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
Standard Aero receives FAA ok for PT6A upgrades...
The FAA has granted several supplemental type certificates (STC) to Standard Aero for upgrades to aircraft powered by the Pratt & Whitney Canada PT6A t
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...And marks 40th anniversary of Rolls-Royce 250 service
Standard Aero, a Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) Engineering company, is marking its 40th anniversary of service on the Rolls-Royce 250 turboshaft engine.
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Air Works and Air Four join Bombardier network
Bombardier has announced the addition of two new service facilities for Challengers and Globals to its worldwide maintenance network.
Air Works
Air Works
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Landmark Aviation chooses service training provider
ServiceElements has signed a three-year agreement to provide a customer service culture enhancement program for employees at Landmark Aviation’s four maint
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CRS receives 20,000th battery from Securaplane technologies
Securaplane recently announced that CRS Jet Spares, a Securaplane mainship and emergency battery line distributor, has sold its 20,000th mainship battery.
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Groups support scholarship funds for Mechanics
The AMTSociety has joined forces with Northrop Rice Foundation to generate scholarships for aviation maintenance-related education.
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Sabena Technics will support ACJ in Armenia
TAT Group subsidiary Sabena Technics has agreed to provide full A319 Airbus Corporate Jetliner support to the Armenian company Armavia.
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Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation services CAMO+ certified
The German Airworthiness Authority has certified Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) as a Continuing Airworthiness Management Organization (CAMO+
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Purdue develops wireless engine bearing monitor
Researchers at the Birck Nanotechnology Center in Purdue’s Discovery Park and at the Sadeghi mechanical engineering laboratory have developed tiny wireless
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LTT joins European Aerospace Quality Group
ASD’s European Aerospace Quality Group (EAQG) and Lufthansa Technical Training (LTT) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) that calls for LTT, a
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GE signs Dubai MOU
GE Aviation and Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) have signed a memorandum of understanding for global cooperation.
As part of the agreement, GE
As part of the agreement, GE
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Ameco Beijing breaks ground for central warehouse
Ameco Beijing has begun construction on an 86,300-sq-ft, 50-foot-tall central warehouse scheduled to be operational next October.
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Turkish MRO chooses Maintenix
Mxi Technologies has announced that Teknik Servis Sanayi Ticaret (myTechnic), a start-up MRO facility in Turkey, has selected the Maintenix maintenance man
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MRO Profile: Vitesse Aviation Services
Darnell Martens, president and CEO of Vitesse, has devoted his career to business aviation.
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Torqued: Training for maintenance techs needs overhaul
Most maintainers believe that the aviation industry focuses on the flight 99.9 percent of the time, allotting the remaining 0.1 percent for the other aviat
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Hawker Beechcraft opens shop in Mexico
Hawker Beechcraft opened its new sheet metal assembly facility in Chihuahua, Mexico.
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Jet Aviation To Open Moscow Maintenance Facility
Jet Aviation yesterday signed an agreement with Vnukovo Invest that will allow the Swiss-based aviation company to provide maintenance services at Moscow V
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Honeywell Introduces LED Wingtip Lights
The Astreon series of solid-state LED wingtip position lights was among Honeywell’s bag of announcements at the convention.
Aircraft
Winglet STC for Hawker 800 delayed
Aviation Partners expects to obtain an STC early this month on its blended winglets for the Hawker 800 series.
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A brolly fit for Boeing
When Peter Campbell was managing the interior completion of a BBJ2 for a client, he became concerned about the expensive blended wood flooring and leather
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Dassault restructures service/support network
To improve support for a worldwide fleet of some 1,600 Falcons, last month Dassault Falcon Jet announced at the NBAA show that it has restructured its serv
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Opportunity knocked at Nordam
In 1969, a youthful Ray Siegfried II, just four years out of Notre Dame University, bought Nordam with its eight workers out of bankruptcy.
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Sat-TV for the cabin from Rosen
Rosen Products of Eugene, Ore., is making a splash in the new product pool with the announcement of the integration of Honeywell’s OneView satellite-direct
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FDC Develops New Engine Filters
FDC Aerofilter, a California-based company that specializes in engine inlet barrier filtration, is developing a new filter for the Eurocopter EC 135.
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Court orders AvTrak to destroy mx data from former clients
The debate between Littleton, Colo.
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P&W Canada Inks Five-year Deal with Standard Aero
Standard Aero has entered a five-year purchase agreement with Pratt & Whitney Canada for 500 aircraft engines as part of its PT6A-135A, -42 and -52 upgrade
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Standard Aero Breaks Ground for Maryville Expansion
Standard Aero is planning a $5.5 million, 10,000-sq-ft expansion for its existing 120,000-sq-ft Maryville, Tenn.
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Q400 Gear Incidents Prompt Inspection Recommendation
A second incident involving the collapse of a right main landing gear shortly after touchdown on a Bombardier Q400 operated by SAS has prompted an OEM reco
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Bell Tail Rotors Subject of Transport Canada Warning
Transport Canada (TC) has issued an Urgent Airworthiness Directive that calls for the inspection of certain tail-rotor components.
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Banyan Air Service Discounts King Air and Citation Inspections
Banyan Air Service is offering a 10-percent reduction on major inspections for King Airs and Citations through the end of this month.
