 |  | | L to R: Justin Carver, general manager of Rifle Jet Center, and the FBO’s owner, Ken Ostrander, bring together a rich knowledge of the FBO business in Colorado. | |
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Garfield County Regional Airport (RIL) in Rifle, Colo., was once home to two struggling fixed base operations. It's now on the verge of a new renaissance with both FBOs now under the same ownership.
Rifle Air LLC was formed by four partners in the Roaring Fork Valley to purchase the two existing airport FBOs in December. Ken Ostrander, CEO of Rifle Air LLC, subsequently merged Corporate Aircraft Services and the former Rifle Jet Center into a single FBO, which will operate under the Rifle Jet Center name.
"We're taking two average FBOs and creating one first-class FBO," Ostrander said. "The big problem here was that there just wasn't enough volume to support both these operations. We saw a real diamond in the rough with huge potential." |
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 | | | Dennis Heap, director of aviation at Front Range Airport, offered many reasons why FTG is the perfect location for the Gathering of Mustangs and Legends. | |
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| If staffers at Front Range Airport (FTG) in Watkins, Colo., have their way, the 2007 Gathering of Mustangs and Legends will occur on its territory. Stallion 51 Corp., a P-51 Mustang flight operation based in Kissimmee, Fla., is planning the four-day event. |
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