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James Wilke
Director of Maintenance & Accountable Manager
The shop behind Red Eagle Aviation
Red Eagle Aviation has been part of the Flathead Valley's aviation community for more than 50 years. The maintenance shop is where a lot of that reputation gets earned — one annual, one repair, one honest phone call at a time.
We're a small shop on purpose. The people inspecting your aircraft are the same people who call you about it — no service writers, no telephone tag through a front office.
The team
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Seth Mitchell
Shop Lead
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Alan Clark
Chief Inspector
Forty-six combined years on general aviation aircraft, with an Accountable Manager standing behind the shop's work as we complete our Part 145 certification.
How we work
Every shop says they’re honest. Here’s what it looks like in practice: when a job uncovers something unexpected, we stop and inspect the full extent of it before anyone calls you. Then you get photos and a clear description of the problem — what we found, why it matters, and what it takes to fix it. Nothing beyond the original scope happens until you’ve seen it and said yes.
No surprise invoices. No "while we were in there." You see what we see.
Aircraft we commonly service
Cessna
150
170
172
180
182
206
207
310
Piper
Aztec (PA-23-250)
Robinson
R22
R44
Mooney
M20J
Maule
MX-7
Luscombe
11A
Beech
A45
— and comparable piston aircraft. No pressurized or turbine aircraft at this time.
The fastest way to get on the schedule is a phone call.