Business Spotlight:
Sharp Aviation
By Ken Krongos

Sharp Aviation, Inc. is a full service Flight School.  It provides its student with training from Private Pilot through Airline Transport Certificate.  Sharp also has a full fleet of training and rental aircraft available, from single engine trainers to high performance and multiengine aircraft.

Sharp Aviation also features an Aircraft Maintenance facility that specializes in General Aviation single and multi-engine aircraft repair. Dale Sharp (pictured at right)  states, “We do everything the aircraft owner needs, from overhauling engines to repairing and rebuilding the aircraft’s airframe from the ground up.  We also buy and sell aircraft.”

Dale Sharp founded Sharp Aviation in 1973, after retiring from a 20 years career in the Air Force.  He retired with his Pilot’s License, Single and Multi-Engine land plus all the maintenance certificates he would need in his new endeavor.  In Sharp’s “retirement”, he’s found a dream job he enjoys more than any retirement.

Sharp has plans to expand the operation in the future.  Moving into a larger hanger and adding turbine engine repair and overhaul to the list of services available.  In the future, there’s the possibility of adding a limited Part 135 Air Charter Service, also.

Sharp Aviation’s Flight Department Manager is Julie Hall.  Julie’s husband Jimmy Hall is Sharp’s lead mechanic.  George Jackson is the Maintenance Shop Chief.

Sharp and his crew have been at it since 1973 and plan to keep going strong and growing till the next millennium. Be fore warned though their love for aviation is contagious.

In true aviation and FBO sprit there is always a fresh pot of coffee brewing for fly-in visitors and customers.

The Sharps say, if you are in Jonesboro stop in and say “hi” and if you need you aircraft worked on call us at Sharp Aviation Inc., (870) 935-7447.