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First Aviation Service CORP

FBO or fuel seller in Wilmington, Delaware, where the main public airport is New Castle Airport (ILG). The FAA register lists 1 aircraft under this name, mostly Hawker Siddeley HS.125 SERIES 700A.

Website: firstaviation.com (found by search; tell us if it is wrong)

About First Aviation Service CORP from its own website, read October 10, 2026

First Aviation Services Inc., headquartered in Westport, Connecticut, provides aircraft component repair and overhaul, parts manufacturing, rotables management, and related engineering services to the aviation industry worldwide. The company operates five FAA-approved repair facilities and holds three Parts Manufacturing Approvals through its subsidiaries.

What it is
Repair station
Bases
Westport, CT; Wichita, KS; Addison, TX; Fort Lauderdale, FL; Kissimmee, FL; Anderson, CA; Winston-Salem, NC
Services
aircraft component repair and overhaul, parts manufacturing, rotables management, landing gear repair, hydraulics repair, electronics repair, propeller overhaul, rotor blade repair, engineering services
Certificates and audits it mentions
Part 145, PMA
Founded
1995
Telephone
(203) 291-3300

Written by the site from the pages of www.firstaviation.com on October 10, 2026; the company's own words and pictures stay on its site. Out of date or wrong? Tell us.

Examiners and inspectors nearby designated by the FAA · within 50 nautical miles

16 pilot examiners (the FAA's designated pilot examiners, who give the practical tests for pilot certificates) are based within 50 nautical miles: 16 for private pilot, 15 for commercial and instrument, 9 for airline transport pilot, 12 for flight instructor, 1 for sport pilot, 4 for type ratings; 11 for airplanes, 8 for multi-engine airplanes, 7 for helicopters, 1 for gliders. Also nearby: 1 sport aviation examiner, 37 aviation medical examiners, 4 mechanic examiners, 5 airworthiness representatives (maintenance), 4 airworthiness representatives (manufacturing), 5 engineering representatives, 1 parachute rigger examiner, 76 training center evaluators, 1 aircrew program designee, 2 training center examiners, 1 administrative pilot examiner.

  • Piet Edward Barber private pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; gliders · New Garden Airport N57 · Toughkenamon, PA (12 nm) · (703) 951-7438 · pb@pietbarber.com
  • Roger Geoffrey Woods private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, foreign pilot certificates; helicopters · Philadelphia, PA (20 nm) · (267) 216-6207 · rogerwoods555@hotmail.com
  • David Nelson Burton private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes · Millville, NJ (31 nm) · (609) 247-0453 · dburton6006@gmail.com
  • Robert Valentine Drapala private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot, instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Mount Holly, NJ (39 nm) · (609) 346-2416 · aerial12@verizon.net
  • Jude Gallagher private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, type ratings, private pilot (proficiency); helicopters · Middle River, MD (41 nm) · (315) 767-7707 · judegallagher@gmail.com
  • Michael Wayne Deruggiero private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, sport pilot, type ratings, commercial pilot, private pilot (proficiency), instructor renewals, military competency, ground instructor, foreign pilot certificates; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Brett Aviation - Martin State Airport (KMTN) · Middle River, MD (41 nm) · (410) 299-6502 · mwderuggiero@verizon.net
  • Neal Daniel Lanning private pilot, commercial and instrument, airline transport pilot, flight instructor, instrument instructor, commercial pilot; airplanes, multi-engine airplanes, helicopters · Middle River Flight Center · Middle River, MD (41 nm) · (240) 355-5782 · neallanning@icloud.com
  • Bruce Thompson private pilot, commercial and instrument, flight instructor, instrument instructor, instructor renewals, ground instructor; airplanes · Aero Tech · Lititz, PA (44 nm) · (484) 467-9394 · bruce.thompson600@gmail.com

All 153 nearby, by kind, with contact details

What each kind does
  • DPE: Designated Pilot Examiner: gives the practical tests (checkrides) for pilot certificates and ratings.
  • SAE: Sport Aviation Examiner: gives the tests for sport pilot certificates and light-sport aircraft.
  • AME: Aviation Medical Examiner: a doctor who issues the medical certificates pilots must hold.
  • DME: Designated Mechanic Examiner: tests candidates for the mechanic certificate (airframe and powerplant).
  • DAR-T: Designated Airworthiness Representative, maintenance: issues airworthiness certificates and approvals for aircraft in service.
  • DAR-F: Designated Airworthiness Representative, manufacturing: issues airworthiness certificates for newly built aircraft and parts.
  • DER-T: Designated Engineering Representative: approves engineering data for repairs and alterations on the FAA's behalf.
  • DPRE: Designated Parachute Rigger Examiner: tests candidates for the parachute rigger certificate.
  • TCE: Training Center Evaluator: gives tests at a simulator training center.
  • APD: Aircrew Program Designee: an airline's own check pilot who gives the FAA's tests to the airline's pilots.
  • DCTO-E: Designee at a certificated training organisation.
  • Admin-PE: Administrative Pilot Examiner: handles certificate paperwork rather than flight tests.

Designees are listed with the name and contact details the FAA publishes for them on its designee locator (read October 10, 2026): the FAA lists them so that pilots, mechanics and companies can find them. Private individuals are not named, the site's policy at this time. A designee who would rather not appear here can ask us through the contact address on the About page. Each designee is placed at the main public airport of the town the FAA lists (or the nearest one to its zip code), so "nearby" means the town, not an exact address. All examiners by state.

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This entry comes from the company's name on the FAA aircraft register (October 9, 2026): no public file lists fuel and service companies, so a company whose name says what it does is listed here, at the main airport in the town it registers from. Is this your company? Claim or correct this listing: the base, the website, what you do, your own pictures.