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
Reborn PATS focuses on refurbs, completions
With completion of the sale of DeCrane Aerospace to Goodrich in September, the former DeCrane completion center and auxiliary fuel system specialist PATS A
Regulations and Government
Cheyenne mod earns EASA ticket
After 11 years in the aircraft modification business, Blackhawk Modifications (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications
Eclipse develops mods for engine, windshield
Eclipse Aerospace (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avtrak expands mx tracking
Avtrak and Midcoast Aviation have reached an agreement by which Avtrak will provide technology that will automate the information flow through Midcoast Avi
Maintenance and Modifications
Sierra offers Citation cockpit refit
Cessna Citation engine retrofit specialist Sierra Industries of Uvalde, Texas, has taken a step into the avionics realm with a new program to engineer an
Maintenance and Modifications
Greenwich AeroGroup Summit Aviation
Greenwich AeroGroup’s Summit Aviation (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications
Hubbard QS3 hush kits quiet Gulfstream IIs/IIIs
Hubbard Aviation Technologies has made a major commitment to its Stage 3-certified QS3 hush-kit program for the Gulfstream GII, GIISP, GIIB and GIII.
Maintenance and Modifications
Global Jet boosts Web training with G550 engine-run courses
GGlobal Jet Services, an aviation maintenance training firm, has launched an online engine-run course for the Gulfstream G550.
Maintenance and Modifications
European Authority Refuses To Protect Whistleblowers
At AEI’s 38th Annual Congress last month in Hamburg one of Europe’s leading regulators refused to support aviation industry whistleblowers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Moscow Receives EASA Authorization
Jet Aviation Moscow Vnukovo recently announced that it has expanded its base and line service maintenance coverage to include Bombardier Challenger 300s an
Maintenance and Modifications
AJ Walter Aviation Opens Miami Sales Office
AJ Walter Aviation is adding a sales office in Miami to complement its component inventory hub operations in Los Angeles and Miami.
Maintenance and Modifications
Chromalloy Offers New Web-based Catalog
Chromalloy has launched a Web-based catalog of gas turbine engine parts and repairs.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avidyne DFC90 Awarded Brazilian Approval
Avidyne has received approval from Brazil’s Agência Nacional De Aviação Civil (ANAC) for retrofit installation of the DFC90 autopilot in Brazilian-register
Maintenance and Modifications
Flightcraft Named Hawker Beech Service Center
Hawker Beechcraft has appointed Flightcraft of Portland, Ore., as an authorized service center for King Airs and piston-powered models.
Maintenance and Modifications
Learjet 60 locker nears FAA OK
The new Raisbeck Engineering Learjet 60 aft fuselage locker is a centerpiece of the Raisbeck exhibit this year at the NBAA convention (Booth No.
Maintenance and Modifications
Boeing Looks To Add Value and Grow Revenue throughout Aircraft Lifecycle
Boeing’s Commercial Aviation Services (CAS) division is gaining ground in its strategy to deliver services for the entire lifetime of the aircraft that it
Maintenance and Modifications
Enterprise Jet Center Expands Maintenance Capacity
For the second time in five years Enterprise Jet Center is expanding its Houston Hobby Airport complex.
Maintenance and Modifications
Mid-Continent STCs Lithium Emergency Power
Mid-Continent Instruments has received an approved model list (AML) supplemental type certificate (STC) from the FAA for its MD835 lithium emergency power
Maintenance and Modifications
Precision Aviation Expands Facility
Precision Aviation Group (PAG) has begun a project expanding its Atlanta headquarters.
Maintenance and Modifications
Tailwind Buys Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems’ Assets
Hartzell Propeller’s parent company, Tailwind Technologies, has purchased the assets of Kelly Aerospace Energy Systems of Montgomery, Ala., for an undiscl
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Reopens Springfield TFE731 MPI Shop
StandardAero is now offering TFE731 heavy maintenance, repair and overhaul out of its 265,000-sq-ft production and support facility in Springfield.
Maintenance and Modifications
Constant Offers Beechjet 400XP Pro Line 21 Upgrade
Cleveland Hopkins International Airport-based Constant Aviation has delivered its first retail Pro Line 21 upgraded Beechjet 400XP.
Engines
Product Support Survey 2010 Part 3: Engines
Williams keeps the top spot with AIN readers for turbofan support, and Rolls-Royce is the leader in supporting turboprops/turboshafts
Maintenance and Modifications
Hillsboro pledges to fight proposed civil penalty
Hillsboro Aviation executives believe the company is being punished for good behavior.
Maintenance and Modifications
Phoenix Heliparts to appeal Part 145 certificate revocation
Phoenix Heliparts said it will appeal the FAA’s emergency r
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: Airplus Named service center for Twin Commander
Friedrichshafen International Airport, in far southern Germany near the Austrian and Swiss borders, is the site of the newest Twin Commander factory-auth
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: West Star Aviation Donates Bizjet To Local College
Students enrolled in the airframe and powerplant mechanic program at Colorado Northwestern Community College in Rangely, Colo., are getting a first-class
Maintenance and Modifications
Hot section: LBAS Installs Lufthansa Technik Niceview on Learjet 60XR
Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services installed a Lufthansa Technik Niceview moving map on a Learjet 60XR.
