Neptune Aviation Services and Northstar Air Express

Aerial Photo of Neptune Maintenance and Flight Facilities — Missoula, MT

FOUNDED:

Neptune Aviation Services, 1993
Northstar Air Express, 1986

GENERAL:

Neptune Aviation Services and Northstar Air Express are located in Missoula, Montana with a satellite facility in Alamogordo, New Mexico.

Corporate strategy is to maintain its position as an aerospace leader in safety, reliability and professionalism.

Position as a premiere provider of federal services has been attained by:

Strong, experienced leadership
Experienced, skilled and motivated employees dedicated to customer service
Corporate commitment to quality and superior performance
Commitment and understanding of our customer needs with a willingness to quickly adapt to changing requirements for our customer needs
All profits have been and will continue to be put back into the company for capital growth and expansion

COMPANY OPERATIONS:

Neptune contracts with the federal government to fight fires throughout the United States as well as rebuilds and services aircraft at its FAA approved maintenance repair facilities in Missoula and Alamogordo; its repair station is the largest in Montana.

Northstar Air Express, Neptune’s affiliate, is a full service Fixed Base Operator providing fuel and maintenance services to commercial airlines and the general aviation community 24 hours a day, seven days a week, 365 days a year.

Each facility has its own repair station, including heavy and small fixed-wing and rotor aircraft maintenance, avionics installations and repair, engine repair and overhaul, propeller repair and overhaul, accessories repair and overall, Non-destructive testing (NDT) and inspection techniques to perform Level II services, eddy current, ultrasonic, magnetic particle, structural repairs and modifications, engineering modifications, engine overhauls, FAA approved parts, as well as a fully operational computer aided precision machine shop. Headquarters in Missoula have 96,000 combined total square feet of heated hangar space.

RECENT INNOVATIONS:

Neptune teamed with Bombardier Aerospace, a world leader in the design and manufacture of innovative aviation products and services for the business, regional, and amphibious aircraft markets
Contract award to rebuild Super Cubs for the Department of Agriculture
FAA Diamond Awards for maintenance excellence, yearly since 1997
Established, documented, implemented and maintain a quality management system in accordance with the requirements of ISO 9001:2000 and AS-9100 standards and CFR title 14 Federal Aviation Administration requirements for Part 145 Repair Station
Teaming: U of M and MSU
Serves as an opportunity to coalesce and extend substantial history for research and implementation of engineering systems
Damage Tolerance Analysis
Operational Service Life Limits
Constant Flow Tank Design and Manufacturing

FLEET:

Eight Lockheed P2V aircraft rebuilt and fitted with a maximum fire retardant capacity of 2,700 gallons with six door retardant dispensing tanks. Our impeccably maintained Lockheed P2V aircraft currently in use allow our customer to have a useful firefighting tool while we transition into a modern platform for the future.
Two Civil Certificated Lockheed Electra aircraft

PERSONNEL SPECIFICS:

Mark Timmons, CEO
Kristen Schloemer, President
Greg Jones, VP Operations
Jennifer Paisley, VP Administration
Chris Holm, Aviation Safety Officer
Kori Jo Schloemer, General Counsel