MEET THE TEAM
TREY WEBB
Trey became interested in helicopters the spring of 1982 while working as a flagger for a spray helicopter. As a flagger, many of the rides to the pasture were in the helicopter and after that he was hooked. In the fall of 1982 he was enrolled in A&P School at TSTI in Amarillo working towards his aircraft technician degree, also known as an Airframe and Powerplant license. During this time he also started helicopter pilot training at Amarillo Helicopters.
Trey purchased his first helicopter, a used R22 standard in January of 1986. He obtained his commercial license June 5, 1987 and began commercial operations, June 6, 1987 by selling helicopter rides at the annual “Cow Calling Contest,” in Miami, Texas. In July 1990, he finished his instructor’s license and began teaching students to fly. Since that time Flap-Air Helicopter Service has passed 15 commercial and 34 private pilots.
Along with flying, Trey became a dealership and maintenance service center for Robinson Helicopter Company in Torrance, California selling and maintaining the R22, R44 and R66 helicopters. Currently Flap-Air maintains over 40 helicopters spread out over four states. Trey has logged over 9000 hours as a pilot as well as thousands of hours in helicopter maintenance.
ANITA WEBB
Anita is a graduate of Hotchkiss High School in Hotchkiss, Colorado and went on to attend Western State College in Gunnison, Colorado graduating with a Comprehensive Physical Education degree with a minor in coaching. She taught and coached for several years, before meeting Trey and moving to Canadian, Texas in 1990. After her move to Canadian, she took over all the Flap-Air books as well as helping with maintenance and day to day operations until 2012 when the company hired a full time secretary and mechanic. She continues to stay involved in the day to day operations of Flap-Air.
DIANA WILSON
Diana has been with Flap-Air Helicopter Service, Inc. since 2012, overseeing all the office functions as secretary. She handles the in-coming/out-going communications, office billing, payroll, banking, office accounting, central supply, policy and procedures as well as Human Resources for the company. She maintains the FAA certifications and the programs that are affiliated to maintain its compliance. Diana was born and raised in Canadian, Texas and has years of experience in office management as well as customer satisfaction. She has an Associate’s Degree in Health Administration which was obtained in her EMS career of 15 plus years. She came to Flap-Air in February of 2012. The careers change, but the performance, quality of work and work ethics for customer satisfaction never changes.
DANIEL AVILA
Daniel is a 2013 graduate of Canadian High School and attended diesel mechanic school at South Plains College, and later took a job as a diesel mechanic in Canadian. In August of 2016, Daniel started with Flap-Air as an apprentice helicopter mechanic, learning the aircraft maintenance from Trey. After two years as an apprentice, Daniel has his Repairman Certificate and will be able to take his A&P tests to become a certified aircraft mechanic. Daniel has also completed his flight training through FAH and is a private helicopter pilot.
TYLER SAVELY
Tyler Savely is a native of Liberal KS. A long time helicopter junkie, Tyler became obsessed after seeing a Huey at an air show. This passion for military helicopters lead to a an enlistment as a Marine Corps crew chief on the V22 Osprey where he ran the aircrafts defensive weapon systems, provided in flight troubleshooting and maintained the aircraft when it wasn’t flying. After finishing his time in the Marines, Tyler attended flight training and did instruction in the mountains of Oregon before finding his way back home to the Great Plains where he provides flight instruction and commercial services for Flap-Air.
WEBB KIDS
Instrumental in our business the past 30 years has been our four kids, who have put in many hours helping turn wrenches on helicopters, washing, waxing, office work and helping with grounds maintenance as well as some commercial work for us. Each of them has their private helicopter licenses as well as the two boys are commercial pilots.