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
Raytheon Aircraft workers earn master tech awards
Four Raytheon Aircraft Services (RAS) technicians and two technicians from Hawker Aircraft Services have completed the training requirements for the Flight
Maintenance and Modifications
Safer nitrogen tire inflation system available
Aircraft Spruce & Specialty of Corona, Calif., has entered an exclusive arrangement with Gentco to market that company’s new nitrogen tire inflation system
Charter & Fractional
Hawker Aircraft services NetJets MX Award
NetJets has presented its annual trophy for Best Heavy Maintenance Provider during 2006 to Hawker Aircraft Services.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulstream Aerospace acquires Weco
Gulfstream Aerospace has completed the acquisition of Weco Aerospace Systems, a privately held aviation-component overhaul company specializing in electric
Maintenance and Modifications
Enstrom improves customer support
Enstrom Helicopters has placed all its Service Bulletins and Service Information Letters on the customer-support page of the company Web site.
Maintenance and Modifications
Lufthansa Technik launches total landing gear support\
Lufthansa Technik is offering total landing-gear support (TLS) from aircraft purchase through resale.
Rotorcraft
Keystone Helicopters to provide maintenance for Seacor
Seacor’s Aviation Division has signed an agreement to have Keystone Helicopters provide maintenance and completions for the more than 160 helicopters it op
Maintenance and Modifications
Massachusetts facility builds on owner’s experience
Gary Potts, president of AirFlyte, has a long history in aviation and specifically
at the airport his MRO serves.
at the airport his MRO serves.
Aircraft
Stage III Still Working on STCs for Hush Kit
LaJolla, Calif.-based Stage III Technologies, which in December received an STC for its Stage 3 hush kit for the Gulfstream IISP, expects to receive by the
Aircraft
Learjet 24/25 RVSM Group Approval Received
Avcon Industries of Olathe, Kan., has obtained group approval for its RVSM upgrade for the Learjet 24 and 25, including models with various wing modificati
Maintenance and Modifications
Elliott Aviation earns two more RVSM STCs
Elliott Aviation of Moline, Ill., has received an FAA STC RVSM group approval for the Beechjet 400 and MU-300 Diamond.
Maintenance and Modifications
Avmats receives FAA repair station ratings
Aviation Maintenance and Technical Support (Avmats) has added Class III and Class IV Ratings to its Air Agency Certificate.
Maintenance and Modifications
McKechnie partners with Topcoast Aviation
The McKechnie Aerospace Aftermarket Group of Reno, Nev., has formed a joint venture with Hong Kong-based distributor Topcast Aviation Supplies to provide a
Engines
Premier tribunes to offer TFE731 CZIs
Premier Turbines, a division of Dallas Airmotive, has added -20, -40 and -60 models to its TFE731 Core Zone Inspections (CZI) program.
Maintenance and Modifications
Wing Aviation promotes Frank Zimerman
Frank Zimerman, who helped organize and create Wing Aviation and then served as the company’s director of operations, has been promoted to vice president o
Maintenance and Modifications
Mid-Canada Mod Center teams with Multi Service
Mid-Canada Mod Center (MC2) provides avionics sales, service, installation and integration for private, corporate and commercial aviation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Conklin & de Decker release MxManager 6.5
Version 6.5 of Conklin & de Decker’s MxManager maintenance management software incorporates a number of changes and improvements, according to a spokesman
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation Geneva gets approval from Bahrain
Jet Aviation Geneva (Switzerland) was named an approved maintenance facility for the Gulfstream II and GIV by the Ministry of Transportation, Civil Aviatio
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Wilmington, Averitt earn FAA award
Delaware-based Dassault Falcon Jet Wilmington and Nashville-based Averitt Aviation have received the FAA’s Diamond Award for aviation maintenance training.
Maintenance and Modifications
Karl Stuhmer wins Charles Taylor Award
ived the FAA’s prestigious Charles Taylor Award, which recognizes lifetime accomplishments of senior aircraft mechanics.
Karl Stuhmer, Raytheon Airc
Karl Stuhmer, Raytheon Airc
Maintenance and Modifications
Profile: west star aviation offers refurbishments
West Star Aviation, of Grand Junction, Colo., has been around for more than five decades.
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Falcon Service begins ops at F’borough
Dassault Falcon Service (DFS) on April 1 officially began operations from Farnborough Airport, the main European business airport rival to Paris Le Bourget
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker 700 Benefits from RVSM Upgrade
Alternative Avionics in Waterford, Mich., has gained an STC for installation of upgraded air-data computers and pitot-static probes in the Hawker 700, a mo
Maintenance and Modifications
Dubai Firm Reportedly Will Pay $1.5 Billion
As reported yesterday in AINalerts, Dubai Aerospace Enterprise (DAE) is in “active discussions” with Washington, D.C.-based Carlyle Group to acquire its La
Regulations and Government
Repair station drug-testing obligations clarified
Under new FAA anti-drug and alcohol-misuse regulations, repair stations are responsible only for their own compliance, and not the compliance of their cont
Aircraft
Hawker 800 Winglet STC expected this quarter
Aviation Partners is hoping to complete the STC program for a winglets retrofit on Hawker 800s and begin initial deliveries of modified aircraft before the
Charter & Fractional
Raytheon signs Hawker maintenance deal with NetJets
Raytheon Aircraft signed a 10-year agreement with NetJets for the maintenance of the fractional-ownership operator’s fleet of Hawker 1000s, Hawker 800XPs a
Maintenance and Modifications
Sabreliner lands government VIP contracts
Sabreliner Corp., a name long synonymous with the business jet market, has turned to designing and installing custom interiors in government VIP helicopter
Maintenance and Modifications
Stevens Aims for Learjet 35s To Last Forever
As Stevens Aviation’s Memphis, Tenn.
