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
Hawker Pax, Crew Stuck in Door Handle Jam
A Hawker 900XP crew recently discovered after landing that a slightly out-of-tolerance closing mechanism can render the cabin door unopenable from inside t
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Opens Fourth Factory-owned Service Center
Dassault Falcon will open a new $6.5 million factory-owned service center at Sorocaba Airport in São Paulo, Brazil, in the fourth quarter, bringing the com
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Study Critiques OEM Views on Aftermarket
An FAA team explored whether there is a safety and compliance issue with aftermarket repairs and replacement parts made under applicable FAA regulations bu
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA SAIB: PMA Parts Need COS, Too
Possibly as a result of its Repair, Alteration and Fabrication Team study, the FAA issued Special Airworthiness Information Bulletin SAIB NE-08-40, which r
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Insists on SWA Paying Fine and Penalizes AA
In a move that makes it look as though the FAA is combing through old logbooks to find ways to conduct enforcement actions on commercial operators, the age
FBOs
General Dynamics To Buy Jet Aviation
General Dynamics, parent company of Gulfstream Aerospace, today agreed to pay approximately $2.25 billion to buy Jet Aviation from the Permira Funds privat
Engines
Standard Aero Breaks Ground on new CF34 Facility
Turbine engine overhauler Standard Aero on Thursday celebrated the ground-breaking of a new 80,000-sq-ft facility at its Winnipeg, Canada headquarters.
Aircraft
FAA Issues Revised AD on Eclipse Thrust Levers
In response to a thrust-lever quadrant failure in an Eclipse 500 on June 5, the FAA issued an emergency Airworthiness Directive (AD 2008-13-51) on June 12,
Maintenance and Modifications
Bombardier Adds Global Aviation as Service Provider
Global Aviation of Hillsboro, Ore., is now a Bombardier Business Aircraft-authorized AOG/line maintenance facility, strengthening service center coverage o
Maintenance and Modifications
Online Logbook System Adds Mx Enhancement
AircraftLogs.com has added new maintenance features to its online logbook system.
Maintenance and Modifications
EMTEQ Offers First Chip-On-Board Anti-collision LED
Emteq has received FAA supplemental type certification (STC0359AT) for the industry’s first chip-on-board technology 400-candela anti-collision exterior li
Safety
Cabin air filters protect those aboard from many biohazards
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Engines
Jet-Care's engine-monitor program goes online
Increased use of the Internet and software improvements have made Jet-Care International’s engine condition health online (Echo) program more user-friendly
FBOs
PrivateSky billed as center of excellence for Gulfstream
The idea of opening a new Gulfstream repair station in southern Florida was evolutionary for Vincent Wolanin.
Maintenance and Modifications
Putting wake vortex to sleep
French inventor Christian Hugues has patented a new wingtip device promising an 8-percent reduction in induced drag and a 5.4-percent increase in lift.
Maintenance and Modifications
New oils, lubricants and fluids
Air BP and ConocoPhillips took to the pulpit at EAA AirVenture to announce new oil and lubrication products, primarily for piston aircraft.
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Aircraft
Walter-powered King Airs, a better idea?
Dan Sigl, president of Seagull Aviation in Clintonville, Wis., has invested a significant portion of his career in Walter 601-powered derivatives of existi
Maintenance and Modifications
Mod said to reduce carbon brake wear
One of the most expensive consumable items on an aircraft is becoming less expensive to operate.
Maintenance and Modifications
Garrett named Gulfstream hush-kit installer
Quiet Technology Aerospace has named Garrett Aviation Services as the preferred installation center for its Stage 3 hush-kit for Gulfstream IIs, IIBs and I
Maintenance and Modifications
West Star Aviation Serves Growing Conquest SID Market
Grand Junction, Colo.-based West Star Aviation has completed Supplemental Inspection Document (SID) inspections on 27 Cessna Conquest II twin turboprops, e
Maintenance and Modifications
Executive Jet Management Gets OSHA Star for Safety
Executive Jet Management (EJM) has earned a much-coveted star for safety.
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet Works Air Center Starts Expanding Texas Facility
Jet Works Air Center has started building a 43,000-sq-ft maintenance hangar at its 66,000-sq-ft facility in Denton, Texas.
Maintenance and Modifications
Plastek Launches Acrylic Window Restoration System
Last week at EAA AirVenture in Oshkosh, Wis., Plastek CEO Gus Ordonez announced a version of the company’s military window repair and restoration kit for t
Maintenance and Modifications
Proposed Citation AD based on lab results
A proposed AD that would require replacing the horizontal stabilizer trim actuator (HSTA) every 18 months on Citation 650s is based on a discovery in lab t
Maintenance and Modifications
Arinc announces Citation 500 RVSM program
Arinc Direct, the business aviation arm of Annapolis, Md.-based Arinc, has introduced an RVSM modification and certification package for the Cessna 500 ser
Maintenance and Modifications
RVSM package approved for BAC 111
Avionics Mobile Services in England has received UK CAA certification of its RVSM package for the BAC 111-475 and -500 series.
Maintenance and Modifications
Another source 'rising' for Falcon 20 RVSM
Phoenix Rising Aviation, an 18-month-old maintenance firm at Drake Field in Fayetteville, Ark., expects this month to receive its first RVSM STC for a Falc
Maintenance and Modifications
Jeppesen offers service package for BBJ operators
Jeppesen’s BBJ VIP Plus Program is a new bundled pricing package intended solely for operators of Boeing Business Jets.
Regulations and Government
NATA questions maintenance rule compliance date
Failure of the FAA to publish an advisory circular may prompt the National Air Transportation Association to request an extension of the October 6 implemen
Maintenance and Modifications
PremiAir recommits to bizav support market
After changing hands three times in fairly quick succession over the past decade, the UK’s PremiAir Aircraft Engineering appears to be settling down and re
