Press Release

Issued by SkyBooks.

February 19, 2010

SkyBOOKS, Inc., a Textron, Inc. (NYSE: TXT) company, and an affiliate of Bell Helicopter, has been selected as the online electronic record-keeping program by Paradise Helicopters. Paradise Helicopters, a Hawaiian air tour and utility services provider with a record of over 10 years of industry excellence, recently completed a SkyBOOKS 90-day free trial offering for one of their aircraft and is the first trial operator to enroll their entire mixed fleet as a result of their trial experience.

The SkyBOOKS Full Service Flight Operations and Maintenance Tracking program provided Paradise Helicopters with an electronic record-keeping system to meet the complex needs associated with managing their three Bell 407s and three MD 500Es. John Willis, SkyBOOKS chief operating officer, said,

"The analyst-supported, Web-enabled program will provide Paradise real-time information pertaining to flight operations, maintenance compliance, maintenance scheduling and minimum equipment list (MEL) utilization."

SkyBOOKS is a SaaS (Software-as-a-Service) provider allowing simultaneous use by dispatches, owners, operators, and maintainers. The full-program includes analyst support to manage documents and update maintenance schedules.

Calvin Dorn, president of Paradise Helicopters, said, "Our goal as a company is to provide our guests with an experience that is unique, exceptional and creates a memory for a lifetime. Our utility customers choose us for our skills and reliability. We needed a system that provided the same passion for detail and performance. We had been searching for the right product to enhance the company's growing maintenance department. The first competing product we tried was so hard to manage and integrate services with, that after a year and a half we resorted to rebuilding spreadsheets to track aircraft components. Within several weeks of using the free trial offered by SkyBOOKS, we experienced the professional oversight and help available to our company. We know we have found the perfect product."