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
Stevens Denver station Adds two new types
Stevens Aviation Denver has received FAA approval to add new airframe and powerplant ratings to its repair station certificate.
Training and Workforce
Alteon training gets TC nod for maintenance
Transport Canada has approved Alteon Training, a wholly owned subsidiary of Boeing, to be an approved training organization for maintenance training under
Training and Workforce
RAS at indy receives FAA Diamond award
The FAA has bestowed its highest award, the Diamond Award for Maintenance Excellence, on Raytheon Aircraft Services Indianapolis.
Maintenance and Modifications
Profile: Gore Design completions adds maintenance services
“Adding maintenance capability just made sense; it made us more versatile,” Jerry Gore, president and CEO of San Antonio-based Gore Design Completions, tol
Maintenance and Modifications
NBAA awards scholarships to aspiring technicians
Two students were selected to receive NBAA’s 2004 William M.
Rotorcraft
Keystone helicopter expands turboshaft engine services
Keystone Helicopter of West Chester, Pa., has expanded its accessories capabilities on both the Rolls-Royce 250 and Honeywell LTS101 turboshaft engines.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall Atlanta receives FAA Diamond Award
Aviall Services announced its Atlanta Wheel and Brake technicians have garnered the FAA Diamond Award for the company.
Maintenance and Modifications
Apex Aviation wins FAA Award for the third consecutive year
Guy Minor, aviation safety program manager with the FAA’s Oakland Flight Standards District Office, presented Apex Aviation the 2004 Certificate of Excelle
Maintenance and Modifications
M7 Worldwide Aircraft doing Metros and Merlins again
Life for Fairchild Metro and Merlin owners is looking up.
Safety
Safety of flight notice–Temperform USA aluminum parts
Information received during an FAA investigation into suspected unapproved parts indicates that Temperform USA, formerly of Mirada, Calif., had improperly
Maintenance and Modifications
Long Beach Citation Service To Move to Arizona
Cessna will construct a Citation Service Center at the Williams Gateway Airport in Mesa, Ariz., and close the Long Beach, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
GDAS To Support Gulfstream IIs and IIIs
Factory product support for Gulfstream IIs and GIIIs will move out from beneath the wing of Gulfstream service centers and find itself under the umbrella o
Aircraft
Maintenance tracking service available to BBJ operators
Boeing Business Jets selected Flightdocs of Babylon, N.Y., as a factory-authorized maintenance tracking service for BBJ operators.
Maintenance and Modifications
Stevens Aviation technicians receive top FAA awards
Maintenance technicians at the Greenville, S.C.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embrear, Hawker pacific team on PAC RIM support
Embraer has signed a five-year distribution and logistics agreement with Sydney-based Hawker Pacific covering the supply of EMB-110 Bandeirante and EMB-120
Maintenance and Modifications
Dallas Airmotive offers overhaul for Honeywell APUs
Dallas Airmotive’s Carpenter Freeway production facility in Dallas has added overhaul-level authorization to its existing Honeywell 36-series authorized se
Maintenance and Modifications
GE Transportation acquires Aircraft Parts Corp.
GE Transportation Aircraft Engines, through Unison Industries, has acquired Aircraft Parts Corporation (APC).
Maintenance and Modifications
Raisbeck's ZR Lite system includes West Star RVSM
The FAA has approved a pairing of Raisbeck Engineering’s ZR Lite performance system for the Learjet 35/36 with West Star Aviation’s RVSM system.
Maintenance and Modifications
Duncan to sell Securaplane Hawker LSA batteries
Duncan Aviation has signed an agreement with Securaplane Technologies to provide sales and service on Hawker pure lead SLA batteries.
Maintenance and Modifications
São Paulo’s TAM expands services and facilities
After a difficult year in 2003, Brazil’s largest executive charter company, TAM Taxi Aéreo Marília, saw better times last year, when its revenues increased
Maintenance and Modifications
Pop-out floats approved for Enstrom 480B
Enstrom Helicopter of Menominee, Mich., has earned FAA approval for a pop-out float option on its Model 480B.
FBOs
Only one GA company makes Fortune 100 list
For the fourth straight year, Duncan Aviation was named one of the “100 Best Companies to Work For” by Fortune magazine.
Maintenance and Modifications
LHT sells assets of Tulsa firm to Yankee Pacific
Yankee Pacific, created four years ago to “invest in aviation-related businesses and provide business development services to an aviation company client ba
Maintenance and Modifications
Enhanced Learjet 35ZR Starts Final Flight-test Phase
Raisbeck Engineering has started Phase 3 FAA certification flight tests of enhanced performance modifications for the Learjet 35.
Maintenance and Modifications
Regional M&O Sessions Set for Raytheon Aircraft
Raytheon Aircraft will conduct six regional maintenance and operations sessions for Beechcraft and Hawker owners.
Maintenance and Modifications
Raytheon Teams With Aviall for Parts Distribution
Dallas-based Aviall, which supplies parts for more than 200 aviation manufacturers, will now integrate its Raytheon Aircraft inventory into Raytheon’s airc
Regulations and Government
New Service Difficulty Reporting Rules Delayed Again
Revisions to the service difficulty reporting (SDR) requirements in FAR Parts 121, 135 and 145 (air carriers and repair stations) set to have gone into eff
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance Software
In the world of aircraft maintenance software, to say there are options would be an understatement.
Maintenance and Modifications
Citation Center Destined for Arizona
Cessna recently signed a ground-lease agreement at Williams Gateway Airport, Mesa, Ariz., possibly for the eventual development of a Citation Service Cente
Maintenance and Modifications
Southern Star on Final for Citation 560/S550 Group RVSM Certification
Southern Star Avionics has completed required flight testing for Cessna Citation 560 and S550 airframes and expects to receive RVSM group certification for
