Special Services Corporation was created in 1958 as a subsidiary of the Liberty Corporation to manage Liberty’s new aircraft and develop a professional aviation department to support Liberty’s travel needs. The first aircraft purchased was a 1958 twin Beech-18. The [...]
Join us in welcoming our new Director of Maintenance! Ronald A. Campbell has nearly 40 years experience in aircraft maintenance, management, and instruction. Ron graduated from Parks College with an Associate of Science degree in Aircraft Maintenance, and has BA [...]
The FAA recently commissioned a study called "General Aviation Airports: A National Asset" to help us understand General Aviation Airports and how they fit in to our national air transportation system. There are almost 3000 airports on the list and [...]
If done under the correct circumstances, placing your aircraft on SSC's charter certificate can be a win-win situation. You as the owner receive revenues to offset costs, and SSC gets to charter the aircraft without having to fully support the [...]
In our business, we're well aware of the myths about private aviation. We know that some of these myths have kept smart businesspeople who could benefit from private air travel from considering it as a productivity tool. This is unfortunate [...]
When it comes to traveling for business or pleasure, you have many reasons why to charter an airplane. When you consider that there are over 14,000 airports in the US and then narrow it down to just 5,000 that are [...]
SSC strives to provide customer services that is noticeably set apart from the "NORM". We realize that we must have and give people something they want. Yes, good customer service is the lifeblood of any business, but flexibility, and adaptability [...]
I had a phone conversation recently with the flight department of a large corporation. How the conversation progressed and what was said during our brief call has stuck out in my mind ever since. The purpose of the call was [...]
We like to talk about the fascinating people behind the company and behind the airplanes on the SSC blog. In this article, we interview Jim Hamlett a longtime client and partner of SSC. Hamlett is the author of a [...]
Futuristically, SSC had an invaluable opportunity, privilege, and honor to present aviation to a great group of young people from the Berea Middle School, Greenville, South Carolina. Lynn Edwards, Guidance Counselor and Denentrice Donald, Career Development Facilitator, were pleased and [...]