ST Aviation Ltd
Oaklands Farm, Coltstaple Lane, Horsham
West Sussex RHI 3 9BB, England
To:
Jabiru Aircraft and Engine Customers
3rd February 2009
Dear Customers,
ST Aviation Ltd sells Jabiru Dealership to Skvcraft Ltd
I am pleased to announce that over the next few days we will complete the sale
of the Jabiru Dealership to Mr Dave Almey of Skycraft Ltd.
Skycraft Ltd is well known in the homebuilt world, and has been successfully
trading since 1990, specialising in aircraft materials. In recent years they
took over the Rans UK Dealership and have done a good job moving the brand
forward.
Both Jabiru and the LAA were very keen that I sell the dealership to someone who
is competent, and will be able to continue to support the product in a
professional manner. It has taken over twelve months to find the right person,
and I am very pleased that it is going to Dave Almey. I have known Dave for over
twenty years, and he has a wealth of aviation experience. I will be supporting
Dave behind the scenes for at least twelve months, and will be liasing with the
LAA on certification of the J160 kit.
Having run ST Aviation Ltd for thirteen years, and sold around 170 aircraft and
500 engines it is time for a new challenge. During that time I have made many
good friends with customers and Jabiru staff, have had the privilege to fly with
some world class test pilots, and to date have test flown all new Jabiru types
introduced into the
UK.
I am going to build a barn and pursue our film location business, having
provided the location base for the production of a feature film last year called
31 North 62 East, look it up and see the film debut of the Jabiru UL-D
I look forward to meeting Jabiru owners and friends at future events,
Yours sincerely, Kevin Pearce
Rcgistercd No. 3206495 VAT No. an 676 6362 82
SKY CRAFT Ltd
Dear Jabiru Owner.
Kestrel
621,Broadgate
Weston Hills
Spalding
Lines PE12 6DP U.K.
4th February 2009
Dear Jabiru Owner,
It’s with great excitement that I write to advise you that Skycraft Ltd has
been appointed the new Jabiru Agent for UK, Iceland and Benelux.
Kevin and the team at ST Aviation and ST Aviation Services have done a great job
over the years and this change is only due to Kevin’s desire to expand his
other business interests.
Skycraft have been actively supplying aviation materials for over 18 years and
has been the UK
Rans agents for the last 2 years. We have the infrastructure and parts base to
move the
Jabiru aircraft and parts supply to a new level.
The residual Jabiru spares stocks will be moved from Southery to Skycraft on
Friday 6th February and we will then proceed to incorporate them into our spares
and materials database. We expect some teething problems whist we get to grips
with the initial work but hopefully the Jabiru spares will join our existing
9000 parts available for on line purchase on the web site. Once we can establish
the stocks, we will be looking to increase the UK spares stock holding as
required.
Murray Flint remains as Skycraft’s only appointed Jabiru airframe and repair
centre. You can contact him on 07930 960984 and he is available for nationwide
and continental recovery, if required.
Gary Cotterell, a former director of ST Aviation Services is the appointed
service engineer. You can reach him on 07785 994205 or email GRCEngineering (AT)
btinternet.com. He is busy establishing a new fly in service centre at Rookery
Farm. Denver (PPR).
All the team at Skycraft look forward to assisting you all to stay airborne.
Regards Dave & Jaks Almey
Co. Reg. No. 2523336: VAT Reg. No. GB 542 621269