Diverse Group Brings GAMA Membership To 77
GAMA's board of directors has approved Avfuel, Extant Components
Group, ForeFlight and Thrush Aircraft as its newest members,
bringing the international trade association’s membership to
77.
Avfuel Corporation is a global supplier of aviation fuel and
services. Established as a supply and logistics company over 40
years ago, Avfuel is core competent in every aspect of fuel
delivery from refinery to wingtip. Avfuel fuels aircraft around the
globe at over 2000 locations, supplies fuel and equipment to a
network of 600 branded fixed-base operators and supports the
industry's infrastructure with innovative programs and services.
Headquartered in Ann Arbor, Michigan, Avfuel is 100 percent
dedicated to aviation and its business lines integrate with
aviation markets all over the world.
Extant Components Group, a Warburg Pincus portfolio company,
supports product licensing, obsolescence management and lifecycle
extension services for aging, non-core avionics and electronics
systems and components of various general aviation aircraft. Extant
Components Group is headquartered in Melbourne, Florida.
ForeFlight, founded in 2007 and headquartered in Houston, Texas,
builds intelligent applications for pilots. ForeFlight's critically
acclaimed, highly-rated, and best-selling applications are used by
individual and business aviation pilots worldwide to efficiently
gather preflight weather information, plan flights, conduct
preflight research, file flight plans, keep charts and terminal
procedures up to date, and manage iPad deployments.
ForeFlight’s flagship product, ForeFlight Mobile, was named
“Best App” of 2011 by Aviation Consumer and recently
received Flying Magazine’s 2011 Editor’s Choice award.
ForeFlight Mobile is consistently ranked the top selling iPad
aviation application in Apple's iTunes “App” Store.
Thrush Aircraft, based in Albany, Georgia, is a leader in
providing aircraft for agricultural spray operations. Their line of
airplanes help operations of all sizes control insects, weeds, and
diseases that threaten crops and orchards, and effectively
fertilize all types of crops. In addition, Thrush Aircraft are
depended upon for fire control by dispersing fire retardant
chemicals and water to save lives and prevent the loss of property
and forestry. Thrush was the first to certify a turbine-powered
agricultural aircraft and to design, certify, and build the first
dual cockpit, dual control agricultural aircraft.