My recently purchased airplane has a completely new Garmin panel installed by Executive Autopilots…read more It works flawlessly. My local Garmin installer looked it over and said it was an excellent well thought out installation. Very pleased with it.

fix my autopilot. David was a star. set me at ease. I was in and out. undoubtedly the best service…read moreI have ever had in 50 years. had,or have 3 aircraft. he IS your guy. 10 stars------- Jim M

I've had planes for 20+ years and these guys have been the best shop I've ever used…read more They can keep up with older aircraft AD's, and their work is great. They also allow owner assistance which I enjoy. For annuals or just smaller fix-it items they always make themselves available. Bob and Will make a great shop!

So I need a mechanic and taxi over to "hangar 6" Planes are…read morein the way and he isn't there. Nor is he answering his phone. So I have to spend the night. Then the next day he is finally there at 1130am. Just opening up, the guy looks like he sleeps in his hangar. His hangar looks like a fire hazard. My oil leak turns into he wants to rebuild my engine. I taxi away, Jake yells at me to not prop blast his planes. Well if it wasn't looking like a junk yard of planes on the taxi maybe I wouldn't. I left of course, flew a real mechanic out and was charged less then what Jake quoted. I did only have an oil leak. I've put 300 hours on it after. This guy is a joke, don't go to him!

I highly recommend Jake. He performed a pre-buy inspection on a Cessna T206 for me and demonstrated…read moreextensive knowledge, knowing exactly what to look for. He was thorough, eager, and even joined the demo flight to ensure all systems were in top shape. If I were based in California, he'd be my first choice for annuals, pre-buy inspections, and any other maintenance needs. A++!

Cessna 3912R cleared to lose elevator control or "emergency engine out ditch landing" those we're…read morethe words that I would use if me and my partners stuck with Aeroventure in Petaluma. After a few years with them and pretty shady work I recommended a new mechanic. I decided to go with Phil because Ive met him during my flying lessons out of Davis. Flying the same plane every other day (Cessna 65415) I wrote up a few sqwaks. The sqwaks were mostly resovled by Phil seem to do a good job of it. Since I've seen his work, I decided to do our annual inspection through him at Davis Air Repair. Boy am I glad I did. Let me mention a couple major things that should have been caught during the previous annuals but for some reason never came about. 1.Left magento dead at idle. Now I know why the engine floods at idle and felt like it was ready to stall at around 500rpm. I complained about it to my old mechanic and all she did was bump up the idle to 800 rpm. Nice way to hide a bad mag. or maybe she just skipped the whole idle mag. inspection. 2. Elevator cable locked up and frozen at pivot point. Humm, does it look like I have a death wish? WTF? I don't know how long it's been there but my new mechanic said it's seems to be so long that he only could free it a little bit but suggested to get it replaced. 3. Both left and right brake rotors shot and rusted almost all the way through. Wouldn't that be part of annual inspection? A brake system check? I know it didn't take 12 months for rotors to rust through. I can go on and on with my old mechanic. Phil at Davis Air Repair is different. He discovered all the problems wrote them down, had me come in, show, explain, and what my option are if any. He took the time to answer all the questions I had, and did not pressure us into making repairs that were unnecessary. It was like a 2 hour education session included in our annual. Now that I have gone through this with Phil. We pretty much said will be scheduling another annual with u in 12 months. Did I mention he is also very reasonably priced?

I was about to be stuck in Davis for the night or a very long time looking for a battery or some…read moresolution to my little Piper going again. Dead battery. Called these folks and I believe the owner himself came out to my plane and volunteered to hand crank. He did it and while I was tending to the airplane he walked away. I couldn't kill my engine yet, so I secured the airplane and then went looking for him. Could not find him to pay him for his kindness and time. I don't believe he ever expected to be paid. A true airplane brother. Thank you so much!

Staff is super nice and unit prices are reasonable. Needed a turn coordinator fixed and it was a…read morefair price and they fixed it quickly.

I've used TGH for a few repairs over the years. They've gotten my instruments back to me in good…read moreshape. I waited a little extra time for one but overall have had a good experience with them.​

This is not your typical flight school. I spent a year getting certificates and ratings through…read moreSmith Aviation in order to further my career in aviation. I successfully earned my private pilot, instrument, commercial, and CFI (flight instructor) ratings/certificates through them. They had me prepared enough each step of the way to pass each of my checkrides the first time. It's really common in the flight school world for people to start flight training but hit some kind of a wall that they can't get pass and they stop training. People here are watched over and supported quite a bit and as a result, they don't have this problem. Additionally, they have a very high pass rate. Lastly, they coordinate and work with DPEs (outside pilot examiner) to ensure people are able to get checkrides (think of it as a final exam before a certificate or rating is issued). People at other schools have told me they have to schedule their checkrides 3-6 months in advance. I have so many good things to say about Mike Smith Aviation. Please feel free to reach out to me and I can tell you more. I give Mike Smith Aviation 6/5 stars!

A few years ago I took my sons for introductory flying lessons. I was the first one to go up in…read morethe plane. I must admit at first I was scared. Being confined in a small space and so high up was not something I was used to. We flew over San Francisco. At first that was scary. But soon I got used to it and actually enjoyed flying.. My first son went up after me. He really enjoyed the ride. My younger son went after him. Now he gave the pilot a real scare. The pilot told me that my younger son was fearless and really took him for a ride he wouldn't soon forget. I thought for sure my son would want to follow after his uncle and be a fighter pilot when he got older. Luckily it never happened.