Taurus Aerospace Group Continues to Build Out Management Team - Announces Four Key...

Taurus Aerospace Group Continues to Build Out Management Team - Announces Four
Key Hires

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 24 /PRNewswire/ -- Taurus Aerospace Group, a leading
provider of integrated specialist solutions to aircraft OEMs and fleet
customers that is comprised of Brek Manufacturing, Aviation Technical Services
(ATS), Aircraft on Ground (AOG) and Tank Devils, continues to build out its
management team and today announced that it has made several key appointments.

John Seifert joins Taurus Aerospace Group (Taurus) as Vice President of
Finance. Seifert was most recently at SMART Business Advisory and Consulting,
a financial accounting and business services firm based in Pennsylvania.
Prior to this role, he served as Finance Director at InfraSource Services, a
$1 billion engineering and construction firm employing more than 4,500 people
across the United States. Seifert will work out of Taurus' Philadelphia
headquarters.

Henry David joins Brek Manufacturing as Vice President and General Manager.
David brings to Taurus, and specifically to Brek Manufacturing, 35 years of
aerospace experience, including full P & L responsibility as President of a
small aerospace manufacturing company in Chino, Calif. Prior to moving to
California, David spent 33 years with Ellanef Manufacturing Corp. (a division
of Magellan Aerospace) in New York where he was responsible for all facets of
operating and managing the aerospace manufacturing company. David will work
out of Brek's headquarters in Los Angeles.

Phil Bathurst joins Taurus as the Vice President of Operations for Aviation
Technical Services, Inc (ATS). Bathurst will leverage his proven experience
in effectively managing maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operators as he
oversees all daily aircraft maintenance activity for ATS at the company's
Everett, Wash. headquarters. With more than 30 years of experience, Bathurst
places high expectations on his team to actively pursue additional
opportunities in process improvement. He established his career while
employed by TIMCO from 1990 to 2007, where he supported all aspects of the
operations team in positions of increasing responsibility, from Supervisor
through Senior Director.

Philip Fields, joining Taurus as Vice President of New Business Development at
ATS, will be responsible for all sales, marketing, contracts, program
management and public relations activities for the company. Fields comes to
ATS after working 24 years in the aerospace industry in various executive and
management level capacities. Fields' broad and extensive experience includes
working as a manager within The Boeing Company, Director of Sales & Marketing
for Hexcel Structures, VP Sales & Marketing for AIM Aviation (aircraft
interior design and manufacturing), VP Sales & Marketing for TIMCO Aviation
Services and COO for Young Aerospace Consultants (provider of sales and
program management support for companies supplying the aerospace aftermarket).
Fields will be based at the ATS headquarters in Everett, Washington.

"We're excited about the expertise these gentlemen bring to Taurus," said
Taurus CEO Larry Resnick. "They have all built strong reputations in our
industry. As we continue to build out our management team, the talent and
experience of these four aerospace professionals will help shape the company's
future as we prepare for continued growth and expansion in 2009."

About Taurus Aerospace Group
Taurus Aerospace Group is a leading provider of integrated specialist
solutions to aircraft OEMs and fleet customers. Taurus' strategy is to
provide its customers with a family of best-in-class companies offering
products and services which support the entire airframe lifecycle, from design
through manufacturing and maintenance, enhanced through superior engineering
capabilities.

Taurus Aerospace Group includes the following companies: Brek Manufacturing, a
Los Angeles-based manufacturer of monolithic structures for airframes;
Aviation Technical Services (ATS), a Seattle-based provider of maintenance,
repair and overhaul (MRO) services for airframes and components; Aircraft on
Ground, Inc. (AOG), a Dallas-based provider of aircraft fuel tank repair and
maintenance services; and Tank Devils, a niche provider of aircraft fuel tank
maintenance and repair services based in the United Kingdom.

Taurus is sponsored by the Macquarie Group, a recognized investor, operator
and manager in a wide range of specialist asset classes around the world,
including aviation, infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications and media.

SOURCE Taurus Aerospace Group

Brendi Rawlin of Limelight Public Relations, Inc., +1-619-546-7488,
Brendi@thelimelightpr.com, for Taurus Aerospace Group