For Immediate Release July 10, 2006 Media Contact: Kari Bentz Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. Tel: 503.472.0011 Ext. 4645 Toll Free: 800.472.9361 kari.bentz@evergreenairlines.com Evergreen International Airlines Receives Federal Aviation Administration Maintenance Technician Awards McMinnville, OR – The Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) presented Evergreen International Airlines (EIA) with the Diamond Special Award of Excellence for Aviation Maintenance in recognition for achieving 100 percent participation in the FAA’s Aviation Maintenance Technician (AMT) Awards program. The national award was presented by Larry Richards and Gordon Read of the FAA at the Evergreen Aviation Museum on Friday June 30, 2006, at 10a.m. This distinguished honor follows three consecutive years of receiving the Diamond Certificate of Excellence Award, which is granted to employers who have at least 50 percent employee participation in the AMT awards program. "This is a very significant accomplishment," Larry Richards of the FAA told audience members at the museum. "[The Diamond Special Award] shows Evergreen’s commitment to providing training [for] maintenance personnel." According to the FAA’s Gordon Read, only three other airlines—Delta, Horizon, and Frontier—have 100 percent participation in the AMT awards program. Twenty-eight EIA employees also earned individual AMT awards. These awards included 8 Bronze (6 hours of training), 4 Silver (12 hours of training), 12 Gold (26 hours of training), 3 Ruby (60 hours of training) and one Diamond (100 plus hours). The awards given are based on the hours accumulated over calendar year 2005. Wavell "Wave" Mead, a quality assurance auditor for EIA received the highest honor bestowed on technicians, the Diamond Award, by meeting the required training criteria as well as attending a college level course of at least three semester-hours. Mead has been attending Embry Riddle Aeronautical University in Portland, which partnered with the Evergreen Aviation Museum on Jan. 9, 2006, to offer undergraduate and graduate degrees to Evergreen employees. Mead feels that the partnership between Embry Riddle and the museum will help qualify more people for the prominent Diamond Award and will allow others to more easily continue seeking educational advancements. The AMT Awards program is designed to encourage aviation maintenance technicians and their employers to take advantage of initial and regular recurrent training. The Diamond Award is given to companies that have their employees participate in such training, recognizing levels of advanced aircraft maintenance that extend beyond the FAA’s compulsory requirements. The Diamond Special Award of Excellence is a testament to EIA’s active encouragement of ongoing employee training in cooperation with the FAA. For more information on the FAA’s AMT awards program visit http://www.faa.gov/safety/awards/amt/ About Evergreen International Aviation: Evergreen International Aviation, Inc. is a portfolio of five diverse aviation companies headquartered in McMinnville, Oregon. With international operating authority and a network of global offices and affiliates, Evergreen consists of an international cargo airline that owns and operates a fleet of Boeing 747s, an unlimited aircraft maintenance, repair, and overhaul facility, a full-service helicopter company, an aircraft ground handling company, and an aircraft sales and leasing company. In addition to these endeavors, Evergreen owns and operates Evergreen Agricultural Enterprises and is headquartered near the not-for-profit Evergreen Aviation Museum, home of the Spruce Goose. For more information about Evergreen, please call 503-472-9361 or visit www.evergreenaviation.com. About the Evergreen Aviation Museum The Evergreen Aviation Museum is best known as the home of the world’s largest wooden airplane, the Spruce Goose, SR-71 Blackbird and Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat. In addition, there are more than 60 historic aircraft and exhibits on display, along with aviation artwork, traveling displays, the newly remodeled Spruce Goose Café and the museum store. The Evergreen Aviation Museum’s hours are 9 a.m. to 5 p.m., daily except when it is closed for Thanksgiving, Christmas Day, New Year’s Day and Easter. An extensive museum store and friendly café add to the Museum experience. The Museum is located at 500 NE Captain Michael King Smith Way, across the highway from the McMinnville Airport and about three miles southeast of McMinnville, Ore., on Highway 18. Regular visitor admission is required. Call (503) 434-4180 for more information, and visit www.sprucegoose.org.

Larry Richards from the FAA presents the Diamond Special Award for Excellence to Evergreen International Airline’s Sr. Vice President of Maintenance, Material, and Engineering Tom Pitzer.

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