well as the central part of the US,” explained Jim Swehla, West Star Aviation’s executive vice president-sales and marketing and one of the four partners--along with Mike Durst, Sam Haycraft, and Bob Rasberry. As it happened, it wasn’t long before an opportunity to execute that plan came along. The opportunity was West Star Aviation, located at Colorado’s Grand Junction Regional Airport (GJT). As with Premier Air Center, West Star Aviation was wellknown in corporate aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO). Founded in 1952 as Walker Aviation, it was renamed in 1987 following an ownership change. Along with Aviation Business Journal | 3rd Quarter 2012 23