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
New PAMA president charts course for organization
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) met some resistance when, in July 2005, it became an affiliate of the Society of Automotive Engine
Maintenance and Modifications
New Show Structure
Among the changes at PAMA is a restructuring of the annual event.
FBOs
Aviation Industry Expo
The Aviation Industry Expo took on a new flavor this year, with the AMTSociety providing the maintenance-related content and joining the National Air Trans
Maintenance and Modifications
DAE plans to stay in MRO business
DAE Engineering and Manufacturing is in the maintenance business for the long haul, CEO Rob Mionis told AIN.
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Expands Falcon Factory
Dassault has launched a major extension of the Charles Lindbergh Hall, the Falcon 7X final assembly line at its Bordeaux Mérignac production site in France
Engines
High-tech hush kit for noisy business jet cabins
Broadband cabin noise, which can greatly fatigue passengers in even the most finely appointed business aircraft, could be a thing of the past if a new syst
Maintenance and Modifications
A palette for your plane
There are those unsung workers whose skills are underrated and whose work may go unappreciated, or at best is taken for granted.
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault breaks ground on new Wilmington paint shop
“When you paint an airplane, seven things happen, and six of them are bad.” So says Frank DeNisio, and he ought to know the potential pitfalls that can com
Maintenance and Modifications
Mx Management Firm Positions for Future Growth
Jet Support Services Inc.
Training and Workforce
AMS, PAMA join on tech certification
Maintenance professionals will soon be able to quantify the training they have received as a part of their jobs.
Accidents
Mx manual scrutinized in Colgan 1900D crash
An FAA review of maintenance procedures following the August 26 crash of a Colgan Air Beech 1900D near Hyannis, Mass., has found that Raytheon service manu
Aircraft
Flap over premier I
The FAA issued a special airworthiness bulletin on October 7 alerting operators of the Raytheon Beech Premier I that the agency has determined that the jet
Aircraft
Cessna Decides Against Citation X Winglets
Cessna has ruled out the addition of winglets to its Citation X high-speed business jet, after investigating the modification and concluding that there was
Maintenance and Modifications
Sierra XR Mod Boosts Citation I/II Range
Cessna Citation modifier Sierra Industries is expanding its product line by offering extended-range upgrades for the Citation I, II and S-II.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Atlantic Aero
Atlantic Aero saw life in the fall of 1971, when a group of Greensboro, N.C.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sheikh Ahmed gets supply chain Asia visionary award
Supply Chain Asia, a 12,000-member supply chain organization promoting the development of Asia’s supply chain and logistics sector, has awarded HH Sheikh A
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beechcraft adds authorized service center in UK
FR Aviation has joined the Hawker Beechcraft authorized service center network.
Maintenance and Modifications
TSS and Standard Aero facilities win AS9100/9110 certification
TSS Aviation, based in Cincinnati, and Standard Aero’s Maryville, Tenn.
Maintenance and Modifications
Emteq granted FAA air agency certificate
The FAA has granted an air agency certificate to New Berlin, Wis.-based Emteq.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA gives Arinc Organization Designation authorization ok
Arinc has received FAA certification to issue aircraft STCs and perform STC-related aircraft service and modification work under the agency’s new organizat
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Repair Anywhere customer deal on human factors training
Grey Owl Aviation Consultants has joined forces with Scottsdale, Ariz.-based Jet Repair Anywhere (JRA) to increase aviation safety awareness.
Maintenance and Modifications
Midcoast Aviation to perform Stork Fokker Falcon 7X support
Under the terms of an agreement signed by Midcoast Aviation, the company will be the Western Hemisphere’s exclusive repair center for warranty and non-warr
Maintenance and Modifications
China's Ameco Aviation college expands
Ameco Beijing held a cornerstone-laying ceremony for the expansion project of its Ameco Aviation College (AAC).
Maintenance and Modifications
First Aviation Maintenance Engineer certified
Danielle Vezina, aviation maintenance coordinator for Daniel Webster College, is the first aviation professional in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
Landmark Aviation/Standard Aero enhances MST network...
A toll-free number has been implemented by Landmark Aviation/Standard Aero for its Mobile Service Team (MST) network.
Maintenance and Modifications
...and forges service agreement with Honeywell
Operators of the TFE731, TPE331 and
Honeywell 36-series APU now have another choice for maintenance in a deal that forms a new authorized service cen
Honeywell 36-series APU now have another choice for maintenance in a deal that forms a new authorized service cen
Maintenance and Modifications
AvQuotes adds Avmats to list of service providers
Avmats is one of more than 30 service providers in the U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS announces ISO9001:200 & AS9120 recertification
CRS Jet Spares’ quality management system has been recertified to the ISO 9001:2000 and AS9120 standards as a result of a recent audit by its registrar, Bu
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Source adds Pratt & Whitney service center in San Diego
Customers in Southern California now have another option for their Pratt & Whitney Canada overhaul and repair services.
