Maintenance and Modifications
News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aircraft Mx Not Included in New OSHA Exemption List
OSHA doesn’t consider industry safe enough.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Saudi Arabia Gets FAA Nod for Gulfstream Mx
MRO operates facilities in Jeddah, Riyadh and Medina.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technical Training Signs Five-year Deal
Graduates qualify for EASA engineer certification.
Maintenance and Modifications
Palm Beach Aircraft Propeller OK’d for Hartzell Service
Repair station provides full propeller services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation/Aerospace Career Day Held at Melbourne International Airport
The event exposes bright minds to the wide array of exciting and lucrative aerospace and aviation careers that are available to them.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
AIM Aviation Acquires New Zealand’s Altitude Aerospace Interiors
The acquisition positions AIM Aviation to serve the Far East and Australasian markets.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Spectrum Aeromed Completes Air Ambulance King Air 200 Interior
The King Air will serve patients in New Mexico.
Maintenance and Modifications
Rockwell Collins Workshop To Be Held at Ontario AME Symposium
The instructional event will included a review of current and pending systems.
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Aviation Appoints Brian Sprecher as Southeast Region Sales Manager
Sprecher is based at Charleston International Airport.
Engines
Jet-Care Takes the Pulse of Aircraft Engines With Constant Testing
Jet-Care Takes the Pulse of Aircraft Engines With Constant Testing
Maintenance and Modifications
Sierra Selects GE Honda HF120 for Sapphire CitationJet Upgrade Program
Aircraft owners opting for the upgrade package will have the original factory-installed Williams FJ44-1A engines retrofitted with a pair of HF120s.
Maintenance and Modifications
Timken To Restructure Aerospace Business
The company is exiting the engine overhaul business and closing its UK bearing facility.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Basel Completes ACJ319 VIP Interior
Project designed by Jet Aviation Design Studio
Maintenance and Modifications
Western Aircraft Expands Maintenance Capacity
MRO retools sales and service teams.
Maintenance and Modifications
Unapproved Parts Notification Issued for Dukes Aerospace
Company did unauthorized repair, according to the agency.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Proposes Civil Penalty Against Gulfstream Aerospace
Agency says it found discrepancies in maintenance personnel training.
Maintenance and Modifications
Peerless Online Store Offers Master Lock Aircraft Lockout/Tagout Systems
The S2329 aircraft circuit breaker lockout prevents accidentally re-energizing an electrical system by locking a circuit breaker in the “off” position.
Maintenance and Modifications
Volo Direct Moves into Larger Facility
Volo Direct has more than 12,000 unique aircraft parts in inventory.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo Extends Spares Partnership with Bombardier
Under the agreement, Jet Aviation is arranging customs clearance and transportation for the parts that Bombardier will ship.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bussmann Named Lufthansa Technik Chairman of the Executive Board
He has been a member of the executive board since September 2012.
Maintenance and Modifications
Airworthiness Directive Proposed for Airbus AS355 Flowmeters
AD would require removing each flowmeter, replacing the fuel system hoses, and disabling the electrical connections for the flowmeter installation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sierra Launches Upgrade Program for Legacy CitationJets
The Sapphire upgrade program is a “comprehensive package of modifications that will enhance performance, reliability and comfort.”
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Opens FBO/MRO at Vienna Airport
The company recently signed agreements with Gate V and Fame Executive Aviation, the previous MRO and FBO service providers at the field.
Maintenance and Modifications
Raisbeck Starts Flight-testing Composite Swept Propeller Blades for King Air 350
New propellers will be formally introduced at the NBAA Convention next month.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Paints a Bright Future at Savannah
The new paint hangar will support the company’s growing aircraft refurbishment work.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hangar8: Paint Respray Lifts Pre-owned Aircraft Values
The cost of a respray is around 1 percent of the aircraft’s value, but could increase its value by up to 10 percent.
Maintenance and Modifications
Flying Colours KSUS Expands Refurb Business
MRO adds design engineering team
Maintenance and Modifications
GA Telesis, Boeing Ink Deal for Parts Sales
GA Telesis is providing overhauled, repaired and new surplus material through a section of the Boeing Part Page called Part Page Marketplace.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier OKs Jet Aviation Basel for Challenger 350 Mx
Agreement builds on companies’ longstanding relationship.
Maintenance and Modifications
Brazil Thinks Big for Bizav MRO Expansions
TAM Aviação Executivo, World-Way Aviation and Catarina Airport all have big plans to expand MRO facilities in Brazil.
