Richard Fornaca is an amazing aircraft mechanic! His technical experience is amazing on its own but…read morewhen you combine it with his deep concern for his clients, that really is an amazing combination. Richard knows how very concerned I am with my son's safety while flying. Knowing this, he takes special care to make sure that everything is in tiptop condition when he services our aircraft. That said, Richard does not recommend repairs that are not needed. He's not eager to spend my money. I trust Richard completely and simply say to him when discussing repairs - "What would you do if it was your son in the plane? That's what I want you to do for my son." I can't imagine going to anyone else for the maintenance on my plane. I can, without hesitation, recommend Richard / CAVU Aero Services to anyone who is in need of aircraft maintenance. Tom Bolduc

Rich and his crew are top drawer, honest and thorough. I used to take my Cessna T182T to Howard…read moreAviation at Brackett Field, a first class operation, but they closed sometime after the owner, Robin Howard, suffered a decline, sad. I got to know Rich at Corona, he did some work on my bird, including removing and reinstalling the turbo charger after a rebuild. I'm hangared at Corona. So it's a 5 minute flight to KRAL and CAVU, 20 Uber back. I have the utmost confidence in Rich and his techs, my goto FBO and A&Ps. Highly recommended.

Had a great experience with the team at OCR Aviation. Super knowledgeable, responsive, and clearly…read moretake pride in what they do. You can tell they really care about both the quality of their work and the customer experience. The hangar is well-run and everything feels organized and efficient. Would definitely recommend to anyone looking for reliable aviation services.

Nothing but great things to say regarding OCR aviation, especially Bobby in MX and Ben in parts…read more From small to large, they can do it all. Courtesy of their fantastic staff, I've experienced fantastic outcome with all situations including AOG Cessna Citations to extensive world class sheet metal repair on my R182. For all your needs, OCR is the way to go! A+ guys

Highly Recommended. Mike Passwater is an excellent, honest and friendly mechanic.read more

Mike is a great mechanic very quick and very accurate at finding the problem. Mike does not…read moretroubleshoot and teach himself how to fix something on your time. It is fun to watch Mike do a compression check ,change plugs or fix a Cessna nose strut. He is very fluid in his movements and does not waste his time moving from one side to the next it is just get in and get it done. He is about three or four steps ahead of the work and has the attack set well before he starts and when he starts it is just go until done. Good wrench and clean about his work. He has done my annual for many years and I have NEVER had problem one with any work or component Mike has fixed or installed. Good Guy...

Matt, Leelee, Manny, and the rest of the team have been nothing short of the best aviation…read moremaintenance team I have had the pleasure of working with. They are concise, honest, and careful in diagnosing problems that I would have otherwise not known about. Matt has gone above and beyond multiple times, ensuring safety comes first even at the expense of his own time. I recommend anyone who is looking for a reliable, communicative, and effective maintenance shop for their airplane to stop in at Waypoint Aviation. Cessna 150E owner

Made an appointment and took my 35-A33 to them for an oil change a d a few small squawks…read more They were super busy, every bay seemed to have an active project. But they took the time review my needs, explain a few small findings and general took care for me. I highly recommend this shop.

I'm not one to log on to yelp for writing a review. But Camarillo Aircraft Service deserves it. I…read morehad been wanting to redo my planes interior for awhile but couldn't find an upholsterer who I felt I could trust to design something nice for my leather. Oscars design was elegant, classic, with clean lines and an attention to stiching that truly impressed me. I also needed this job done quickly--and sometimes quality can be sacrificed when you are on a short timeline--not here---the final product was A PLUS. Its my pleasure to endorse Oscar and Camarillo Aircraft Service!"

There are truly no superlatives that can adequately describe Camarillo Aircraft Service! I don't…read morecare that there are people out that think nuclear fusion is not yet practical because I have seen firsthand what can be done when old fashion know how and customer care collide at high speed and the result is rainbow mushroom cloud of happiness when your trusty bird is whipped back into flying shape lickidy split, it is quite breathtaking actually. If you are even within sniffin' distance of KCMA (there is a lot of farming here so you can smell it sometimes, trust me) and you suspect somithin' is amiss with your Birdy you'd be best served to put er down in Camarillo and have her skirt lifted for a peek. You see for yourself what you get and if you are as pleased as I think you will be you ask Rick about his Platinum Plus service plan which is so extensive and broad in its scope that nobody is really sure what it is because it has no limitations or exemptions.

I flew down from Salt Lake to Burbank on Friday night and was having some issues with manifold…read morepressure. I called a local Cirrus Training center and they recommended Victory Aero Tech. I called them Saturday morning and they had me all taken care of by 4pm. I thought I would need to leave the plane down there and do commercial home but they took care of the issue. I can't thank them enough and would highly recommend.

