One Frustration Built BAS. The Competition Is Still Catching Up. See Why at NBAA-BACE 2026.
Posted by Clinton McJenkin on Jul 21st 2026
BAS Part Sales was built to fix everything that made aircraft parts buying slower, harder, and more frustrating than it needed to be. Since then, one customer-focused idea has grown into a multi-state operation supporting everything from light aircraft to business jets. Now BAS is bringing that same disruptive approach back to NBAA-BACE 2026. See how far the operation has come, and why the competition is still trying to catch up.
Last year, BAS Part Sales showed up at NBAA-BACE for the first time.
We bought the booth. We brought the Executive team. We brought a very clear idea about how business aviation parts should be bought, sold, photographed, priced, shipped, and generally made less painful.
Then people started talking to us.
MROs. Repair stations. Operators. Fleet managers. Overhaul shops. Suppliers. Aircraft owners. People with parts to buy, inventories to move, aircraft to sell, cores to exchange, and very little patience for the usual back-and-forth.
We left Las Vegas with new relationships, a longer opportunity list, and a pretty good indication that BAS had more work to do in the business aviation market.
So we did what BAS usually does when the workload gets bigger.
We got busier.
One Show. A Much Bigger Conversation.
BAS Part Sales is returning to the 2026 NBAA Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition, October 20 through 22 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
This year, we will be at Booth 4129 with a larger presence, a broader business aviation focus, and considerably more to talk about.
Since our first NBAA-BACE appearance in 2025, the turbine side of BAS has continued to grow. More aircraft. More inventory. More customers. More international transactions. More relationships with the shops, operators, and maintenance teams keeping business aircraft moving.
We also launched the BAS Core Exchange Program, which takes the same practical e-commerce approach BAS brought to aircraft parts and applies it to eligible exchange components.
That means visible inventory. Published pricing. Real photos of the actual unit. Defined core return terms. Online purchasing. Fast shipping.
In other words, less mystery.
Business aviation has enough complicated systems already. Buying a part does not need to be one of them.
We Still Think Aircraft Parts Should Be Easier
BAS was built around a straightforward idea.
Customers should be able to see what is available, understand what they are buying, know what it costs, and move forward without beginning a week-long email chain.
That idea sounds so obvious.
The aircraft parts market has not always treated it that way. Too often, sourcing still means unclear availability, vague descriptions, quote requests, unanswered questions, long delays, and photos that somehow manage to show everything except the part you are trying to inspect.
BAS has spent years building a different model:
- Real in-stock inventory
- Published pricing
- High-resolution photos of the actual item
- Product and traceability information where documented
- Secure online checkout
- Fast fulfillment
- Global shipping
- Practical support from people who know aircraft parts
We didn't invent the internet.
We just decided the aircraft parts market should use it properly.
Disruption Started With One Frustraed Customer
BAS Part Sales was not created because the aircraft parts industry needed another supplier.
It was created because Jared Boles, the CEO and Founder, needed parts for the repair station where he worked as the parts manager. The process was slow, guarded, frustrating, and far more complicated than it had any reason to be.
Finding inventory took too long. Prices were hidden. Information was difficult to get. Customers were expected to call, wait, ask permission, and work around the supplier’s process. The system served the gatekeeper first and the customer somewhere further down the list.
Jared decided that was backward.
From one set of frustrations came a very different kind of aircraft parts company, built around transparency, speed, good energy, practical help, and the fairly radical idea that customers should feel like the entire operation is working for them.
What began with one person and a lean-to beside a hangar has grown into roughly 80 employees across two states, a full-scale e-commerce and fulfillment operation, and three disassembly shops putting aircraft parts back into circulation 52 weeks a year. BAS has acquired thousands of aircraft, from light-sport machines and small piston singles to complex turboprops and multimillion-dollar business jets.
The airplanes got bigger. The operation got sharper. The original frustration never left.
BAS still publishes the price. BAS still photographs the actual part. BAS still makes the inventory visible. BAS still answers the phone, ships quickly, solves problems, and treats the customer like the reason the business exists.
