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
Raytheon receives approval for Hawker 700 RVSM
Raytheon Aircraft Services in the UK has received RVSM group approval for Hawker 700s.
Engines
News Note: Turbomeca boosts customer-support
Turbomeca has boosted its customer-support operation, increasing its team of field-service representatives to 40 and its service centers to 23.
Finance, Taxes, Insurance
Stevens sees future in King Air 200 upgrades
Armed with the largest single contract in its 52-year history–converting 19 U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Handheld unit detects flaws in composite structures
NDT International has developed a smaller, less expensive way of providing C-scan images of bond flaws in composites and honeycomb structures.
Maintenance and Modifications
DIY pitot-static tester
GE Druck has introduced a new air-data line-switching unit to make it easier for operators to test their pitot-static systems.
Charter & Fractional
Universal Jet Services savors steady growth
Times are tough, but you won’t hear a lot of complaints from Universal Jet Services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon offering up to 90 percent off some parts
Through the end of the month, Raytheon Aircraft Parts Inventory and Distribution Co.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna just says ‘no’ to PMA windshields
Cessna has instructed its Citation factory service centers not to complete phase inspections on Citations that have aftermarket Perkins Aircraft Services w
Engines
Another Gulfstream hush kit close to STC
Miami-based Quiet Technologies said the FAA now has all the test data, and the company expects to receive an STC for its Gulfstream II/III Stage 3 hush kit
Regulations and Government
Cessna responds to Encore pressurization problem
In response to a problem of water freezing inside the Citation Encore’s emergency pressurization valve, Cessna next month will issue a Service Bulletin (SB
Engines
P&WC launches e-business supplier portal
Pratt & Whitney Canada last month launched an e-business supplier portal designed to share information in real time with the Longueuil, Quebec, company
Security
Additives don’t add power, they just keep jet-A safe
When you pull up to the gas pump in your car, you probably don’t think much about what is in your fuel.
Maintenance and Modifications
Alaska company developing TPE-powered Caravan
A more powerful, better-performing Cessna Caravan 208, including improved fuel burn, is the object of a program by Anchorage, Alaska-based Caravan dealer,
Maintenance and Modifications
BBA, Honeywell developing structural test robot
A laser-guided, computer-controlled robot that promises to significantly decrease the time it takes to find corrosion and other airframe structural anomali
Aircraft
Hawker 800 winglets STC set for next spring
Aviation Partners now expects to receive certification of its winglets for the Hawker 800 next May, nearly a year later than originally planned.
Engines
Another Walter Beech mod gets STC'd
LoneStar Propjets of Waco, Texas, has received an STC to replace the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6 turboprops on the King Air 90 through C90 series with P
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon will consider matching lowest parts price
If a Beechcraft or Hawker customer identifies the “exact same part at a much lower price elsewhere,” Raytheon Aircraft will “make every effort to lower the
Maintenance and Modifications
Turboprop East expanding Citation maintenance
Turboprop East, a 25-year-old North Adams, Mass.
Charter & Fractional
Hop-A-Jet Charter introduces outside maintenance
With the recent receipt of an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate, Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based Hop-A-Jet is now offering maintenance to outside custome
Maintenance and Modifications
737 owners have 6 years to install rudder control
An AD issued last month requires the installation of a new rudder-control system on all U.S.-registered Boeing 737s before Nov.
Maintenance and Modifications
Four-blade prop for Metro II
Hartzell has introduced a four-bladed aluminum propeller conversion for the Fairchild Metro II that the company said reduces sound levels by 10 to 12 dBA,
Maintenance and Modifications
GIV Door Seal Low-Pressure Alerter Available
D&D Design of West Milford, N.J., is marketing an FAA-approved kit for alerting Gulfstream IV operators of an insufficient air supply required to infla
Maintenance and Modifications
EU-U.S. hush-kit battle ends in ‘balanced approach’ pact
Politically, the European Union had to replace the controversial hush-kit regulation to avoid continuation of the U.S./EU dispute as per Article 84 of the
Maintenance and Modifications
Boeing fuel pump AD expanded
Boeing Business Jets are included in a new AD that expands the provisions of an August 30 emergency AD concerning possible exposed wires in fuel pumps that
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet-fueled Cessna 182 Makes Cross-country Flight
A Cessna 182 recently flew from Daytona Beach, Fla., to Carlsbad, Calif, running on jet-A.
Maintenance and Modifications
News Note: B-N Group sets up new support subsidiary for Britten-Norman
Fly BN will handle maintenance, overhauls and repairs for the Islander and Defender turboprop and piston models.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Outfitter Refurbs Interior Refurb Process
Duncan Aviation has introduced an aircraft interior refurb program known as “Arkitektuair,” the result of a three-year study and the implementation of new
Maintenance and Modifications
Gauging Tire Pressure, Temperature at a Glance
Crane Aerospace of Lynnwood, Wash., is developing an aircraft version of a handheld remote tire-pressure indicator that Goodyear developed for automobiles.
