Sunshine AERO

Sunshine Aero Industries Inc, known as SAI Flight Test, is a privately owned small business in Crestview, Florida. The site says it is located in the Crestview Technology Airpark at Bob Sikes Airport. It was established in 1980. The site describes it as a flight test and flight test support business.

The founder is Robert L. (Bob) Keller. He graduated from the United States Air Force Test Pilot School in 1970. He retired in 1980 as commander of the Flight Test Division at Eglin Air Force Base. The site says he flew more than 200 combat missions in F-105s and F-4s and has over 20,000 flight hours.

The company's newly relocated facility has 30,000 square feet. It includes engineering, fabrication, aircraft modification, maintenance, an FAA certified repair station and office space. The site says it sits on private land next to Bob Sikes Airport and has exclusive access to the airport's 8,000 foot ILS equipped runway. The site describes the runway as capable of supporting private, commercial and military aircraft.

The site says SAI has delivered more than 30 years of flight testing and support with no accidents. It says the company has supported test operations at many national locations from its Crestview base. The founder's flight experience includes T-39, F-15, F-16, F-100, F-105, F-4, C-135 and various civil general aviation planes.

The site lists memberships. SAI is a corporate member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots, the Association of Old Crows, the Aircraft Owners and Pilots Association, the Aircraft Electronics Association and the Experimental Aircraft Association.

The site has pages for its fleet, facilities and crew, and a contact page with a contact form and a location note. The contact page describes the company as privately owned and located at Bob Sikes Airport in Crestview, Florida. The site repeats that the company was established in 1980.