SULPHUR SPRINGS, TEXAS, AUGUST 26, 2009 – American Legend Aircraft Company announced today the naming of Silver Ace Aviation of Peachtree City, Georgia, as a dealer for the company’s Legend Cub certified light-sport aircraft. Silver Ace Aviation will provide a wide range of services including U.S. sales, service, and training to Legend Cub operators in Georgia and surrounding states.
Silver Ace Aviation was founded in 1930, providing flight training to pilots in and around Monroe, Michigan. The company helped pave the way for the budding aviation industry in the United States. Its founders, Col. Lee and Nan Mercure, were two of America’s original “Barnstormers,” providing rides and shows throughout the North Central United States. This experience led Lee to a career with the Civil Aeronautics Authority (which later became the FAA) in Atlanta, Georgia.
Bill Mercure, son of the founders, resurrected Silver Ace Aviation in 1980. Located today at Falcon Field (KFFC), in Peachtree City, Silver Ace Aviation provides maintenance and repair services for general aviation and corporate aircraft owners and operators in the Atlanta and North Georgia area. Silver Ace Aviation will represent American Legend and its light-sport certified Legend Cub exclusively in the states of Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, North and South Carolina.
Bill Mercure, President of Silver Ace Aviation, took delivery of the company’s first Legend Cub. The aircraft will be used for sales demonstration purposes. Mercure commented on the delivery, “My father and mother began Silver Ace Aviation in the early 1930’s. Working with American Legend is a perfect compliment to the mission they started over 70 years ago-—teaching people to fly real airplanes that were mechanically simple but endlessly fun and memorable.”
Kurt Sehnert, General Manager at American Legend, commented on the dealer arrangement, “The newest member of our family, Silver Ace Aviation, adds significant sales, service, and instructional capabilities for our customers. Bill has a solid shop, as well as flight training capabilities. I am confident that Bill and his team have the expertise needed to provide customers with an outstanding experience with their Legend Cub aircraft.”
American Legend Aircraft Company manufactures the Legend Cub, a ready-to-fly certified aircraft for sport and recreation. Under the Texas Sport brand, the company manufactures an amateur-built aircraft kit based on the design of the Legend Cub. American Legend has delivered over 160 aircraft and kits since the first Legend Cub was delivered in August 2005.
For further information on Silver Ace Aviation, contact Bill Mercure at 460 Dividend Drive, Hangar D-22, Peachtree City, GA 30269, Peachtree City/Falcon Field (KFFC); call 770-486-1893; or visit www.silveraceaviation.com.
Contact American Legend Aircraft Company at 1810 Piper Lane, Sulphur Springs, Texas 75482; call 903-885-7000.
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