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New Service Difficulty Reporting Rules To Be Withdrawn
The FAA yesterday issued a notice of proposed rulemaking to withdraw its new rules that amend the service difficulty reporting (SDR) requirements for air c
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer engineer receives MX Award
Cezar Lima, Embraer’s senior manager for fleet maintenance support, received the Overhaul & Maintenance Award for his outstanding achievement in aviation m
Maintenance and Modifications
Wing Aviation to build second paint hangar
After only one year in business, Wing Aviation is adding a second 20,000-sq-ft paint facility to handle steadily increasing business.
Maintenance and Modifications
Eaton marketing drip-free couplings to bizav
Nobody likes to disconnect a push-pull primary fluid line and take a shower in jet fuel or hydraulic fluid, especially in a combat situation.
Maintenance and Modifications
DatcoMedia is rosetta stone of MX software
One of the major irritants with software is that few maintenance programs interact with one another.
Aircraft
Butler an bizjet target Learjet 20s for RVSM
The worldwide fleet of approximately 500 Learjet 20-series aircraft is the target for an RVSM solution offered by Olathe, Kan.-based Butler National.
Airports
London Luton Airport gets line maintenance
Hamlin Jet has joined with Northern Executive Aviation (NEA) of Manchester, UK, to open a satellite service center at London Luton Airport (EGGW).
Engines
Bizjet completes Spey maintenance event
Tulsa, Okla.-based BizJet International announced the completion of its first Spey midlife event after becoming a Rolls-Royce-authorized overhaul facility.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall expands L.A. customer service
Aviall Services opened a new Los Angeles customer-service center at Van Nuys Airport (VNY).
Engines
Elliott Aviation offers Williams-Rolls service
Elliott Aviation of Moline, Ill., has authorization to do full line service and maintenance on the Williams-Rolls FJ44-1A/2C and -2A turbofans used on the
Training and Workforce
SimuFlite adds Citation X and Falcon MX training
CAE SimuFlite is set to begin offering Citation X technical training by this fall.
Maintenance and Modifications
Ni-Cad replacements for large bizjets
Securaplane Technologies of Tucson, Ariz., has announced the availability of a sealed lead-acid battery for Gulfstream IIIs and IVs and Falcon 2000/2000EXs
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon opens Euro spares center
Concerned about continuing international shipping delays because of post-9/11 U.S.
Training and Workforce
Northrop Rice develps Malaysian MX school
Northrop Rice USA completed a five-year contract developing the Malaysian Institute of Aviation Technology (MIAT), with a handover ceremony in Kuala Lumpur
Maintenance and Modifications
LHT introduces 'get me home' service
Lufthansa Technik introduced a new premium service at the European Business Aviation Convention & Exhibition (EBACE) in May.
Aircraft
New plant shops to accommodate Falcon 7X
On June 17 Dassault Falcon Jet held a ribbon-cutting ceremony for a new paint hangar at the company’s Little Rock, Ark.
Maintenance and Modifications
OnCall corporate Jet Repair finds a niche with mobile response to aogs
“I know what it feels like to be sitting on an airport where there’s no maintenance available, staring at a flat nosewheel.
Regulations and Government
FAA seeks to expand drug & alcohol testing
“So now the guy I send seat covers to for cleaning has to have a drug program?” one irate Part 145 operator practically shouted into the telephone.
Maintenance and Modifications
Cessna opens new Orlando Citation facility
Cessna’s new and expanded Citation service center in Orlando, Fla., opened for business on June 21.
Maintenance and Modifications
Texas Firm Adding Paint and Refurb to Its Capabilities
Denton Municipal Airport, Texas-based Business Air is adding corporate aircraft refurbishment and painting to its existing FBO and aircraft charter, manage
Maintenance and Modifications
A leaner PAMA group strives for effectiveness
“We’re very pleased with this year’s show,” Jill Hilgenberg, show manager for Cygnus Exposition’s Aviation Events, told AIN during Aviation Industry Week i
Maintenance and Modifications
Completions and refurbishments July 2004
After several years of cost reductions, layoffs, closings and general malaise, there are definite signs that a slow economic recovery is starting to have a
Maintenance and Modifications
Noise-reduction Research Finds ‘Fantastic Solution to the Wrong Problem’
Working on reducing high-frequency cabin noise produced by air passing over the fuselage skin, UK-based Ultra Electronics and QinetiQ found what a spokesma
Maintenance and Modifications
First Duncan Design Collection Nears Completion
Duncan Aviation of Lincoln, Neb., is working on a redesign of its current offering of interior packages.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Wins Bid for Two Boeing 747-400 Interiors
Following a fierce bidding process, Jet Aviation’s Basel, Switzerland completion and refurbishment center has won a contract from Dubai Air Wing to outfit
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviation Fabricators Gets Approval for Jetstream Divans
Two-place, side-facing divans for Jetstream operators are now available from seating specialist Aviation Fabricators.
Maintenance and Modifications
Falcon 20 Interior Adopts Everglades Theme
With Florida’s tropical Everglades as the theme, Jet Aviation designers and interior artisans recently delivered a refurbished Falcon 20 to a Florida-based
Maintenance and Modifications
L-3 Communications Wins Widebody Interiors Contract
L-3 Communications Integrated Systems has won the contract for a head-of-state widebody executive/VIP interior.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gerber Seeks Bizav Market for New Cutting Machine
Gerber Technology has begun expanding its business aviation activity with the sale two new Taurus XM cutting systems to interior components specialist B/E
Maintenance and Modifications
Audio Int’l To Distribute Avtec LED and Fiber Optics
In May, Audio International, a DeCrane Aircraft company, and Avtec reached an agreement that allows Audio International to distribute Avtec’s cabin-lightin
