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
Epps gets Cessna NDI Facility OK
Epps Aviation, located at DeKalb-Peachtree Airport in Atlanta, has been given Cessna authorized independent NDI facility certification.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik Boosts Engine Capacity in Hamburg
Lufthansa Technik expects to complete construction of a $71.26 million 161,000-sq-ft production facility at its Hamburg location in early 2009.
Maintenance and Modifications
PAMA Adds Technical Program to Annual Conference
The Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) has announced a new format for its annual meeting and aviation maintenance conference.
Maintenance and Modifications
CD Aviation Services Opens Canadian Service Center
Neosho, Mo.-based CD Aviation Services has opened a Honeywell authorized service center on Calgary International Airport in Alberta, Canada for the TPE331
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer Breaks Ground on New Bizjet Service Center
Embraer has broken ground at Bradley International Airport in Windsor Locks, Conn., for a new service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
Fargo Jet Center to Offer Hawker Beechcraft Service
Hawker Beechcraft announced that Fargo, N.D.-based Fargo Jet Center has joined its worldwide network of authorized service centers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Yingling Offers Cessna 441 Continuous Inspection Program
Operators of Cessna 441 Conquest IIs have a new option for compliance with
the continuous inspection program Cessna initiated last June.
the continuous inspection program Cessna initiated last June.
Maintenance and Modifications
The Maintenanace Group to Join Bizjet International
BizJet International of Tulsa, Okla., is expanding its corporate aviation services by adding Atlanta-based The Maintenance Group, which has been providing
Maintenance and Modifications
P&W Canada Opens Singapore Distribution Center
Pratt & Whitney Canada has opened a parts distribution center in Singapore to help accelerate deliveries to customers in the Pacific Rim region.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avmats Expands Capabilities for Falcon Filters
Corpair Supply, the component arm of Chesterfield, Mo.-based Avmats, can now clean, bubble point and flow check Falcon hydraulic filters.
Maintenance and Modifications
Threshold Aviation Group: Maintenance Op Grows Out of Corporate Flying Assignment
Threshold Aviation Group is evidence of evolution in action.
Maintenance and Modifications
AMI revocation a wake-up call for all operators
The entire air charter industry has been left in the lurch since the FAA initiated enforcement action against AMI over how it was managing its operation.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Bombardier removing Tucson from completions
As part of a major consolidation project that it says will save $25 million a year, Bombardier has embarked on an 18-month project to consolidate all Learj
Safety
Ad addresses Citation pitch-trim failure
Operators of U.S.-registered CitationJets must disengage the pitch-trim/ autopilot circuit breakers to prevent runaway pitch trim, a condition that has led
Aircraft
Raisbeck adds zip to the Learjet 35/36
“Welcome to Lear Jet Country,” a marketing slogan that attached itself to the early-20-series Lear Jet, is likely to be remembered only by industry old-tim
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Wants Pitot Probes Replaced on Hawker 800XP
A proposed AD would mandate replacing the pitot probes on nearly 160 U.S.-registered Hawker 800XPs because of reports that they have frozen above FL290, ca
Maintenance and Modifications
Standard Aero Buys TSS Aviation
In a bid to expand its capabilities to service larger turbine engines, Standard Aero announced the purchase of TSS Aviation in Cincinnati for $65 million.
Maintenance and Modifications
Testing Continues on Citation X Winglet Mod
The first test flights of a Cessna Citation X equipped with Winglet Technology’s new elliptical winglets are proceeding well, according to Bob Kiser, presi
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream Acquires BBA Maintenance Ops in UK
Gulfstream Aerospace acquired the maintenance operation of BBA Aviation’s facility at London Luton Airport, making the facility the first Gulfstream-owned
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier responsive to Learjet 45 AD
Within 10 days of the issuance of an emergency AD in late March requiring the replacement of horizontal stabilizer components in Learjet 45s, Bombardier sa
Maintenance and Modifications
Northeast Facility Installing Citation RVSM Packages
Garrett Aviation Services approved Northeast Air, a Portland, Ore.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Partners Eyeing Citations for Winglets
Aviation Partners said it is in the “preliminary stages” of “looking at the entire Citation line” as the possible next candidate for the company’s performa
Maintenance and Modifications
Electromagnetic De-ice Selected for Hawker Horizon
Raytheon Aircraft selected Cox & Company of Manhattan, N.Y., to supply its electromagnetic expulsion de-icing (EMED) system for the horizontal stabiliz
Maintenance and Modifications
Safety Board Wants an AD for Certain Repairs
An AD should be issued requiring all operators of transport-category airplanes with certain pressure-vessel structural repairs to determine if they were do
Maintenance and Modifications
Astra and Westwind RVSM STCs Issued
Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., has received RVSM group certification for the Westwind 1124 and RVSM equipment certification for the Astra series.
Maintenance and Modifications
RVSM Solutions In Works for BAC 1-11s and Falcons
UK-based Avionics Mobile expects to complete by the end of the month an RVSM equipment and operational package for the BAC 1-11.
Maintenance and Modifications
Five-year Maintenance Plan Offered for G200
Buyers of new Gulfstream 200s now will receive a five-year or 2,500-hour maintenance and training program, similar to what Gulfstream has been offering buy
Maintenance and Modifications
P&WC Clears Jet-Care for Engine Monitoring
UK-based Jet-Care International has been appointed by Pratt & Whitney Canada to provide engine-condition trend monitoring.
Maintenance and Modifications
STC Received for RVSM Equipment in the GII
Duncan Aviation was recently awarded an STC for the Innovative Solutions & Systems air-data computer in the Gulfstream II.
