THE STORY BEHIND REAL AVIATION
Real Aviation was founded by David and Jenny Real. David enrolled at Spartan School of Aeronautics in Tulsa in 2000, following a lifelong interest in aviation. He has always wanted a business that helps aviation, gives the next generation a place to learn and break into the work, and leaves a good mark on the community. The industry needs more paths into maintenance, especially in GA (turboprops and small pistons). He spent the years after school working as a master butcher and shop manager to pay the bills, in parallel with flight training at Sierra Academy in Oakland, California, and Hillsboro Aviation. He came back to maintenance full time in 2019 and has since spent more than seven years on PT6A engines, including the -27, -36, and -65B, and on Beechcraft 99 and 1900 aircraft. That time is the base for the King Air work. He is an A&P with Inspection Authorization and a commercial pilot with an instrument rating.
He completed FlightSafety International training at the Wichita facility for the PT6 engine rigging and borescope inspection.
Real Aviation is mobile support for PT6A engines and King Air aircraft across the Pacific Northwest. We come to your hangar for troubleshooting, inspections, and AOG, and we coordinate with a shop when the job needs a bench.
The aim is not to be the biggest shop. It is to be the one an owner or a maintenance department can call when the engine or the airplane needs a specialist.
SPECIALIZED SUPPORT. WHERE YOU NEED IT.
Mobile PT6A & King Air maintenance throughout the Pacific Northwest and beyond.
PT6A-65B hot section. CT disc change.
PT6A-36. No. 2 bearing air-seal failure and corrosion on the CT guide vane.
PT6A-36. Small exit duct damage.
AOG, Medford. Propeller shaft seal failure.
AOG, Klamath Falls. Propeller governor.
Early Flights With Our Team
Always nice to have visitors at work
Back to work. Gas generator change PT6A-65B
AOG, Redmond. PT6A-65 fCU change
David is the A&P and IA on the airplane. Jenny is part of how the business is built. The point of staying independent is to do the PT6A and King Air work without turning it into a shop that outgrows the people who call.
Pacific Northwest. One airplane at a time.
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