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
New Airworthiness Directive Proposed for Airbus Helicopters
Revised AD adds repetitive visual inspection to current inspections for certain tail rotor pitch horn assemblies.
Maintenance and Modifications
Airworthiness Directive Targets Rolls-Royce BR700
Certain fuel metering units must be removed.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Donates G100, Aircraft Components to Savannah Technical College
The aircraft is a former Gulfstream Field and Airborne Support Teams aircraft that flew technicians and parts to customers with AOG issues.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Reduces Workforce in Nashville
MRO contracts in response to decreased demand.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Brazil Service Center Relocating Facility
Support team in place for FIFA World Cup.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier São Paulo To Support World Cup
FAA & EASA approved maintenance available
Maintenance and Modifications
Vector Aerospace Extends Bond Australia Support Deal
The Vector leasing program is customized to support Bond’s specific requirements in the Australian offshore market.
Maintenance and Modifications
DC Aviation Gets EASA Challenger Approval
Dubai facility can now offer line maintenance support to customers operating the Challenger as well as the A320 and Global Express.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Part Returns Peruvian Presidential B737 to Service
Mainteance project included new interior and paint.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Basel Receives FAA Approval for Gulfstream G650
FAA approval follows EASA approval received last month.
Maintenance and Modifications
Atlas Air Service Qualifies as Maintenance Facility for Cirrus Aircraft
German Aviation Authority approves Atlas for Cirrus maintenance.
Maintenance and Modifications
Euravia Names Dave Wark Sales Support Director
Wark will consolidate engine support to new and existing customers to strengthen Euravia’s after-sales activities.
Maintenance and Modifications
Rick Wielebski Announced as GM of Landmark Aviation at BFI
Wielebski joins Landmark from Atlantic Aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Clay Lacy Donates Two Jets To Van Nuys A&P School
The donated aircraft are a 1968 Learjet 24 (N664CL, S/N 167) and a 1979 Gulfstream II-SP (N264CL, S/N 227).
Maintenance and Modifications
Inventor of Blended Winglets Flies West
Gratzer joined Aviation Partners in 1991 to work on a blended winglet for the Gulfstream II.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Delta Private Jets
Kentucky facility offers airline strength for bizjet operators
Maintenance and Modifications
Former Flying Tigers Official Sentenced in Fraud Case
Joel Stout gets five years probation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream To Host Operators Conference Next Week
Gulfstream prepares for a thousand participants.
Maintenance and Modifications
Banyan Technicians Honored on AMT Day
MRO honors employees for the ninth year.
Maintenance and Modifications
Astronics Max-Viz 1500 EVS OK’d for Pilatus PC-12s
System provides better night and obscured vision.
Maintenance and Modifications
Keystone Aviation Donates Aircraft To Community College
Retired aircraft starts new career as a teaching tool.
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Aviation Adds ANAC Phenom 300 STC Approval
The company can install Swiftbroadband Aviator 200 and Aircell GoGo Wi-Fi systems in Brazilian-registered Phenom 300s.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cabin Comfort Systems Names Grayson Barrows Director of Marketing and Sales
MRO expanding helicopter services.
Maintenance and Modifications
AD Proposed for Rockwell Collins Transponders
In some cases the transponder was not responding to mode-S only all-call interrogations.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Alliance: 421, GIII Reman Programs Still Alive
Some people, such as former Cessna CEO Jack Pelton, and partners are no longer associated with the Alliance, and a new source of funding had to be found.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Adds Rolls-Royce Service Authorizations
Jet Aviation extends Rolls-Royce approvals for facilities in Europe, the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
Maintenance and Modifications
P&WC Names Overhaul Facilities in U.S. and Middle East
Dallas Airmotive and H+S Aviation authorized for engine repair and overhaul services.
