Hemet Flight Center

To All of our Friends and Customers, 

      It is with great sadness that I must inform you that The Hemet Flight Center has suspended all operations effective immediately. This was not an easy decision nor was it made without emotion. 

     As many of you know the flight center has been struggling to remain a viable business and sustain operations despite the downward spiral of the economy. This downturn has affected us all. With the drastic decline in the number of flight operations and the diminished demand for pilot training we can no longer sustain the rising costs associated with the operation of the flight center. 

     We are in negotiation with two separate individuals who wish to take over the operation. We hope that some resolution, which will allow for continued availability of aircraft rental and flight training can be reached over the course of the next few weeks. Our desire is to allow one of these individuals to take control as soon as reasonably possible. The majority of instructors on staff should remain unchanged and allow you to remain with your trusted instructor. 

     We understand there are many questions. We simply do not have all the answers at this moment in time. We greatly appreciate each and every one of our customers, many have become good friends. We ask that you remain supportive of the efforts to bring in a new operator, as well as patience during this transition. We are striving to make this transition as smoothly as can be allowed. 

     Should these efforts fail our intention is to liquidate the assets of Hemet Flight Center and settle our accounts utilizing the proceeds from the sale.

      We will continue to inform you of any progress as it is made.

Bill Harris

To all of our Friends and Customers,

     On Friday, January 15^th 2010, Hemet Flight Center was informed both the Gobosh and 182 would no longer be available for use by the Hemet Flight Center.  This is due to the economic distress experienced by the entire country and us all over the last 18 months; the aircraft owners can no longer tolerate the added expense of maintaining and insuring their aircraft in the training and rental market.

     The last day for the use of either aircraft was by the initial agreement to be February 15^th, 2010. Due to an upcoming renewal of the insurance policy covering the aircraft that date has been accelerated the aircraft will now not be available for use after January 27^th 2010.

     Currently the Gobosh remains grounded pending either the receipt of a new proprietary fuel filter from Gobsh or clearance to operate by Wayne Fleming at Southland Rotax as per the aircraft owners’ directions. The most recent discussion allows that once either is received Hemet Flight Center will be allowed to place the aircraft back into service until January 28^th 2010.

     Hemet Flight Center, apologizes for the short notice of this unavoidable occurrence. We are exploring the full impact of this action and alternative pathways for our students and customers to complete their desired training. We will provide additional information, as it is available.

Regards,

Bill Harris

Hemet Flight Center LLC