Exhibit 99.1

                            CERTIFICATION PURSUANT TO
                             18 U.S.C. SECTION 1350,
                             AS ADOPTED PURSUANT TO
                  SECTION 906 OF THE SARBANES-OXLEY ACT OF 2002


CEO Certification. In connection with the Quarterly Report of First Aviation
Services Inc. (the "Company") on Form 10-Q for the period ending July 31, 2002
as filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on the date hereof (the
"Report"), I, Michael C. Culver, President and Chief Executive Officer of the
Company, certify, pursuant to 18 U.S.C. section 1350, as adopted pursuant to
section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002, that:

               (1)  the Report fully complies with the  requirements  of section
                    13(a) or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934; and

               (2)  the information  contained in the Report fairly presents, in
                    all material respects,  the financial  condition and results
                    of operations of the Company.

/s/ Michael C. Culver
President and Chief Executive Officer
September 10, 2002

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