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
P&WC is fine-tuning its global customer support
As part of ongoing initiatives to boost global customer support, Pratt & Whitney Canada (Booth No.
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Russian Operator Takes PT6 Support
Russian charter operator Dexter Air Taxi has signed a fleet management program with Pratt & Whitney Canada covering eight PT6A-67P engines on its fleet of
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Honeywell’s Flight Dept. Applies for RNP SAAAR
Honeywell’s corporate flight department recently applied for FAA authorization to perform Required Navigation Performance Special Aircraft and Aircrew Auth
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Grob launches Mx cost assurance plan for SPn
Grob Aerospace launched here at EBACE a new maintenance cost assurance plan for its SPn jet, designed to guarantee operators full direct cost control.
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CRS Jet Spares Going Green in Florida
Following a review of its operations by efficiency consultants, CRS Jet Spares has revealed a range of measures that will help the Fort Lauderdale, Florida
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Eco-friendly APU under development for business jets
Microturbo, a subsidiary of Safran Group company Turbomeca, has finalized a partnership with Triumph Gear Systems of Park City, Utah, for the development o
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Canada’s Innotech Opening High-tech Paint Shop
Innotech Aviation plans to open a new 41,000-sq-ft paint preparation and application facility this July.
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Midcoast To Upgrade Falcon 50s
Premier Aircraft, a joint venture between West Star Aviation and Yankee Pacific Aerospace, has named Midcoast Aviation as an authorized distributor for 50D
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VIP Boeing 757s Get Aviation Partner Winglets
No fewer than 10 Boeing 757-200s–both VIP and head-of-state aircraft–now benefit from Aviation Partners’ Performance Enhancing Blended Winglet Systems, th
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Repair stations gain ground in Part 145 battle
A last-ditch campaign to have the FAA modify its final rule revising FAR Part 145 appears to have paid off for several aviation maintenance trade associati
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Universal to draw for year’s free ground support
Although already rated as “the best handling service in the world,” Universal Aviation (Booth No.
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Winslow selling voice-capable 406-MHz ELT
A voice-capable, three-frequency ELT made by the UK’s HT Smith Group is now being marketed in North America by Winslow Life Raft of Lake Suzy, Fla.
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STC received for RVSM retrofit kit for 727-100/200
Innovative Solutions & Support (IS&S) received an STC for installation of a dual digital air data computer (DADC) system on Boeing 727-100s and -20
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Reliance acquires Flight International Services
Reliance Aerotech, a business jet and regional airliner maintenance facility in Myrtle Beach, S.C., recently acquired the 180,000-sq-ft Flight Internationa
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Townsend Leather is here at EBACE unveiling its new Cosmopolitan Collection
Townsend Leather is here at EBACE unveiling its new Cosmopolitan Collection, featuring three product lines in “a coordinated, sophisticated color palette.”
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Pan Am introduces Saab 340 maintenance training
Pan Am International Flight Academy (PAIFA) and Saab Aircraft of America signed an agreement to jointly develop maintenance training courses for North and
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Maintenance center planned for 737s/RRJs in Russia
Boeing and Russia’s privately owned East Line signed an agreement to establish Russia Technique at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport for maintenance of non-Russi
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PAMA strives to boost its constituents’ image
Determination best describes the mood of this year’s Aviation Services & Suppliers SuperShow attendees.
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Dallas Airmotive foresees black ink
“There are definite signs the market is improving.
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Bankrupt Dee Howard to be auctioned
Dee Howard, the San Antonio-based heavy maintenance, repair and aircraft modification company in business since 1947, is being auctioned.
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Jet Aviation Singapore to do Learjet RVSM mods
Learjet 30-series jets operating in the Pacific Rim can have RVSM mods performed by Jet Aviation Singapore.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Cabin soundproofing kit available for PC-12
A passive sound-reduction kit for the Pilatus PC-12 lowers cabin noise by 55 percent in the speech interference level and by 80 percent in the average “A”
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Alpha Omega Jet acquires Aircraft Components
Alpha Omega Jet Services, launched in late 2000 as an aircraft management and consulting firm, went into the completion and refurb business last month with
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Jet Aviation appointed Legacy service center
Jet Aviation’s facilities at Biggin Hill in the UK and Dusseldorf, Germany, were named by Embraer as authorized service centers for the Legacy, the new cor
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Hawker 700 engine upgrade program snags
“We’ve had some very positive response from the marketplace,” a Honeywell spokesman said, but the company and partner Garrett Aviation Services have failed
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Cessna fixing Citation X elevator hinge cracks
At press time, as many as 50 of the 183 Citation Xs delivered worldwide had yet to be inspected for “very small cracks” in the elevator hinge fittings that
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Faulty Fuel Control Snags Some Gulfstreams
Seventeen Gulfstreams with recently overhauled Rolls-Royce Spey or Tay engines were grounded last Friday when a problem was discovered with the engine’s ai
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Raytheon hobbles Av Partners by withholding wing data
Raytheon Aircraft’s failure to provide wing-structure data will delay by several months Aviation Partners’ blended winglet program for the Hawker 800, a pr
