Beyond a single discipline
Aircraft knowledge matters. So do transaction strategy, maintenance judgment, personnel leadership, financial oversight and a clear understanding of how the owner intends to use the aircraft.
About Yellowstone
A complete understanding of aircraft ownership.
Yellowstone brings together experience buying, selling, operating and managing private aircraft. We understand both the decisions owners face and the work required to carry them out.
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Experience that connects the details.
Leading a flight department requires personnel leadership, financial discipline, technical understanding and clear accountability. Direct operating experience adds practical knowledge of what the aircraft and its people need to perform well.
Yellowstone combines those capabilities. We consider how each decision affects the owner’s travel, team, costs and long-term plans—whether we are negotiating an acquisition, resolving an operational problem or managing the department.
The complete ownership picture
Experience building, leading and strengthening flight departments showed that aircraft selection cannot be separated from crewing, training, supportability, facilities, reliability or long-term value.
Direct senior accountability
Yellowstone keeps experienced professionals close to the work, connecting the aircraft, transaction and operation instead of passing the engagement through layers of sales and account personnel.
The principle that followed
An aircraft transaction is not successful merely because it closes. It is successful when the aircraft is right for the owner, properly understood and positioned for what comes next.
Our operating model
Designed to work with—or without—Yellowstone.
Every operation is structured around the owner’s mission, preferences and desired level of involvement. That may mean a fully staffed internal flight department, a contractor-based operation, direct management by Yellowstone or a tailored combination of the three.
Where the goal is an independent department, Yellowstone builds the operating structure, selects the personnel and works alongside the team through launch and early use. Once the department is prepared to function on its own, Yellowstone steps back and remains available for advisory support or periodic reviews.
Where ongoing management is preferred, Yellowstone continues overseeing the aircraft, personnel and operation indefinitely.
The objective is not to make an owner dependent on Yellowstone. It is to establish the right operation and provide the level of continued involvement the owner wants.
The Yellowstone team
The right experience for the work.
Yellowstone brings together flight department leaders, transaction professionals and aircraft specialists according to the needs of each engagement. Responsibilities are clearly defined, experienced leadership stays involved and the owner has a direct point of contact.
Our backgrounds span aircraft transactions, personnel management, maintenance oversight, budgeting, facilities and flight operations. Aircraft-specific experience across turboprops and business jets adds practical depth to that work.
Founder
Thomas Call
Thomas Call founded Yellowstone Jet Group after developing, leading and managing multiple private flight departments. His experience includes aircraft acquisitions, personnel leadership, maintenance oversight, budgeting and vendor coordination.
His management background is supported by firsthand operating experience in aircraft including the Pilatus PC-24, Bombardier Challenger 300 and Bombardier Global 6500. That combination informs his approach to aircraft ownership: understand the owner’s needs, assemble the right people and take responsibility for seeing the work through.
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Discuss your aircraft, operation or ownership plans directly with Yellowstone.
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