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Profile: west star aviation offers refurbishments

West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., has been around for more than five decades.

By David A. Lombardo • Contributor

March 22, 2007

West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., has been around for more than five decades. It was originally known as Monarch Aviation and began as an aviation sales and service business in 1952. In 1987 the Bueschers, a local family, acquired the assets from Monarch Aviation and renamed the business West Star Aviation.

“Monarch did a lot of single- and twin-engine Cessna and Conquest sales and service,” Greg Laabs, v-p of operations, told AIN. “It was one of the bigger sales reps in the West. After the Bueschers took it over, West Star set about getting the FAA and factory authorizations necessary to service the turbine aircraft maintenance and restoration market. It had about 40 employees then.”

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