About Avenger

Having grown up in the South Pacific country of New Zealand, I joined the Royal New Zealand Air Force to become a pilot. They had enough pilots that year, so I trained as an aircraft mechanic. I loved the people, and the job was awesome. But, after 6 years and completing training as an aircraft technician, I decided that the military was not exactly my cup of tea. I gained training that I still use to this day, but the actual marching and saluting part was not something I embraced. I had met Craig on the train down to boot camp, and we had been friends ever since, so we signed a pact to meet in the U.S. on the 4th of July, 1986, to celebrate our independence from the Air Force. 

We planned to travel around North and South America after training as pilots. As it always does, life intervened. We ran out of money in Miami, after only 6 months of traveling, so we had to get jobs. I joined a small shop in Medley, FL, as a landing gear salvage expert. The company grew quickly, and we were bought out by a big corporation. 

I moved to Washington, D.C. in 1992, got married, settled in Northern Virginia, and raised three daughters. In 1999, Craig and I set up Avenger. Today, we are an established business providing commercial landing gear components, hydraulic actuators, and A.P.U. ducting.