Frank Hinds started out in aircraft maintenance as a young teenage boy. His father opened an aircraft shop in Hobbs, NM. Frank helped his dad after school and on weekends until graduating from high school, 1966. After graduation, Frank served in the United States Air Force. He served his country in Tailand and Vietnam. When completeting his time with the Air Force he returned to Hobbs where he worked again with his father.

After marrying in 1970 and becoming a young father in 1971, Frank made a dramatic decision that would change his life forever. He was offered a job with Centurion Flight Center, in Grand Rapids, Mi., and he accepted. While working in this position, Frank was exposed to maintenance on different aircraft models and techniques. He learned from many experts in the field, and was given the ability to learn systems on more aircraft.

In 1975, Frank moved his family to Texas when he took a manager position for a company located in San Angelo. While working in this position he was exposed to the aviation community in West Texas and felt that there was a void in the community here. After two years of working in this position Frank felt that he needed to open his own business to provide the type of service that he wanted to provide to his customers. Frank opened the Precision Aircraft Services in 1977. He was determined to build a company that he would want to take his own airplane to. He set his goals high and set out to provide the best service available for aircraft.

Frank holds a license in both land based planes, and rotorcraft. He has been checked out in several airplanes and helicopters through the years, which allows him to personally test most of the aircraft that Precision Aircraft maintains when needed. It also allows him to know how different planes and helicopters of the same model act and provide a valuable service to his customers in being able to detect those small problems that sometimes gradually appear and a customer might miss due to it being so minor. Frank believes that no aircraft should leave the shop if he would not personally trust it with the life of his family or him.

For over thirty years, Frank has been maintaining the Robinson Helicopters' line up of their helicopters. He has developed a working relationship with the factory and has seen the helicopters evolve over time to what they are today. From the original model with no aux-fuel tank and little engine, to the models that are in production today. Over the years he has maintained many helicopters for his customers and is one of the Robinson Helicopter Modles' leading authorities to many people from around the country.

Through the years Frank has been dedicated to building on his wealth of knowledge that he has in the aircraft business. He continues to build on his knowledge by attending classes across the country offered by the factories. Some of the training that he has attended through the years includes Factory Training on the Robinson Helicopters, Hughes 300, several of the engine manufactures, and many other classes on general aviation aircrafts. He is dedicated to being the most knowledgeable technician in West Texas on all the aircraft that his shop maintains.