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
FAA Seeks Analysis of Major/Minor STC Changes
The FAA has issued a draft
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Long Beach Offers G150 Maintenance
The FAA has approved the Gulfstream Aerospace Long Beach, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Company Won’t Expand in Kernersville
The manufacturing and repair operations of Limco Airepair will remain in Tulsa, Okla., rather than move to Kernersville, N.C., where Piedmont Aviation Comp
Maintenance and Modifications
Atlas Air Service Triples Size of Citation Service Center
Cessna Aircraft has announced that Atlas Air Service, its Citation authorized sales representative in Germany, is opening a service center at Bremen Airpor
Regulations and Government
Wet leasing? Get a Part 135 certificate
The fear is palpable at corporate flight departments that have put their aircraft on someone else’s Part 135 OpSpecs.
Maintenance and Modifications
Experimental wires repair themselves
As part of its initiative to combat the problems associated with aging aircraft, the FAA has funded a suite of projects at the University of Dayton Researc
Regulations and Government
DOT to require observed return-to-duty drug test
The Department of Transportation has issued a final rule that provides a start date for mandatory direct-observation drug testing.
The provision was staye
Regulations and Government
Ameco Aviation College expansion complete
After 18 months and approximately $6.9 million, Ameco Aviation College (AAC) on Beijing Capital International Airport has opened the doors on its new addit
Regulations and Government
FAA orders retesting for 1,400 mechanics
The FAA has decided to require a retest for 1,400 mechanics who used Tobias Aerospace Services, an FAA-approved airplane mechanic testing facility.
Maintenance and Modifications
H+S Aviation authorized for P&WC PT6T overhauls
BBA Aviation engine repair and overhaul company H+S Aviation has been awarded distributor and designated overhaul facility authorization by Pratt & Whi
Maintenance and Modifications
Atlantic Aero OK'd as TBM service center
Daher-Socata has selected North Carolina-based Atlantic Aero International as its newest North American authorized TBM service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO D&K Aviation seeks buyer
Class 4 FAA repair station D&K Aviation, located at Republic Airport in Farmingdale, N.Y., is up for sale.
Maintenance and Modifications
GDAS-Westfield renews Hawker Beechcraft ASC status
The General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS) facility at Barnes Municipal Airport in Westfield, Mass., recently had its Hawker Beechcraft authorized servi
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation in growth mode
A pair of significant milestones underscores West Star Aviation’s continued growth in a depressed economy.
Maintenance and Modifications
Falcon Aviation expands Embraer Middle East ASC
Embraer reinforced its partnership with Falcon Aviation Services (FAS), of Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, by signing an agreement to extend FAS’s mainten
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA grants ODA status to American Eurocopter
During the company’s 40th-anniversary celebration in July at its Grand Prairie, Texas headquarters, American Eurocopter cut the ribbon for its new customer
Maintenance and Modifications
U.S. Aviation to offer P&W turbine tracker system
Pratt & Whitney Engine Services has issued a dealer and installation agreement to U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
PAMA inks deal with Potomac Management Resources
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has hired Potomac Management Resources to provide day-to-day administrative and management assista
Aircraft
First Winglet-equipped Citation X Delivered
Cessna Aircraft yesterday delivered the first Citation X retrofitted with elliptical winglets made by Wichita-based Winglet Technology.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
StandardAero’s Springfield Facility Gets ODA
StandardAero’s Springfield, Ill.
Maintenance and Modifications
Connie restoration proceeding
The Lockheed L-1649A Starliner was the queen of the skies in the late 1950s and it might again become a familiar sight aloft, according to officials at Luf
Maintenance and Modifications
Engine-preservation rules apply to parked aircraft
A number of business jets–more than 3,000 by some estimates–are sitting idle on the ramp as their owners wait for the economy to improve.
Maintenance and Modifications
PPG, Gentex Picked for King Air 350i Electric Shade
PPG Industries aerospace transparencies business and Gentex will be providing electrochromic window systems to Hawker Beechcraft as standard equipment for
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Closes Bradley Facility Temporarily
Embraer has temporarily closed its Executive Jet Services facility at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., in response to the economic cl
Maintenance and Modifications
FSDO Accused Of Paying Inspector To Stay At Home
The Professional Aviation Safety Specialists (Pass) AFL-CIO union
Maintenance and Modifications
Business As Usual As Twin Commander Moves
Twin Commander Aircraft is making progress on its move from Arlington, Wash., to North Carolina.
Maintenance and Modifications
Despite Economy, 300 Trainees Join Lufthansa Technik
As Lufthansa Technik’s new training year gets under way, 307 young people have joined the company on the first step of their career.
Maintenance and Modifications
Corporate Jet Support Offers 24-hour Maintenance
The newest addition to Corporate Jet Support’s maintenance capability is 24-hour on-call service at the company’s White Plains, N.Y., and Oxford, Conn.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Opens Exec Jet Support Center
Embraer last month officially opened its new customer support contact center dedicated to executive jets.
Maintenance and Modifications
Nextant Flight Testing Beechjet Avionics Upgrade
Richmond Heights, Ohio-based Nextant Aerospace announced today that it has completed the initial certification flight for the Beechjet 400A/Hawker 400XP Ro
