Linear Air President

Bill Herp, is invited to talk at an aviation conference in St Petersburg, Fl. We should be inviting this guy to ORH. http://www.linearair.com



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ST. PETERSBURG, Fla.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 16, 2006--William Herp, President and CEO of Linear Air, a premier jet-taxi operator based in Lexington, Massachusetts, will participate in a panel discussion among aviation officials and other air-taxi industry leaders at the Flight School: Air conference on June 16th in St. Petersburg, FL.

Organized by Release 1.0 CNET Networks' quarterly newsletter, and hosted by visionary thinker Esther Dyson, Editor of Release 1.0 and regular contributor to the New York Times and Wall Street Journal on the impact of new technology on business and society, the goal of Flight School: Air '06 is to open up discussion on the emerging jet-taxi market, the "disruptive technology" making it possible, business models, marketing strategies and regulatory environment.

Mr. Herp will participate in a panel discussion entitled The Pure and the Practical: Air Taxis and Similar Things, together with Cameron Burr, President of Pogo Air, Ed Iacobucci, President and CEO of DayJet, and Greg Johnson, President of OneSky. Many of the most important issues surrounding the emerging jet-taxi market will be covered during this panel discussion, specifically the different business models surrounding a revolutionary class of new 4-6 passenger jet aircraft, termed Very Light Jets or VLJs.

These new VLJ aircraft, which cost significantly less to own as compared to the current smallest jet on the market, will lower operating costs significantly while maintaining jet performance on a regional basis. VLJs are predicted to transform regional air travel from the current hub-and-spoke system to a point-to-point on demand model utilizing small regional airports. Eclipse Aviation, based in Albuquerque, New Mexico has the front runner aircraft for the jet-taxi space with their Eclipse 500. Linear Air has ordered 30 Eclipse 500s.

Linear Air's participation in the conference is directly related to the impact and success that the company has already experienced while operating in the emerging jet-taxi space. "Because we are the only jet-taxi operator currently flying rather than waiting for the new very light jets to come to market, our success is a true testament to the emerging jet-taxi industry and the expected potential benefits for those who participate as investors or customers," noted Mr. Herp.