{"id":17382,"date":"2021-01-14T22:55:04","date_gmt":"2021-01-14T22:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/saj.pachecostudios.com?p=17382"},"modified":"2021-01-14T22:55:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-14T22:55:07","slug":"muncie-aviation-company-announces-the-acquisition-of-des-moines-flying-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/state-news\/indiana\/muncie-aviation-company-announces-the-acquisition-of-des-moines-flying-service\/%20","title":{"rendered":"Muncie Aviation Company Announces the Acquisition of Des Moines Flying Service"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.muncieaviation.com\/\">Muncie Aviation Company <\/a>(MAC) announced the acquisition of Des Moines Flying Service (DMFS), a step that merges two of the longest-standing Business and General Aviation sales and service centers in the world.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The transaction was completed on January 1st, 2021. BCC\nAdvisers of Des Moines assisted with this transaction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Established in 1939 by Howard Gregory, DMFS has evolved into\none of the largest general aviation sales and service outlets worldwide. DMFS\nis an Authorized HondaJet Dealer, and notably has been an Authorized Piper\nAircraft Dealer for over 75 years. Collectively DMFS has sold and supported\nthousands of new and used aircraft to customers all around the globe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As the longest-ranking Piper dealer in the world, Muncie\nAviation Company will be further bolstering its sales and service capabilities\nwith the acquisition of Des Moines Flying Service. The two working as one will\nsolidify their legacies for years to come.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Muncie Aviation leadership will fill the executive DMFS\nroles, with Steve Thompson acting as President and Martin Ingram as Chairman.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cWe would like to thank Don Jay and John Lowe of Des Moines Flying Services for making this win-win acquisition possible. We look forward to taking our common values and business drives and expanding on DMFS\u2019s already considerable abilities,\u201d said Steve Thompson. \u201cThe DMFS team has much to be proud of, and my teammates and I look forward to working with them as partners.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Muncie Aviation Company (MAC) announced the acquisition of Des Moines Flying Service (DMFS), a step that merges two of the longest-standing Business and General Aviation sales and service centers in the world. The transaction was completed on January 1st, 2021. BCC Advisers of Des Moines assisted with this transaction. Established in 1939 by Howard Gregory, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[38],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17382","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-indiana"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17382"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":17383,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17382\/revisions\/17383"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17382"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17382"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stateaviationjournal.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17382"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}