We secure a business owner’s legacy of delivering high quality products and services. Airspeed Holdings is not a PE fund, and we do not seek short term exits. Our connection to this industry is deep, personal, and lifelong, and we aim to make a lasting mark on the coming Second Golden Age in aerospace.
Component Manufacturing
Machine shops and fabricators producing certified precision parts for anything that flies, under long-running contracts with OEMs and operators who qualify each part and supplier individually.
Avionics Manufacturing & Repair
Businesses that produce, install, and bench-repair certified cockpit instruments, radios, and navigation electronics, supporting both current-production aircraft and older fleets whose original equipment is no longer made.
Component MRO
Part 145 repair stations that inspect, overhaul, and recertify individual aircraft parts, like fuel systems, landing gear, actuators or accessories, on schedules driven by flight hours and regulatory requirements.
Small Turbine MRO
Shops that perform overhauls, hot-section inspections, and repairs on turbine engines powering turboprops and light jets, work that recurs at fixed intervals over each engine's life.
Mobile AOG Services
Expert technicians who travel to aircraft grounded away from home base to perform critical repairs needed to return them to service, with a history of fast response time and high dispatch reliability.
Training & Courseware
Producers of the courses, videos, and reference materials that pilots, mechanics, technicians and ground personnel use for initial qualification and recurring training.
Kevin spent nine years at Oaktree Capital, most recently as a Senior Vice President in Strategic Credit, where he was the primary analyst for aerospace, defense, transportation, and business service investments. He led underwriting on roughly $3 billion across the capital structure with zero defaults and a realized loss ratio under 0.1%, including through COVID. His work covered the types of businesses we are now looking to buy. He began his career in restructuring and special situations at Macquarie Capital, and holds a master's in information and data science from UC Berkeley and a business degree from Boston University.
Jesse is an operating executive with a variety of experience in technical fields. He began his career designing and building UAV prototypes for the USAF and leading commercial drone maker DJI. He then managed iPhone factories at Apple where he enabled large-scale production ramp by solving issues related to material supply, quality, assembly and test. Most recently, he served as COO of EdTech company Kindertales, leading operations across all departments and launching the platform into new markets. Jesse is an instrument-rated pilot and holds an aerospace engineering degree from MIT.
If our mission sounds interesting to you, whether you are a founder, investor, advisor or broker, please email us.
jesse@airspeedholdings.com