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Wyoming FBO To Change Hands
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: Bighorn Airways is being sold to Bridger Aerospace.
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Bighorn Airways, one of Wyoming’s largest aviation services providers, is being acquired by Montana-based Bridger Aerospace, which specializes in aerial firefighting.
Bighorn, which was established in 1947 and owns 12 special-mission aircraft, operates the lone full-service FBO and MRO at Sheridan County Airport (KSHR) at the base of Wyoming’s Bighorn Mountains. It offers charter service on its fleet of turboprops, including the Dash 8 and the Beechcraft King Air 350.
KSHR features an 8,300-foot main runway and the Bighorn FBO, a Corporate Aircraft Association-preferred location that is open daily from 5 a.m. until 9 p.m. and features hangar space that can shelter aircraft up to the size of a Gulfstream G550. It is also home to the company’s FAA Part 145 repair station.
The transaction is expected to close by the end of September, pending regulatory approval.