Was having issues with a plane I recently purchased and Matt took the time to look at the plane…read morewithin an hour of me contacting him and started working on fixing right away although he was super busy with other planes he was currently working on.

I gave Leading Edge $60,000 in business installing equipment in my fleet of Cessnas over the course…read moreof a year. I had an extremely bad experience with them. They took a $15,000 deposit initially to order my avionics. After a few months they called and said it's on back order for another 3 months. They said 2 of the 4 items were in stock and they could install those while waiting for the rest. They installed the two items but billed me for the whole job and collected the $36,000. I never complained about this to them. They charged me $600 for a pitot static check on the plane, even though they knew it was only partially installed. They then charged me another $600 after the rest of the items arrived months later. Double charged! While waiting for more equipment i had ordered, I hired them to install avionics in my other planes. I was then told it would be another 3 months for the equipment for the original order. After the 9 months of waiting for this equipment, i discovered the equipment had recently arrived and was being used as loaners for other airplanes. I decided I didn't want this used equipment in my planes as I was being charged for new equipment. I contacted them to refund me the balance remaining on my account. I was told they would refund the $6,000. After waiting a month, I contacted them and was told their CPA had quit and the ceo Kathryn would issue the refund. When I contacted Kathryn, she decided to hit me with a 15% restocking fee on the order, keep my remaining balance of $6000, and had the audacity to send me a bill for $8,000 for additional restocking fee. Unreal! I have been involved in flight training at SNA since 1992 when Lenair was around. I will never recommend this company to anyone and advise people to stay far far away from them. Imagine spending $60,000 with a company and then they steal your money and send you a bill for more. This text is in response to Kathryns response to my review. Kathryn: I strongly disagree with your response. It is filled with misleading comments that I adjusted install dates. I did not. It was me who was flexible with your team adjusting them. It is your team that adjusted my installs because I kept getting notified by your team it would take longer to receive the avionics. In fact, while my install kept getting delayed, I threw more business at you. 2. The "extremely liberal" deposit of $15,000 is a significant amount of money to most people. It's good to know you don't consider this important as it is people's hard earned money. I forgot to mention you added $450 to the $15,000 because I used a credit card. Did you know: Civil Code section 1748.1 prohibits merchants from adding a surcharge (an extra fee) when customers pay by credit card instead of cash. 3. With regards to your comment about me recruiting away your technician. That's pretty hypocritical of you to say. "Your" technician had been working with me years before Leading Edge came to SNA and bought Western Avionics. He was working for Jays maintenance first. Jays spent years training him and then Leading Edge recruited him away from Jays Maintenance. Your company has now lost 2 long term managers because of managements bad practices by not making employees feel valued. Managers that I knew before leading edge began operations at SNA. Additionally, the friend that came to work for me didn't perform the installs on my airplanes contrary to your claims that I recruited him away because of his quality of work. 4. Quality of work. Lets talk about that. On the $36,000 install your team did on this aircraft, you left numerous panels on the belly of my airplane open. This exposed the belly to water while being washed the day after I took possession of the airplane. When Martin Aviation notified me, I immediately notified Mike on your team to which he frantically had new panels made for the aircraft. On another airplane, N172BR, there is a 1" empty space between COM 1 and 2. In fear I wouldn't see my airplane for weeks, I never brought it back to leading edge. 5. I was billed twice on N1399U for pitot static/transponder checks. You can do the right thing and return the balance owed to me. Nothing more nothing less. If I kept someone's $6,000 and then sent them another bill for $8,000, I'd be ashamed to show my face at the airport.

The avionics and General Aviation industry at large has gone insane since shortly after the…read morepandemic. It is nice to see some shops still provide responsive customer care and great workmanship on time. I needed two Garmin GI-275s installed and Leading Edge was the only Garmin dealer/installer that responded with a quote in anything that could be remotely considered as a timely fashion. The quote was very reasonable, so we scheduled an install date. My only slight frustration is that in general, they prefer to communicate via Zendesk and I would rather communicate either in person or by telephone. That said, having a paper trail of communication does help minimize misunderstanding. Everything was done on time outside of a minor delay that was not due to Leading Edge's fault (the existing panel had to be replaced due to a dimensional issue.) Overall, the work done was very clean and everything so far has been working as expected. There was a minor paperwork issue that was cleared up immediately. Heathyr, Alex, Mike and Tim were all professional and easy to work with and I will definitely be seeking them out for a future autopilot install.

Took Ben my cylinders to my front engine have them overhauled and they came back looking brand new…read more Was completely impressed and happy with the outcome and turn around. Will definitely take him my cylinders to my rear engine when ready.

Corona aircraft engines is a great vendor. I am building an RV8 with a failed engine from a…read moreprevious airplane. I sent my cylinders to be overhauled and he not only was on time he also painted my cylinders to match my Ford blue color scheme.