News Release

Wyvern welcomes Midwest Flying Service as new Wingman operator

Sheldon, Iowa-based Part 135 Midwest Flying Service, Inc. has secured its designation as a Wyvern Wingman certified operator following a successful audit as well as ongoing participation in the Wyvern Flight Leader Program. The Wyvern Wingman standard, the first air charter audit standard in the aviation industry, provides a safety benchmark that allows air charter customers to assess performance expectations against recognised industry best operating practices before purchasing air charter services. The Wyvern Flight Leader Program provides operators with expert and ongoing collaboration to ensure their risk management programme thrives.

“Being a small, family-run company, our passion is to provide safe and comfortable travel for our medical teams. We take great pride and honour in our organ transplant flights. The safety of our transplant teams and precious cargo is our number one priority. By achieving Wyvern Wingman certification, we have shown our dedication to the safety of our flights,” says Lyle Vust, owner and CEO of Midwest Flying Service.

Wyvern Wingman operators are evaluated by the Wingman Standard criteria. The scope of the evaluation includes an assessment of operational activities, review on the company operational history and safety records, safety management system (SMS), internal evaluation programme, administrative compositions, technical documentation, pilot and aircraft records, training requirements and maintenance operations including technician training and experience.

“We congratulate Midwest Flying Service for achieving Wingman certification, which validates its effective safety management system and excellence in managing operations and aircraft maintenance. Wingman operators stand out from others by allowing Wyvern to assess their conformity to best practices and collaborate with them to continually monitor their continuous improvement related to the management of risk,” says Andrew Day, Wyvern's senior vice president, operations.