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Fremont Airways LLC pilot Mark Mathews brought the King Air partnership together and thanks to great communication and respect for the others’ business needs, he says it’s more like a big family than a partnership.
Mark Mathews grew up in Riverton, a town of about 10,000 people in the central part of the state where four rivers meet. The city is nicknamed Rendezvous City for its cultural history as a gathering spot for fur trading rendezvous.
Mathews returned to his hometown in November 2011 to become a corporate pilot for the Bebout family. Eli Bebout, who turns 73 this month, is a veteran politician who has served in the state Legislature for more than three decades and Nick Bebout, 68, will always be a star after a standout career at left tackle for the University of Wyoming that led to an eight-season career in the NFL. Their families go back a few generations and they each have four children.
Mathews had stayed in touch with one of his closest childhood friends while he was accumulating 5,000 hours that include time as a flight instructor, flying eight years in Alaska for two Part 135 operations and most recently flying Beechcraft 1900 aircraft for Great Lakes Airlines for four years out of the regional airline’s Denver hub.
With his buddy back in town, Sam Linden saw a lot more of Mathews and noticed how the Bebouts were using their King Air 200. When he heard that the brothers were interested in bringing a partner in on the aircraft, it was perfect timing as Sam and his father Mike Linden had recently started a new business providing equipment rentals and services for oil and gas operations from South Texas to Colorado to North Dakota and in between.
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