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
Biggest MRO hangar in Asia goes into service
Early last month a Boeing 737-300 requiring an 8A check was the first aircraft to be towed into Ameco Beijing’s A380 hangar.
Maintenance and Modifications
Raisbeck adds Learjet mod facility in Brazil
Líder Aviação, headquartered in Belo Horizonte, Brazil, recently became a Raisbeck-authorized installation center to support Raisbeck Learjet performance s
Maintenance and Modifications
Free repair quote service offered by Jet Repair Anywhere
Jet Repair Anywhere has announced the availability of a free competitive repair quote service.
Maintenance and Modifications
Sentinent selects software for MX documents
AviIT’s eMan technical publication management solution has been chosen for the Sentient Flight Group’s maintenance operation.
Maintenance and Modifications
P&WC appoints Metrojet a maintenance facility
Hong Kong’s Metrojet has been given the title of recognized maintenance facility and mobile repair team for Pratt & Whitney Canada engines.
Maintenance and Modifications
CRS enhances AOG support, boosts Beechjet backing
Customers will now be able to communicate instantly with Fort Lauderdale, Fla.-based CRS Jet Spares through a dedicated AOG e-mail address.
Maintenance and Modifications
Gulfstream celebrates Luton center anniversary
In the five years since Gulfstream established its maintenance center at London Luton, the facility has grown from 28,000 to 56,000 sq ft.
Maintenance and Modifications
More apprentices join Lufthansa Technik work force
Reinforcing its commitment to vocational training, Lufthansa Technik will be adding 280 young people to its technical careers workforce, up from 235 last y
Maintenance and Modifications
Jet works Air Center breaks ground on expansion
Jet Works Air Center recently broke ground on its 43,000-sq-ft maintenance hangar expansion in Denton, Texas.
Maintenance and Modifications
Embraer launches new customer relationship portal
FlyEmbraer (www.flyembraer.com) is a new Internet portal that the Brazilian manufacturer has launched to provide after-sales services and customer support.
Maintenance and Modifications
Excess inventory management program introduced by TECI
Parts supplier Turbine Engine Consultants (TECI) has announced the availability of a consignment program called Excess Inventory Management.
Maintenance and Modifications
BBA gets ISA OK from customs & border patrol
BBA Aviation engine repair and overhaul companies Dallas Airmotive, Premier Turbines and International Turbine Service have been granted Importer Self Asse
Maintenance and Modifications
Red River turbines awarded FAR Part 145 authorization
The FAA has awarded an FAR Part 145 repair station certificate to Red River Turbines.
Maintenance and Modifications
Texas facility dedicates itself to Westwind service
Fort Worth, Texas-based Trimec Aviation grew out of a partnership among three classmates in an A&P program to become the only shop dedicated exclusivel
Maintenance and Modifications
Dassault Adds Three New Service Centers
Dassault Falcon Jet appointed two new authorized service centers in South Africa and reached agreement with a third company to provide support in Turkey.
Maintenance and Modifications
Honeywell Adds StarPortUSA to Mx List
StarPortUSA, based at Orlando-Sanford (Fla.) International Airport, is now an authorized line maintenance service center for Honeywell Aerospace.
Maintenance and Modifications
FAA Increases Scrutiny of Weco Aerospace
The FAA has issued an unapproved parts notification for Weco Aerospace Systems of Burbank, Calif.
Maintenance and Modifications
Explosion at Gulfstream Plant Injures Three
Three people were injured–one critically–during an explosion on July 2 at the Gulfstream Aerospace plant in Savannah, Ga.
Maintenance and Modifications
Use of PMA parts growing within rotorcraft ranks
“PMA parts? Ooh, now there’s a murky area,” said a maintenance supervisor who oversees the upkeep of an offshore oil support helicopter fleet numbering wel
Rotorcraft
Robinson’s switch to steel blades gets mixed reviews
For Robinson Helicopter, switching from aluminum to stainless-steel skin for main rotor blades has been “a mixed bag,” said company vice president Kurt Rob
Maintenance and Modifications
Eurocopter Takes Over Mx Firm
Eurocopter has announced it will take over Motorflug Baden-Baden, a German helicopter MRO specialist.
Rotorcraft
SkyTrac Approved for Robinsons
SkyTrac’s automated flight following and satellite communication system has received FAA STC and Transport Canada Type Certificate Data Sheet (TCDS) approv
Maintenance and Modifications
Hawker Beech Completes Sale of FBOs to BBA Aviation
Hawker Beechcraft late last week completed the sale of the majority of its wholly owned fuel and line operations to Signature Flight Support parent company
Maintenance and Modifications
TPE-powered Caravan conversion delayed
A more powerful, better performing Caravan 208 with improved fuel burn is the goal of Anchorage-based Aero Twin, which is working on a mod to convert the t
Maintenance and Modifications
Hush money
The market for Gulfstream hush kits stands at fewer than 400 GIIs, GIITTs, GIIBs and GIIIs.
Maintenance and Modifications
Touching Bases: Florida Gulfstream service shop to expand
PrivateSky Aviation Services is building an expanded facility on an additional 15 acres at Southwest Florida International Airport in Fort Myers, Fla.
Maintenance and Modifications
CJ1 helps to land more business for Jet-Care
Jet-Care International has recently upgraded its corporate aircraft from a Piper Malibu piston single to a new Cessna CJ1.
Maintenance and Modifications
Rotorcraft News Update: NTSB: Robinsons need NDT testing
The NTSB has issued a Safety Recommendation calling for the development of nondestructive testing techniques for Robinson main rotor blades after approxima
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: Aerocentro honored at twin commander symposium
Aerocentro de Servicios, of Caracas, Venezuela, has been named Twin Commander Service Center of the year for 2007.
Maintenance and Modifications
Maintenance News: GAT acquires Curtiss Wright Accessories Services
GA Telesis (GAT) has acquired the assets of Curtiss Wright Accessories Services, including its 56,000-sq-ft facility in Miami.
