Aviation Distributors Inc. Announces Key Investment by HW Partners L.P. With Aggregate Holdings of Approximately 6.3 Percent in the Company

Business Wire, June 18, 1998

LAKE FOREST, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 18, 1998--Aviation Distributors Inc. (OTC-BB:ADIN) confirmed Thursday a purchase of the company's common shares by HW Partners L.P., based in Dallas, amounting to aggregate holdings in the company of approximately 6.3% on an undiluted basis.

Such purchases were made in the open market.

In its Form 13G filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission, HW Partners disclosed holdings, by certain of its managed funds, of 200,000 shares in Aviation Distributors common stock, representing approximately 6.3% of the company's total outstanding shares on an undiluted basis.

HW Partners is a leading provider of privately negotiated capital to fast-growing public companies. Investment vehicles managed by HW Partners have more than $600 million in net asset value, comprising a diverse portfolio of investments in public and private companies in a broad array of industries worldwide.

Aviation Distributors is one of the world's 10 largest aircraft part redistributors and inventory management service providers to major commercial airlines worldwide with agents in the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, India, Jordan, Indonesia and Chile with its headquarters in Lake Forest.

CONTACT: Aviation Distributors Inc., Lake Forest

Gary L. Joslin, 949/586-7558