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October 17, 2024

Revv Introduces Advanced Flight Simulator at Aurora Municipal Airport

Enhancing Flight Training Capabilities and Accessibility to Aviation Aurora, IL — Oct. 17, 2024 — Revv Aviation is pleased to announce the arrival of a state-of-the-art Redbird FMX flight simulator at the Aurora Municipal Airport. …

August 29, 2024

REVV AURORA SELECTED AS PREFERRED FBO BY CORPORATE AIRCRAFT ASSOCIATION (CAA) FUEL PROGRAM MEMBERS

August 29th, 2024 AURORA, Ill. — Beginning September 1st, 2024, Revv Aviation (KARR) becomes the CAA’s Preferred FBO Location for Aurora Municipal Airport, near Chicago IL. Through Revv, CAA Part 91 operator members will benefit…

July 23, 2024

Revv Announces Financing for Flight School Students

AURORA, IL – Revv Aviation has teamed up with Stratus Financial, a leading provider of aviation financing solutions. This collaboration enables Revv Aviation to offer its customers flexible and competitive financing options for their aviation needs….

July 16, 2024

Thousands Attend Airshows at Two Revv Locations

Quad City Airshow at Revv Davenport The Quad City Airshow, hosted at Revv Davenport, saw another exciting weekend of aerial displays. Evan Hopper, Vice President of the Quad City Air Show, remarked on the favorable…

July 11, 2024

Revv hosts ‘Take Flight’ Youth Summer Camp in Aurora, IL

AURORA, ILLINOIS, July 11, 2024 – Revv Aviation is delighted to announce the introduction of the “Take Flight” Youth Summer Camp at the headquarters in Aurora. Adventure-seeking campers from the vibrant area of Aurora, IL…

May 24, 2024

Coe College partners with Revv Aviation, Eastern Iowa Airport to launch flight school

The Cedar Rapids college will launch the new flight school by fall 2025, as well as a new aviation management program. CEDAR RAPIDS, IA – May 24, 2024 – As nearly 100 people gathered in…

February 21, 2024

FAA Part 141 Approved Flight Training Facility Coming to Revv Sioux City

Revv Aviation is excited to announce that we are now an FAA Part 141 approved flight training facility in Sioux City, Iowa. For the past two years Revv Aviation has been training eager students residing…

January 12, 2024

62-Year-Old Grandmother of 15 Seeking Corporate Aviation as a Second Career

Nebraska resident Dorsay Einung doesn’t realize it, but she’s a trendsetter.  She’s mere days away from receiving her private pilot license. Einung always wanted to be an airline pilot, but that dream was crushed in…

September 28, 2023

Revv Aviation Announces Senior Management Changes

September 28th, 2023 – Aurora, IL Revv Aviation, based in Aurora, IL, is pleased to announce the appointment of Jayson Scott Wilson as President, starting October 2nd, 2023. Wilson joins Revv from Grand Canyon Scenic Airlines of Boulder,…

July 25, 2023

Revv Aviation Opens 3 Additional Flight Schools

Huron, Moline, Tuscaloosa Added to Revv Footprint OSHKOSH, Wis., July 25, 2023 – When Revv Aviation CEO Guy Lieser was a young teenager, he would pedal his bike seven miles to the Aurora Municipal Airport…

April 28, 2023

Revv Aviation Helps Storm-ravaged Flight School in Kansas City by Providing Planes

Companies met at Council Bluffs Airport to hand off aircraft COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa, April 28, 2023 – ATD Flight Systems at Charles B. Wheeler Airport in Kansas City suffered devasting losses during a “gustnado” that…

April 19, 2023

Revv Aviation Joins with OptimuM AIR to Provide Air Ambulance Service in Southwest Region

AURORA. Ill., and LAS VEGAS, April 18, 2023 – Revv Aviation and OptimuM AIR have signed an agreement to jointly provide critical care air transport services to the Southwest Region. OptimuMedicine, the parent company of…

March 27, 2023

Revv Aviation Offers Simulation Training at Three Flight School Locations

AURORA, Ill., March 27, 2023 – Weather sometimes plays havoc with student pilots who are advancing through their ratings. Besides flight and ground training, Revv Aviation now offers a new solution at three of its…

Aurora & CL Enterprises Rev up $10 Million Airport Modernization and $4.5 Million Downtown Brewery

Aurora’s mayor promoted development during his state of the city address, including a plan for CL Enterprises to modernize the Aurora Airport. View the full story by Talking Cities Aurora below; https://talkingcities.com/aurora/aurora-cl-enterprises-rev-up-10-million-airport-modernization-and-45-million-downtown-brewery

March 3, 2023

Revv Aviation Receives FAA Part 141 Certification to Conduct Pilot Training in Sioux City

AURORA, Ill., March 3, 2023 – Sioux City, Iowa’s, universities can now offer an FAA-approved Part 141 pilot training curriculum with Revv Aviation, the only flight school that is FAA certified in the tri-state area….

