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
Piedmont Hawthorne receives Raytheon Platinum Status
Piedmont Hawthorne of Winston-Salem, N.C., has been elevated to platinum status as an authorized Raytheon service center.
Maintenance and Modifications
Elliott Aviation gets FAA Diamond Award for 5th year
The FAA presented Elliott Aviation’s Moline, Ill., and Omaha, Neb.
Regulations and Government
Bell to appeal dismissal of Able Engineering suit
On September 16 Bell Helicopter Textron officially filed its intent to appeal the dismissal of a lawsuit the OEM had filed against Able Engineering and Com
Maintenance and Modifications
PMA Parts: Baseless controversy or industry problem?
“As an OEM we look at the product as a whole and not just as a collection of individual parts.
Maintenance and Modifications
Minding the Fleet
Aer Arann performs its own line maintenance, with base checks contracted to TAT at Dinard in northern France, said COO Peter McKenna.
Maintenance and Modifications
Midcoast technicians give new life to wrecked Falcon
It was early evening on March 17, 2000, when N814M, a Falcon 900B owned by BP Amoco, overran the runway while landing at Barnstable Municipal Airport in Hy
Maintenance and Modifications
Certification Testing of GII Hush Kit Set To Begin
Quiet Technology of Miami last month expected to begin flying a Gulfstream II equipped with the company’s first FAA-conforming Stage 3 hush kit.
Maintenance and Modifications
FedEx To Assist in Really Quiet GII/GIII Hush kit
FedEx has signed on to assist Really Quiet of Mojave, Calif., in the production, parts management and customer service of the latter company’s Stage 3 tran
Regulations and Government
NTSB Closes Docket On Repair Station Security
The Transportation Security Administration’s notice of public meeting and request for comments on “Aircraft Repair Station Security” (Docket No.
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Opens New Regional Aircraft Base in Tucson
Bombardier recently opened its Tucson, Ariz.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Diamond Award Of Excellence Goes To Byerly Aviation And Keystone Helicopter
Byerly Aviation of Springfield, Ill., and Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., have both received the FAA’s prestigious Diamond Award of Excellence fo
Maintenance and Modifications
Oxford Aviation Launches Aircraft De-icing Boot Sealant
Oxford Aviation of Oxford, Maine, introduced a three-in-one boot treatment called Tri-Guard.
Aircraft
Raisebeck looking for first Lear 35ZR buyers
No customers have yet signed for Raisbeck Engineering’s Learjet 35ZR, a Learjet 35/36 performance-enhancement modification announced at last year’s NBAA Co
Maintenance and Modifications
Dunlop wheels and carbon brakes for Gulfstream 500 and 550
Dunlop Aerospace braking systems has developed high-performance, next-generation wheels and carbon brakes for the G500 and G550.
Maintenance and Modifications
Torqued: Repair stations argue customers aren’t being charged enough
Face it: maintenance providers don’t charge enough for what they do.
Maintenance and Modifications
Fairchild successor resurrects Metroliner parts business
Operators of Fairchild Metro and Merlin-series turboprops have long relied on a
loose amalgam of independent heavy maintenance shops and suppliers to
loose amalgam of independent heavy maintenance shops and suppliers to
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Opens Tucson Maintenance Base
Bombardier Aerospace expanded its U.S.
Maintenance and Modifications
AvAero Gets STC for 737 Fuel-savings Mod
AvAero, a maker of Learjet hush kits, has received an STC for a fuel-saving aerodynamic modification of the Boeing 737-200/300.
Maintenance and Modifications
Orenda reworking King air V8 retro kit
Operators waiting for the long-delayed certification of the Orenda V8 turbocharged piston engine retrofit for the King Air C90 will have to wait a little l
Maintenance and Modifications
Premier I Service Centers Appointed
Stevens Aviation’s Dayton, Ohio facility and Jet Aviation’s Bedford, Mass.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan Adds to TFE Customer Capabilities
Duncan Aviation recently received FAA approval and Honeywell authorization to perform major periodic inspections (MPIs) on the TFE731-20/40/60 turbofan eng
Maintenance and Modifications
Business Jet Aircraft Completions To Offer EVAS
EVASWorldwide, the Ramsey, N.J.-based distributor for the Emergency Vision Assurance System (EVAS), has appointed Business Jet Aircraft Completions (BJAC)
Maintenance and Modifications
Nordam Opens Fabrication Facility in Wichita
Oklahoma-based Nordam Group has opened a business aircraft interior components production center at the former 70,000-sq-ft Bomhoff Industries facility in
Maintenance and Modifications
Heading off aircraft part failures at the pass
How much would it be worth to be able to reliably predict the structural failure of any part or component of an aircraft long before any flaw becomes visib
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier rethinks the way it outfits aircraft
To demonstrate the feasibility of a major restructuring of its aircraft cabin-completion process, Bombardier recently delivered the first Challenger 604 to
Maintenance and Modifications
Exeltech flush with New MX work
At a ceremony last month marking the delivery of a newly overhauled Dash 8 to Honolulu-based Island Air, ExelTech announced that it secured C$7 million in
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Lufthansa Technik near fully integrated cabin
It’s not exactly the “Holy Grail,” but for business aviation operators and those whose job it is to install aircraft interiors, it’s close.
Maintenance and Modifications
Famed Millville facility to close
In the mid-1940s, operators started bringing their aircraft to newly established Airwork at Millville Municipal Airport
Maintenance and Modifications
DRF gets repair authorization
German Air Rescue, the DRF, has received a design organization approval from the EASA according to its Part 21J rule.
FBOs
Entities unite under West Star banner
What’s in a name?
If it’s West Star Aviation, it includes the former Premier Air Center at St.
If it’s West Star Aviation, it includes the former Premier Air Center at St.
