Honored 2022
Rocky Alan DeVencenty was born in Vineland, Colorado in 1957. After graduating from high school, Rocky got his pilot’s license and purchased a Piper J3 Cub.
In 1984, Rocky started Travelaire Service, an Air Charter and Air Ambulance company. Many hours were spent at local hospitals to secure a properly qualified flight team as they embarked on being Southern Colorado’s first fixed wing Air Ambulance company.
Rocky was able to secure a contract with Memorial Hospital in Colorado Springs, transporting neonatal patients (pre-mature babies).
At the same time, he also became a provider for the Veterans Administration in Denver. Rocky later added flying services for the sheriff’s department looking for fugitives and missing persons.
By 1995, Rocky had added Lear Jets and King Air’s to his fleet and built a 10,000 square foot hangar and office space. By the early 2000s, Travelaire Service had the largest jet fleet in Colorado. The company has accumulated over 42,000 hours of accident, incident and violation free operation over the past 40 years. From 2005 to 2018, Rocky was the only person other than FAA designated pilots to give LearJet type ratings in the Denver area.
In 2014, Rocky and his wife became owners of Flower Aviation, an FBO in Pueblo, Colorado. He has transported thousands of patients throughout the US and Canada and was one of the only civilian pilots allowed to fly on 9/11. Rocky has instructed multitudes of students and given pilots their license through being a pilot examiner.
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