Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Spirit Aeronautics
Avionics repair stations are optimistic about the coming year. (Photo: Spirit Aeronautics)
Avionics repair stations are optimistic about the coming year. (Photo: Spirit Aeronautics)

Rick Ochs, chairman of Columbus, Ohio-based Spirit Aeronautics, knew he wanted to work in aviation since high school. Doggedly pursuing his dream, Ochs holds FAA certificates for airframe mechanic and repairman, an FCC license, an NCATT Aircraft Electronics Technician (AET) rating, and is an instrument-rated pilot who flies his company Cessna 182 to make sales and service calls.

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