That approach disrupted an industry that had grown comfortable making aircraft parts harder to buy than they needed to be. It created distance between BAS and the traditional parts model, and that distance keeps growing.
Our larger presence at NBAA-BACE is another marker along that path.
NBAA is a long way from the old perception of aircraft disassembly as a rough salvage operation hidden behind a fence. BAS is a long way from it too.
This is not a junkyard with a website.
It is a controlled, organized, highly technical operation. Three shops. Experienced mechanics. Dedicated research, photography, e-commerce, sales, inventory, and shipping teams.
Aircraft are disassembled carefully, components are identified and documented, and useful parts are moved into a global supply system built to support pilots, owners, operators, repair stations, MROs, and aviation businesses.
The work is surgical. The machine is well-oiled. The mission is still exactly what it was at the beginning.
Make aircraft parts easier to find. Easier to understand. Easier to buy.
Then take the next frustration and disrupt that too.
Core Exchange, Without the Fog Machine
The BAS Core Exchange Program was launched in 2026 to make eligible exchange components easier to find, evaluate, and purchase.
The basic premise is not complicated.
A customer needs a replacement component. BAS has an eligible exchange unit available. The price is published. The actual component is photographed. The core terms are defined. The customer can review the information and move forward.
That is the transaction.
No secret handshake required.
The program is designed to reduce unnecessary sourcing delays while helping operators, shops, and maintenance teams understand what is available before they have to ask.
There will always be technical questions. There will always be documentation to review. There will always be components that require a real conversation.
We are not removing expertise from the process.
We are removing the nonsense.
Buying, Selling, Sourcing, and Building the Next Relationship
BAS acquires aircraft that are no longer practical to return to service, disassembles them with purpose, and turns the usable components into organized, visible, ready-to-ship inventory.
We also purchase parts inventories, work with suppliers, support customers worldwide, and continue looking for practical ways to move more useful aircraft components back into circulation.
Every transaction is different. The goal is usually the same. Keep good parts working. Keep maintenance teams supplied. Keep aircraft flying for less.
Our return to NBAA is not just about selling parts from a booth.
BAS is heading to Las Vegas to meet the people and organizations working across the business aviation maintenance and supply chain.
That includes:
- MROs and repair stations
- Component and overhaul shops
- Fleet managers and aircraft operators
- Aircraft owners
- Parts suppliers
- Organizations with surplus inventory
- Companies with exchange cores
- Owners and operators with aircraft to sell
- Partners looking for long-term sourcing and acquisition relationships
The Airplane May Be Done. The Parts Are Not.
There is real value sitting inside aircraft that will never fly again as complete machines.
Avionics. Landing gear. Flight controls. Engine accessories. Environmental systems. Interior components. Wheels. Brakes. Actuators. Doors. Surfaces. Hardware. Hundreds of components that may still have useful work ahead.
BAS exists to recover that value, document it clearly, photograph it properly, organize it, price it, and make it available to the owners, operators, and shops that need it.
That work supports general aviation. It supports business aviation. It supports the global fleet.
And it beats leaving useful components trapped inside an airplane with nowhere else to go.
As BAS Founder and President Jared Boles puts it: “Every part we pull and ship keeps a plane flying for less.” That is the job.
The larger booth is just where we will be talking about it.
Find BAS at NBAA-BACE 2026 Booth 4129
BAS Part Sales will be exhibiting at Booth 4129 during NBAA-BACE 2026 at the Las Vegas Convention Center.
We will be there to discuss:
- Business aviation parts sourcing
- Core Exchange opportunities
- Aircraft acquisitions
- Surplus and excess inventory
- Parts purchasing
- Component recovery
- International fulfillment
- MRO and overhaul shop relationships
- Long-term supply and partnership opportunities
Last year, NBAA helped open the door.
This year, BAS is coming back with more parts than ever, pulled from a broader and increasingly complex range of aircraft, plus more capability, more experience, and a much bigger reason to stop by and meet the BAS Executive Team.
We also have cool swag.
See you in Las Vegas.
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