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
Honeywell-CAE Expands Worldwide Training
Honeywell-CAE Training Alliance has begun offering maintenance training courses for technicians in Europe, the Middle East and Asia.
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FAA Revokes Phoenix Heliparts Certificate
The FAA has revoked Mesa, Ariz.-based Phoenix Heliparts' air agency
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FAA Revokes Phoenix Heliparts’ 145 Certificate
Today the FAA revoked Phoenix Heliparts’ air agency certificate to operate as a Part 145 repair station, alleging that the Mesa, Ariz.
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Spare Parts Keep Older Business Jets Flying
Anyone who has ever faced a potential repair of an old car knows the dilemma about throwing good money after bad.
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Amac Gains Additional EASA Subpart Approvals
Amac Aerospace received EASA Part 21 Subpart G Production Organization Approval in late August, a few months after it was awarded the EASA Part 21 Subpart
Maintenance and Modifications
StandardAero Springfield To Get $500,000 Facelift
StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
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Star Navigation Offers In-flight Safety Monitoring
Toronto-based Star Navigation Systems offers business jets something better than the airline black box: the Star In-flight Safety Monitoring System (Star-i
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Timco Adds Widebody Capability at Macon Facility
Timco Aviation Services plans to begin widebody operations at its Macon, Ga., facility early next year, according to CEO Kevin Carter.
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Air Works expands ops in India
Supporting India's growing fleet of business aircraft has been the core activity for Indian maintenance, repair and overhaul group Air Works.
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American Airlines Mx Target of FAA’s Largest Penalty
There’s an important lesson to be learned from the FAA’s proposed $24.2 million civil penalty against American Airlines for improper maintenance procedures
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Corrosion Found on Learjet 40 and 45 TFE731-20s
Bombardier has notified Learjet 40 and 45 operators that the aft, front frame flange of the TFE731-20 engine, and the thrust reverser flanges, may be susce
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Vancouver To Host 19th Annual CAMC Forum
The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC), in partnership with the Western Aerospace Alliance, will be holding its
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Avtrak Continues To Grow and Expand Operations
“We are one of the fortunate companies that have been expanding during one of the worst times in our industry,” Dennis Steinbeck, v-p of business developme
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PMA Industry To Convene at Marpa Conference
The Modification and Replacement Parts Association (Marpa) is holding its annual conferen
Avionics
Product Support Survey 2010 Part 2: Avionics
Garmin ranks number one ahead of tightly packed group of top finishers
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Raisbeck’s Learjet 60 Fuselage Locker Makes Debut
The new Raisbeck Engineering Learjet 60 aft fuselage locker made its Labace debut as part of the Bombardier exhibit.
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Aviation Partners Debuts Spiroid Winglets
Aviation Partners (API) broaught a Falcon 50 equipped with radical-looking spiroid winglets to AirVenture, the airplane’s first public appearance after a t
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FAA levies Fine on Hillsboro Aviation
The FAA is seeking a civil penalty of $580,000 from Hillsboro Aviation of Hillsboro, Ore., “for allegedly performing improper repairs, deliberately falsi
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FAA Changes Rule on Commercial Parts
Changes to the FAR Part 21 manufacturing rule published last October 16 are slated to go into effect on April 16 next year, including a modification to the
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PAMA To Hold Northeast Airworthiness Symposium
September 30 and October 1 are the dates for the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association’s inaugural North
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FAA To Techs: Tell Us about Bad Regs
Ever wished you could tell the FAA that some regulation is outdated or doesn’t make sense? You can, and the agency has a little-known means to do it.
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CF34-3A2 Engine Upgrade Yields Longer Time on Wing
GE Aviation is offering an on-wing engine upgrade program for certain configurations of the CF34-3A2 that will allow the engines to go from a hard-time mai
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Hawker Pacific Teams with Dart Helicopter Services on Parts Distribution
Dart Helicopter Services (DHS), a producer and distributor of more than 3,000 certified helicopter accessories, has entered into an exclusive agreement wit
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Williams FJ44s Ground Tested on Nextant 400XT
Nextant Aerospace recently began full-power ground runs of its 400XT with the Williams International FJ44-3AP engines, the company announced yesterday.
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AKV Cycle Counters for Montana Firefighting Helos
The Montana Department of Natural Resources and Conservation (DNRC) has received five AKV cycle counter systems for its Bell UH-1 fire-fighting and utility
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GIV Wireless Internet Available through Constant
Constant Aviation, a maintenance, repair and overhaul facility headquartered at Cleveland Hopkins International Airport, is offering a supplemental type ce
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Executive Flight Services Opens at Midwest National
Executive Flight Services, a subsidiary of Kansas City, Mo.-based Executive AirShare, has established a maintenance base at Midwest National Air Center (GP
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Viking Teams with Avtrak for Mx Tracking Services
Viking Air of Victoria, British Columbia, will use the Avtrak GlobalNet platform to support its factory maintenance tracking program–Viking MX.
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P&WC, TAP partner on T-prop service
Pratt & Whitney Canada and the Brazilian maintenance and engineering division of TAP Portugal announced an agreement to provide "comprehensive engine overh
