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.

Hong Kong OKs Jet Aviation for Dassault Mx

Jet Aviation Hong Kong has received Hong Kong Civil Aviation Authority approval to perform line maintenance on the Dassault Falcon 2000EX EASy/LX.

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Honda To Expand at Piedmont Triad

Honda Aircraft has announced an $80 million expansion at its Piedmont Triad International Airport location.

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AD Issued for Gulfstream Galaxy, G200

The FAA has issued an Airworthiness Directive for the Gulfstream Aerospace Galaxy and Gulfstream 200, citing cracked nuts found on the aircraft’s

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Gulfstream To Expand Massachusetts Service Center

Gulfstream Aerospace will expand its service center at Barnes Regional Airport in Westfield, Mass. The $20 million project will add

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Chip Fichtner Joins Associated Air Center

Associated Air Center named Chip Fichtner as vice president of engineering. Fichtner previously served as director of production, engineering and program

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JetTech Gets STC for Garmin G600 in Piper Cheyennes

Denver-based JetTech received STC approval to install Garmin G600 avionics with dual flat-panel displays in the Piper Cheyenne III, IIIA and 400LS.

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Winglet Technology Intros Hawker 200, Premier I/IA Winglets

Winglet Technology of Wichita, Kan., introduced an elliptical winglet design specifically for the Hawker 200 and Premier I/IA light jets.

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Banyan Expands Maintenance Shop Hours

Banyan Air Service has expanded the hours of operation of its maintenance shop at Fort Lauderdale Executive Airport in Florida.

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API China Facility Awarded Certification

Aerospace Products International (API) announced this summer that its subsidiary in Shanghai, China, received Class-A enterprise certification from China C

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Frakes In Fifth Decade Of Serving Bizav

Frakes Aviation, now in its fifth decade, manufactures exhaust stacks for modification companies and original equipment manufacturers (OEMs), but there is

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AJ Walter Aviation Breaks Ground on London Facility

AJ Walter Aviation is building a new international headquarters and logistics center near London’s Gatwick Airport.

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Constant Aviation Expands Cleveland Facility

Constant Aviation–a Cleveland, Ohio-based maintenance, repair and overhaul operation–has expanded

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Hawker Beechcraft To Open Service Center in Mexico

Hawker Beechcraft has broken ground on a 48,000-sq-ft company-owned factory service center at

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Banyan Teams with Texas Turbine on Caravan Conversion

Fort Lauderdale-based Banyan Air Service’s maintenance team has partnered with Texas Turbine Conversions of Celina, Texas.

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Boeing Opens Beijing Service Center

Beijing is the location of a new Boeing service center dedicated to providing product support for China’s growing commercial aviation industry.

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NPRM on CL300 Trim Actuator

An FAA NPRM for the Challenger 300 horizontal stabilizer trim actuator states the No Back and the Number 1 motor brake assembly can both fail dormant.

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HD Supply Offers NATA-member Discounts

The National Air Transportation Association has entered into an agreement with HD Supply Facilities Maintenance to provide

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Mid-Canada Mod Center Repositions Itself

Mid-Canada Mod Center will relocate to a new, single facility in the north-end business aviation section of

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Tom Roche Now V-P StandardAero

StandardAero has appointed Tom Roche vice president of turboprop business, which includes the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A and PW100 service lines.

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PAMA Relocates to Michigan

The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has moved its national headquarters from the Washington, D.C.

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Aaxico Supplies Parts Across the Globe

Aaxico, a stocking distributor for factory-new aircraft parts and a manufacturer of parts under FAA parts manufacturer approval (PMA) regulations, is showi

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A-Pro’s Overhaul Services Available for a Variety of Aircraft and Systems

Alex Tearle, president of Aero Precision Repair & Overhaul (A-Pro), returns to NBAA this year to share anecdotes about the Golden Age of the airline busine

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ECAS Opening Las Vegas Distribution Center

ECAS, a stocking distributor of aerospace mil-spec hardware and electrical components, announced it intends to open a Las Vegas distribution center

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