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.

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Embraer opens maintenance facility in Nashville

Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services has opened a new 78,000-sq-ft maintenance facility on Nashville International Airport.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 15, 2006

New web portal awaits LBAS customers and operators

Bombardier customers and operators who use Lufthansa Bombardier Aviation Services (LBAS) will find it easier to communicate with LBAS in the future.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 15, 2006

MRO Profile: JetCorp

When philosopher Friedrich Nietzsche penned “What doesn’t kill us makes us stronger” in the late 19th century, it’s safe to say he didn’t have JetCorp in m

Maintenance and Modifications

September 15, 2006

NTSB reveals maintenance issues

A history of maintenance issues is unfolding at Chalks Ocean Airways, according to a series of recently released NTSB factual reports about last December’s

Maintenance and Modifications

September 14, 2006

Blackhawk King Air Conversions Near 30

Stevens Aviation recently completed its 26th Blackhawk King Air XP engine conversion.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 14, 2006

Bombardier Expands Mx Programs

Beginning last month, buyers of any new Bombardier business jet can opt for a new cost-per-flight-hour maintenance support program.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 14, 2006

Dassault M&O focuses on product-support services

Dassault Aviation highlighted its renewed emphasis on product support at this year’s Falcon Jet Maintenance and Operations meeting.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 14, 2006

Part Two: Renovation Hardware

In these pages last month, a relatively lackluster but functional 1991 Falcon 900 pushing 11,000 hours began its journey through the fountain of youth.

Maintenance and Modifications

September 14, 2006

Need Hawker Parts, Click Here

Arnoni Aviation Services of Houston and several other suppliers of products and services for Hawkers have formed the Hawker 125 Vendor Committee (www.hawke

Maintenance and Modifications

September 13, 2006

Renovation Hardware: Artistry in paint, wood and leather

The 1991 Falcon 900 moving through Duncan Aviation’s facility in Lincoln, Neb., has been stripped of her weathered coat in preparation for a makeover in th

Cabin Interior and Electronics

September 13, 2006

King Air 300 sprouts winglets

BLR Aerospace expects to receive an STC for winglets for the King Air 300 in late summer or early fall.

Aircraft

September 13, 2006

2006 AIN Product Support Survey: Part Two - Engines

AIN’s readers this year have chosen CFM as the best provider of product support for turbofan engines (the CFM56s on Boeing Business Jets), and Pratt

Maintenance and Modifications

September 13, 2006

3M pilot project tests RFID tags for tool tracking

The number of tools needed for a modern business jet maintenance shop and the hassles of keeping track of their whereabouts and calibration status seem to

Maintenance and Modifications

September 13, 2006

Renovation Hardware: Pioneers will always meet obstacles

The owner of the 1991 Falcon 900 shown here undergoing an extensive cockpit and cabin renovation by Duncan Aviation in Lincoln, Neb., has learned a lesson

Aircraft

September 13, 2006

FAA cautions against some R-R 250 engine combustion liners

The FAA has issued a Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin (SAIB) to advise owners, operators and repair stations of aircraft equipped with the Rolls-

Regulations and Government

September 13, 2006

GDAS marks five years of servicing business jets

Las Vegas; Minneapolis; and West Palm Beach, Fla., were purchased from BBA Aviation to form General Dynamics Aviation Services (GDAS).

Aircraft

September 13, 2006