About Us
Service and Value
Founded in 1994 as an independent supplier of parts and ground support equipment, All West Aviation Services, Inc. is all about serving the Hawker 125 Business Jet Fleet, Worldwide, and we do it with Passion, Dedication, and Specialization.
We add value by serving the Hawker Community with specialized products such as our growing family of Loop Aerospace FAA PMA products, Custom Tooling and Ground Support Equipment, and Other Factory New Parts with full traceability.
All West Aviation turned thirty on October 1, 2024!
Our 1-2-3 philosophy
Service
1. Honor our customers.
2. Offer professional, accurate, and timely service.
3. Get the right part to the right address, on time, every time.
Ethics
1. Maintain and encourage high ethical standards.
2. Award business to vendors who maintain high ethical standards.
3. Do the right thing, even when no one is watching.
Mantra
Pay attention to detail.
Personal Bio
Pictured - Chuck Best getting ready to play some Jazzy tunes with his Boise based band, Freudian Slip.
The band is 16 years young and plays at venues all around Boise, ID.
Hello. My name is Chuck Best and I am the Founder, President, and CEO of All West Aviation Services, Inc.
I know that I was born to serve the Hawker 125 Business Jet Community as my career for a lifetime, because the original DH125-1A made its maiden flight in 1961, very near the date of my own birth. Yes, the Hawker 125 Business Jet turned sixty in 2021, and so did I!
Serving the Hawker 125 Business Jet Community these past nearly four decades has been an absolute pleasure. I have enjoyed getting to know so many good people all over the globe.
Traveling to meetings, conferences and conventions through the years, there have been so many unique opportunities to sit down with Manufacturers and Suppliers, carving out sustainable support programs that have helped to keep the Hawker 125 Fleet in the air for decades!
My own world and the Hawker Business Jet world first intersected in 1984 when I stepped into a Shipping Clerk / Warehouse position at a Boise based FBO that would later become one of the most successful privately owned Hawker 125 Service Centers in North America.
I was twenty-three years old when I took that warehouse job. It didn’t take me long to find and immerse myself into the ‘Hawker Aisle’ in the parts room. My fascination with Hawker Business Jet Parts and absolute dedication to serving the Hawker Community would begin, and then would go on and on. Thirty-eight years later, here we are still.
Please enjoy looking around the web site, and come back often!
Sincerely,
Charles (Chuck) Best
Brief History and Timeline
1994
All West Aviation Services, Inc. was formed and became a dedicated, independent supplier of Hawker 125 Business Jet parts. The Hawker 800 Series Business Jet, or ‘BAe 800,’ was nearing the end of a highly successful twelve year production run.
1995 -2005
426 Hawker 800XP’s were produced.
2007
All West Aviation Services, Inc, at thirteen years of age, entered the world of E-Commerce.
Hawker Business Jet Models 850XP, 900XP and 750 entered production.
2012
The last Hawker Models (900XP and 750) rolled off the production line in Wichita.
2019
All West Aviation Services turned 25!
2022
New Web Site and E Commerce Platform released on September 20, 2022.
2024
All West Aviation turned thirty on October 01, 2024!
Brief snapshot of the Hawker 125 Business Jet Fleet as of May 09, 2024
Model | Units in Operation | Units Retired |
|---|---|---|
750 | 47 | 1 |
800A | 152 | 86 |
800B | 40 | 14 |
800XP | 375 | 50 |
800XPI | 49 | 1 |
850XP | 100 | 1 |
900XP | 177 | 8 |
Models not shown: Hawker 1000; HS125-700A and B Models; Hawker 600 and earlier models.