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                                                                    Exhibit 27.1
           First Aviation Services Inc. and Consolidated Subsidiaries
                             (amounts in thousands)





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<LEGEND>
This schedule contains summary financial information extracted from the
financial information contained in the body of the accompanying 10-Q and is
qualified in its entirety by reference to such financial statements.
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