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Exhibit 31.1

Certification of Chief Executive Officer

I, Roy T. Rimmer, Jr., certify that:



| | 1. |  | I have reviewed this quarterly report on Form 10-Q of
TIMCO Aviation Services, Inc.;                                                                                                                                                                                                                                
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| | 2. |  | Based on my knowledge, this quarterly report does not
contain any untrue statement of a material fact or omit to state a
material fact necessary to make the statements made, in light of
the circumstances under which such statements were made, not
misleading with respect to the period covered by this report;
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| | 3. |  | Based on my knowledge, the financial statements, and
other financial information included in this report, fairly
present in all material respects the financial condition, results
of operations and cash flows of the registrant as of, and for, the
periods presented in this report;                             
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| | 4. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I are
responsible for establishing and maintaining disclosure controls
and procedures (as defined in Exchange Act Rules 13a-15(e) and
15d-15(e)) for the registrant and we have:                                                                                     

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| |  | a) |  | designed such disclosure controls and
procedures, or caused such disclosure controls and
procedures to be designed under our supervision, to ensure
that material information relating to the registrant,
including its consolidated subsidiaries, is made known to us
by others within those entities, particularly during the
period in which this report is being prepared;
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| |  | b) |  | Intentionally omitted.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                        
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| |  | c) |  | Evaluated the effectiveness of the
registrants disclosure controls and procedures and
presented in this report our conclusions about the
effectiveness of the disclosure controls and procedures, as
of the end of the period covered by this report based on
such evaluation; and                                                                                           
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| |  | d) |  | Disclosed in this report any change in the
registrants internal control over financial reporting that
occurred during the registrants most recent fiscal quarter
that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to
materially affect, the registrants internal control over
financial reporting; and                                                                



| | 5. |  | The registrants other certifying officers and I have
disclosed, based on our most recent evaluation of internal control
over financial reporting, to the registrants auditors and the
audit committee of registrants board of directors (or persons
performing the equivalent function):
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| |  | a) |  | all significant deficiencies and material
weaknesses in the design or operation of internal control
over financial reporting which are reasonably likely to
adversely affect the registrants ability to record,
process, summarize and report financial information; and
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| |  | b) |  | any fraud, whether or not material, that
involves management or other employees who have a
significant role in the registrants internal control over
financial reporting.                                                                                               

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|Date: August 14, 2003 |  |                        
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|                      |  | /s/ Roy T. Rimmer, Jr. 
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|                      |  | Roy T. Rimmer, Jr.     
|                      |  | Chief Executive Officer

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