From Vision to Industry Leader

Cascade Aerospace Inc. began as a vision to build a world-class airplane repair station. The dream that inspired the vision began with Barry Marsden, a Cascade co-founder who got his pilot's license at 17 and thus began a life long relationship with machines that fly. Marsden's love of flying led him to co-found Conair Group, a specialty aviation services firm, in 1969.

Conair's initial focus was aerial forest fire control. The experience acquired in developing specialty aviation products and operating and maintaining a fleet of 90 aircraft gave Conair the expertise required to offer third-party maintenance and modifications. That expertise inspired a more expansive vision. By 1993, Marsden, forward thinking about aviation - envisioned a new enterprise dedicated to providing third-party maintenance. That vision became a reality when Conair moved into a new, state-of-the-art, 250,000-square-foot facility in December 2000. In spring 2001, the third-party maintenance division became a separate company with a new name: Cascade Aerospace.

The passion and foresight that the founders brought to Cascade continues to attract other skilled and dedicated people to the company. Today, Cascade has more than  500 people with the expertise and commitment to doing whatever it takes for on-time delivery of reliable aircraft and aviation products. Because we consistently strive to do as we say, Cascade has quickly risen to become one of North America's leading MRO organizations and aviation product engineering firms.