50+ Years · One Workshop · One Promise
A Texas-based maintenance and restoration shop specializing in antique, vintage, and classic aircraft. From a magneto overhaul on a Cub to a complete fabric recover on a 1947 Bonanza, every job is built around the same standard: "Doing It Right."
What We Do
Vintage Aircraft Services operates as a full-service aircraft maintenance facility, a restorer of antique, vintage, and classic aircraft, an experimental aircraft builder, and a shop dedicated to the craft of magneto work.
We test, repair, and service both Slick and Bendix magnetos — including pressurized magnetos used on turbocharged engines. 500-hour inspections are routine. Average total cost runs $725 for a Bendix and $875 for a Slick (parts included).
Read more →Major and minor airframe repair, sheet metal fabrication and repair, fabric recovering, custom sheet metal parts, and component painting and refinishing. From a minor patch to a frame-off restoration.
Read more →Instrument panel updates, custom battery cable fabrication, and experimental aircraft build support. Bring your project — we'll keep it airworthy and looking right.
Talk to Bill →A Word from Bill
Half a century of rebuilding aircraft teaches you one thing: shortcuts show up later, usually in the air. Every magneto we test, every fabric we recover, every panel we rewire goes out the door the same way it would if our family were flying it behind the prop.
We're not the biggest shop in Texas. We're not trying to be. We do careful, correct work on antique, vintage, and classic airframes — and we back it up with the kind of knowledge you only get from turning wrenches for fifty years.
About Bill Goebel →Frequently Asked
Both major piston-aircraft ignition brands: Bendix and Slick (Continental Motors / Champion Aerospace product line). We also service pressurized magneto variants used on turbocharged and high-altitude installations.
Typical turnaround is 1–2 weeks once a magneto arrives at the shop. We confirm timing on intake — rush service is sometimes available for AOG situations. Call (940) 389-1723 to coordinate.
Both. Vintage Aircraft Services is set up as a full-service maintenance facility for certified antique, vintage, and classic airframes, and we also support experimental builders with custom fabrication and panel work.
894 Heritage Creek Drive, Rhome, TX 76078. Rhome is in Wise County, just outside Decatur and roughly 30 minutes north of Fort Worth. We're easy to reach from anywhere in the DFW region.
Single-engine piston: Cessna, Piper, Beechcraft, Aeronca, Piper Cub variants, Taylorcraft, Aeronca Champ, Bellanca, and similar. Vintage and antique airframes are our specialty. Call to confirm for your specific model.