At the end of each year, Pinnacle Aviation’s Director of Operations, Trevor Turcott, and Chief Pilot, Todd Pixley, get together to compare notes and select Pinnacle Aviation’s Pilot of the Year. They evaluate annual flight times and number of trips flown. They keep track of client feedback and interview team members from around the company, […]
Pinnacle Aviation’s Director of Safety, Don Wade was a presenter at Bombardier’s Safety Standdown this past October at The Hyatt Regency hotel in Wichita, Kansas. As a recognized aviation safety expert, Don Wade, was asked to provide information, tools and guidance for aviation professionals to create a safety culture within their flight departments. The goal […]
Meet Pinnacle Aviation’s Senior Accounting Executive, Paula Talbot. Paula’s roots are in Idaho, but her family moved to various locations around the US during her childhood. Because she never called one place home for more than 5 years, Paula considers Arizona home. She has lived in the valley since 1984. Besides spending time with her children, grandchildren, and friends, her favorite activities […]
Pinnacle Aviation welcomes our 2018 Interns. The ASU interns act as assistant Director of Safety for one semester. They are trained on the Pinnacle Aviation Safety Management System, they performance of Safety Audits, and the duties of the Director of Safety as outlined in the Pinnacle General Operations Manual. They learn to conduct Pinnacle Internal […]
Meet our amazing Charter and Management Services Coordinator, Marci Steenson. Marci is from Vancouver, BC Canada and moved to Arizona 20 years ago. She enjoys cross fit, traveling, trying new restaurants, and her French Bulldog, “Rocco”. Marci’s family was in the charter and aviation business since the 1970’s in Vancouver. At the time she had […]
Meet one of our Maintenance Technicians, Jorge Garcia. He is from Alamos Sonora, Mexico and moved to Arizona 25 years ago. He enjoys spending time with his family, hiking and going on long bike rides. Jorge has a passion for the aviation business. He is intrigued with airplanes and how they work. Jorge’s passion for […]
Meet Pinnacle Aviation’s Director of Administration, Pegeen Griffith. Pegeen is married to a wonderful husband and has 2 amazing grown kids and 1.5 grandkids. She loves spending time with her family and enjoys being involved in her church. Pegeen is originally from New York. She began her career in New York City as a commercial […]
This weekend Pinnacle Aviation hosted their annual putting challenge at Desert Mountain golf club during their spring demo day. The proceeds from this putting challenge go into a scholarship fund, which the employees children are able to apply for and use towards their education. The winner of the putting challenge is also given an opportunity to make a […]
After an amazing hole in one at the Lou Grubb Friends Fore Golf & Gala Hole in One Event, Mr. Terry Rochford won a Private Jet Weekend Getaway in Laguna Beach, CA provided by Pinnacle Aviation. They departed Scottsdale at 9:00 AM on Friday August 11th on our sleek Raytheon Premier 1 that holds 6 […]
Our ASU interns acted as assistants to our Director of Safety during the 2017 Summer Semester. They were trained on the Pinnacle Aviation Safety Management System (SMS), the performance of safety audits, and the duties of the Director of Safety as outlined in the Pinnacle Aviation General Operations Manual. The interns conducted Pinnacle Aviation internal […]
Orin Anderson is the Director of Business Development for Pinnacle Aviation based in Scottsdale, Arizona. He is responsible for advancing the growth and development of Pinnacle Aviation’s direct retail charter business in addition to aircraft management and aircraft sales. Prior to joining Pinnacle Aviation, Orin was Director of Business Development for AirSprint Private Aviation, a […]
Pinnacle Aviation is a full service aircraft sales, acquisition, charter and management company based at Scottsdale Airport. For nearly 30 years, Pinnacle Aviation has assisted many buyers and sellers to maximize the value of their aircraft experience. After purchasing an aircraft, it is not unusual for a client to request a refurbishment of the interior […]
The June 2017 national average for a gallon of Jet-A fuel is expected to decrease ($0.03) from May 2017 to settle at $5.01.This is $0.11 higher than the June 2016 national average. Aircraft managed by Pinnacle Aviation and hangared in Scottsdale are currently paying a wholesale rate of $2.32/gallon for Jet-A fuel.
In support of our client Mr. Dan Grubb, Pinnacle Aviation sponsored a Hole-in-One prize during the 2017 Lou Grubb Friends Fore Golf & Gala fundraiser. The Lou Grubb Friends Fore Golf & Gala has raised more than $6 million over the years for Barrow Neurological Institute and St. Joseph’s Hospital and Medical Center. This was […]
The Desert Mountain Community Foundation (DMCF) and Pinnacle Aviation, in partnership with the Desert Mountain Golf Professionals, presented the Third Annual Pinnacle Aviation Putting Challenge fundraising event with 100% of the proceeds benefiting the DMCF Scholarship Fund. Saturday, April 1, 2017 was a cool but beautiful Arizona day, when twenty-three (23) participants competed on the […]
