TRENT LEMKE, President

Owner/operator Trent Lemke brings with him a proven management history. Mr. Lemke is experienced in air operations and special logistics.  He thrives on the development of new comprehensive programs that provide ground breaking solutions to clients. 

Mr. Lemke has 20 years of experience in aviation and over 10,000 hours of incident and accident-free flight time. His ability as a pilot is exceptional; his experience with project management and business operations has been very successful; this combination of field and administration experience makes him an excellent asset to the industry and a formidable leader for Ascent Helicopters.

Ascent's team of professional pilots are all high-time with an average of 8000 flight hours.

AL HANSSON, Director of Maintenance

Director of Maintenance Al Hansson has over 25 years of helicopter maintenance experience. As a high time pilot, Al brings an integrated approach to both troubleshooting and field maintenance. 

Al has very high standards and oversees an extremely professional maintenance staff.  Ascent offers trucks and trailers (insulated and heated) that house a portable workshop, fully stocked with spare parts.  As a result, our engineers are able to service the fleet in the most remote of locations with minimum disruption to flight service; offering an extremely high standard in terms of dispatch reliability.