February 2, 2023

Janet Savko Wins Customized Revv Aviation Gibson Guitar at NBAA S&D

AURORA, Ill., Feb. 2, 2023 – Janet Savko, chief dispatcher and office manager for Starr Equipment Corp. in Newburgh, N.Y., was the winner of the customized Revv-branded Gibson Flying V guitar at the grand prize…

January 13, 2023

Customized Revv Aviation Gibson Guitar to be Donated at NBAA S&D Conference on Jan. 26

Customized Revv Aviation Gibson Guitar to be Donated at NBAA S&D Conference on Jan. 26 NASHVILLE, Tenn., Jan. 13, 2023 – Revv Aviation is donating a customized Revv-branded Gibson Flying V guitar through a drawing…

January 10, 2023

From Facing Death Squads to Finding Freedom in the Skies Over Omaha

By Roderick Kelly It was 2006 in Baghdad, Iraq; a time when al Qaeda was taking control of the country following the execution of Saddam Hussein. “One night, a man knocked on our door,” recalled…

November 17, 2022

FAA Approves Second-in-Command Professional Development Program for Revv Aviation

AURORA. Ill., Nov. 17, 2022 – Thomas Guillemot, first officer, has been flying airplanes for the past six years and was instructing students at Revv Aviation’s Aurora FBO when he was asked to join the…

October 11, 2022

Revv Adds Pilatus PC-12 NGX to its Charter Fleet

Ideal for business and personal travel AURORA. Ill., Oct.  10, 2022 – Revv Aviation has expanded its Midwest-based charter fleet with the addition of an eight-passenger Pilatus PC-12 NGX. This single-engine turboprop is anticipated to arrive this week…

July 27, 2022

Revv Aviation Taking Fresh Approach to FBO Services

Announces Expansion to Quad Cities International Airport OSHKOSH, Wis., July 27, 2022 – Revv Aviation is approaching airport Fixed Base Operator (FBO) services in a new way. “No one else is doing what they’re doing,”…

July 6, 2022

Revv Aviation Named FBO Operator at Huron Regional Airport in South Dakota

Aurora, Ill., July 5, 2020 – Huron Regional Airport, in Huron, S.D., is the latest fixed-base operation to be a part of the Revv Aviation family. Located in the east-central part of the state, Huron…

May 19, 2022

Metro flight school expanding to Eppley as interest in piloting grows

OMAHA, Neb. (WOWT) – Airlines across the country are looking for pilots, as the shortage has led to flight changes and cancellations for many. But a metro-area flight school is expanding to fill the need…

May 18, 2022

Revv Aviation Expands to Omaha With Flight School Opening at Eppley Airfield

AURORA, Ill. May 18, 2022 – With a flight school in Council Bluffs that serves more than 250 students, Revv Aviation, formerly Advanced Air, is expanding its operations on June 1 to Eppley Airfield in…

March 30, 2022

Revv Aviation, part of CL Enterprises, provides plane for supplies to Ukrainian refugees

About 50 bags containing vital supplies for the Ukrainian refugees were flown out of the Aurora Municipal Airport in a twin-prop plane on Tuesday morning. That plane was provided by local private aviation company, revv…

December 9, 2021

Midwest’s Carver Aero FBO Network Rebranded as Revv Aviation

You can’t help but hear the growl of an airplane’s engine in the name of a new aviation brand set to officially launch New Year’s Day of 2022: Revv Aviation. The story behind revv is both…

December 1, 2021

Coming Full Circle — Bringing a 1929 Travel Air 10-D Back Home

When husband and wife Peter Limberger and Inga Carus came across a photo of her great uncle’s Travel Air, they noticed a tail number just barely visible. This began the hunt to track down and…

November 5, 2021

Avfuel Welcomes Two New Carver Aero FBOs to Branded Network

ANN ARBOR, Mich. / AVIATION NEWS – As Carver Aero’s FBO network expanded, so did Avfuel Corporation’s. Carver Aero recently selected Avfuel as its branded fuel supply partner for its two new FBOs in Janesville, Wisc. (KJVL), and…

August 19, 2021

Carver Aero acquires LumanAir and ATS in Aurora, Illinois

After more than 60 years in aviation, Bob and Mike Luman have accepted an acquisition offer for LumanAir Aviation Services by Carver Aero, an Iowa-based aviation services company. In addition to LumanAir, Carver Aero acquired…

July 19, 2021

Carver Aero Celebrates Acquisition of Janesville Jet Center, Plans for Growth

Carver Aero celebrated their recent acquisition of the Janesville Jet Center, located at the Southern Wisconsin Regional Airport, with a ribbon cutting ceremony and an open house of the FBO on July 16. Peter Limberger and…