Revv Aviation recently loaned some of its planes to ATD Flight Systems whose fleet was severely damaged by a storm in Kansas City. Pictured during the handoff of the training aircraft are, from left: Dawson Ragonne, ATD; Aaron Hanks, Revv; Nick Blair, ATD; Andrew Waterman, ATD; Revv Chief Operating Officer Lisa LaMantia and Revv’s Bryan Cunningham. CREDIT REVV AVIATION
A Kansas City-based flight school ravaged by a storm is back up and running thanks to an assist from Revv Aviation and a pair of planes loaned by its Davenport location. On Thursday, April 20, a “gustnado” swept through ATD Flight Systems at the Charles B. Wheeler Airport in Kansas City which totaled or severely […]
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A Kansas City-based flight school ravaged by a storm is back up and running thanks to an assist from Revv Aviation and a pair of planes loaned by its Davenport location. On Thursday, April 20, a “gustnado” swept through ATD Flight Systems at the Charles B. Wheeler Airport in Kansas City which totaled or severely damaged 11 of its 13 flight training aircraft. After ATD put out a call for help, Revv Aviation stepped up and loaned a total of three of its training aircraft as a temporary solution. Two of the planes – a Piper Cherokee and a Piper Seminole – came from Revv Aviation’s facility at the Davenport Municipal Airport.In a news release, Revv said the damage jeopardized ATD’s business and impacted about 100 flight school students. Company leaders with Revv Aviation and ATD met on April 26 at the Council Bluffs, Iowa, airport to hand off the aircraft. “As a flight school operator, we know the impact this type of damage has on a business,” Revv Chief Operating Officer Lisa LaMantia said in a news release. “This is a small way in which we can help ATD and their students, especially those nearing their check rides, getting their private pilot licenses or getting an advanced rating,” Ms. LaMantia added. Revv operates a Part-141 flight training program in Council Bluffs, where it has 55 training aircraft and more than 200 students from the University of Nebraska at Omaha Aviation Institute. Revv also has a flight school in Sioux City and eventually will be moving one or two training aircraft and flight instructors to the Quad Cities International Airport in Moline. The gesture and loaned aircraft by Revv was “a lifeline,” Keara Neifach, ATD’s operations director and the daughter of the company’s owner William Hays, said in the release. “We are very thankful that Revv acted so fast.”Revv, owned by Inga Carus and Peter Limberger of CL Enterprises (CLE) in Peru, Illinois, entered the aviation business with its December 2019 acquisition of Carver Aero in Davenport and Muscatine, Iowa. Revv CEO Guy Lieser said the company is grateful to be in a position where it could help an important and longstanding general aviation business. “One of our core values is community,” he said. “This is what community looks like. ATD experienced an extremely unfortunate and sudden situation, so we looked at their immediate needs and the aircraft we could provide them to get through this critical period.” Revv has seen explosive growth in the past couple years – acquiring a number of small fixed-base operators across the Midwest. Like the mantra of its parent company CLE, Revv lives by the philosophy of “Big things in small towns.” In addition to Carver Aero and its eastern Iowa locations, Revv now owns fixed-base operations in Aurora and Schaumburg, Illinois; Council Bluffs, Iowa; Huron, South Dakota, and Janesville, Wisconsin. It is continuing to expand in the Midwest and beyond. In addition to flight training, Revv provides charter services with both owned and managed planes, corporate pilot services, airplane maintenance, turbine and jet engine maintenance and reports, avionics, fuel services and aircraft storage.
