Our pilots undergo rigorous annual, recurrent training for both aircraft. The King Air aircraft are maintained to the highest FAA standards. Mechanics are Beechcraft / Raytheon trained with complete periodic update training. The Aeronautics safety record is superb. In 2010, the National Business Aircraft Association (NBAA) presented Aeronautics with a 75-Year Award recognizing our outstanding safety record. To date, we have flown over 77 years and 91,280 hours without an accident.
Tim Truemper has over 12,000 hours of flight time and is type-rated in the King Air 350, Lear Jet series, and Falcon 50. He is a current and active flight instructor. He resides in Florence, SC, and started flying when he was a kid also and soloed on his 16th birthday.
Ronnie Gantt has almost 16,000 hours of flight time and is type-rated in the King Air 350, Challenger 600 series, Jetstream 31, Boeing 717, and Boeing 737. He is a native of Columbia, SC, and has been flying since he was a kid when he would hang out at the fence at Owens Field, watching the airplanes.