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
Sierracom announces online maintenance tracking service
SierraCom, a division of Sierra Industries, will now provide online services for its maintenance tracking program.
Maintenance and Modifications
Innotech Aviation Gets Macau Airworthiness Approval
Macau, a special administrative region of the People’s Republic of China, has awarded Innotech Aviation MAR-145 maintenance organization status.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Arinc aircraft maintenance
Company boasts two part 145-authorized facilities
When the name Arinc comes up in conversation most pilots think of an old, e
Accidents
The Enduring Controversy of TWA Flight 800
It is hard to believe that despite the passage of more than nine years since that hot July night, the discussion continues about TWA Flight 800, which cras
Safety
European shops prepare for human factors training rule
By September next year European aircraft maintenance providers will be obliged to have conducted approved human factors training for their staff.
Maintenance and Modifications
Complaint filed against Rolls-Royce
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) has filed a complaint with the FAA against Rolls-Royce alleging the engine maker does not provide basic
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier opens high-tech ‘superwarehouse’ in Chicago
Last month Bombardier inaugurated its 238,000-sq-ft distribution center near Chicago O’Hare International Airport.
Maintenance and Modifications
Brazil's Helipark Will Provide Bell Maintenance
Brazilian executive aviation company TAM (Táxi Aéreo Marília) has selected Helipark as its authorized maintenance provider for Bells.
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault opens top-notch paint facility in Delaware
Just 387 days after groundbreaking ceremonies last year, Dassault Falcon Jet officially opened a new 40,000-sq-ft aircraft paint facility at its Wilmington
Aircraft
QTA maintaining GII/GIII hush kit installation pace
by Gordon Gilbert
Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) continues to install Gulfstream II and III Stage 3 hush kits at the rate of about one per month sin
Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) continues to install Gulfstream II and III Stage 3 hush kits at the rate of about one per month sin
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA mulls changing insulation standards
The FAA is considering amending its controversial rule upgrading flammability standards for thermal and acoustic insulation.
Maintenance and Modifications
Garrett/Piedmont Consolidating
Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated is closing its Long Island, N.Y.
Maintenance and Modifications
Keeping jets spic ’n’ span takes an ongoing effort
Just as with most elements of aircraft ownership, a good cleaning, inside and out, is much more involved than the average person could possibly imagine.
Cabin Interior and Electronics
Manufacturers promote equipment interoperability
One of the recurrent themes at the Toulouse workshop was the inability of ATC services to provide operators opportunities to use the navigation performance
Maintenance and Modifications
Air Wisky To Close Appleton Base
Air Wisconsin Airlines plans to close its Appleton maintenance facility and move its 105 jobs to other facilities by next May.
Maintenance and Modifications
McKinney Aerospace Named GE Service Center
McKinney Aerospace has been designated an authorized GE service center for engine work.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Aviation takes Over Crossair Hangar in Basel
Under an agreement signed last month with Swiss International Air Lines and airport authorities, Jet Aviation Basel has moved into the Crossair hangar in B
Maintenance and Modifications
Genesis 3 Engineering offers Falcon 20 group RVSM kit
Genesis 3 Engineering has begun delivering installation kits for its new group RVSM solution for Dassault Falcon 20s.
“Using proven Innovati
“Using proven Innovati
Maintenance and Modifications
API to provide Legacy Beech spare parts
Aerospace Products International (API), a wholly owned subsidiary of First Aviation Services, has instituted a new program to enhance spares availability f
Maintenance and Modifications
Dick leaves Canadian aviation maintenance council
The Canadian Aviation Maintenance Council (CAMC) Board of Directors has announced a change in the organization’s leadership team.
FBOs
P&WC CSC Europe names Premiair a maintenance facility
Prist Aerospace, long-time manufacturer and supplier of anti-icing aviation fuel additives, has formed an alliance with Hammonds Fuel Additives.
Maintenance and Modifications
CS Jet Spares expands parts inventory
CRS continues to expand support for the business jet community by increasing its parts distribution for Challengers, Gulfstreams, Learjets, Hawkers and Fal
Maintenance and Modifications
Superior Aircraft maintenance now Raytheon service center
Raytheon Aircraft has named Superior Aircraft Maintenance, of Medford, Ore., the most recent addition to its global network of authorized service centers.
Maintenance and Modifications
Aviall teams with Click Commerce on distribution
Aviall of Dallas has teamed with Click Commerce to help it undertake collaborative commerce with its suppliers and customers.
Maintenance and Modifications
MRO Profile: Cutter Aviation-Dallas
Cutter Aviation-Dallas is using the high-end car dealership as a model on which to base its facility, a strategy that is working well, said Andy Biery, gen
Maintenance and Modifications
What on earth were these people thinking?
Aviation differs from other forms of transportation in a number of ways.
Maintenance and Modifications
Completion & Refurb Update: November 2005
LED Replacements for Fluorescent Tubes Coming Soon
Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement
Emteq Lighting & Cabin Systems recently announced a patent-pending LED replacement
Aircraft
Williams-powered learjet STC Delayed
Spirit Wing Aviation of Edmund, Okla., said it now expects to receive STC approval for its $2.2 million SpiritLear–a re-engined Learjet 25–in the first qua
FBOs
Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne rebrands as Landmark Aviation
Garrett/Piedmont Hawthorne/Associated has made a landmark decision.
Safety
Citations Subject of Proposed AD
A single report of a miswired APU fire-extinguishing bottle on a Citation X (C750) has prompted a proposed AD to require placing identification sleeves on
