. He has focused his career on developing managed aircraft fleets through aircraft sales and approaches each transaction with an emphasis on the post-sale operational logistics of managing the purchased aircraft assets. Michael also brings broad experience in the completion process of new aircraft. Throughout his career and most recently with International Jet Management, Michael has been an authorized purchase agent for several high-profile individuals and Fortune 500 corporations.

Hank Willard, Vice President, Business Development

hwillard@arcadiaaviation.com

Willard brings thirty years of experience in commercial real estate having represented corporate and institutional clients in site selection and the acquisition and disposition of office, industrial, and high-tech facilities. He has developed innovative systems and fulfilled contracts with Fortune 500 companies for auditing and documenting facility expenses. A graduate of the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, he is a private pilot and aircraft owner.

Robert Sunderlin, Vice President, Maintenance

rsunderlin@arcadiaaviation.com

Robert brings over 30 years of experience in maintaining corporate aircraft. He has run several high profile Part 145 repair stations including Signature’s regional maintenance center in Birmingham, AL as well as positions of prime responsibility within corporate flight departments including maintenance foreman for Halliburton Services and Chief of Maintenance for Twentieth Century Fox. As owner of his own Van Nuys, CA based maintenance shop, Sundel Aviation, he has handled all aspects of inspection and maintenance for a wide range of corporate and private aircraft specializing in Gulfstreams, Hawkers, Citations, and Lears. Recently, for King Aerospace, he established an FAA Certified Repair Station for Learjets and Gulfstream aircraft serving as Chief Inspector with ratings for Lear 30 and GII through GIV series aircraft. In addition to managing Arcadia’s Part 145 repair station he oversees maintenance for the firm’s Part 135 operations.

PRess RELEASES

• Press Release - Michael Gauvreau
• Press Release - Sullivan County International Airport 01-17-08
• Press Release - Arcadia Nears Completion on Hangar 1A - 09-17-07
• Press Release - Arcadia Bringing New Jobs to Berkeley County 01-09-07
• Press Release - Arcadia announces its first acquisition - 11-20-06

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