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ST Engineering’s Aerospace Arm Completes Investment of EcoServices
18 May 2012Singapore Technologies Engineering Ltd (ST Engineering) announced that further to an earlier announcement on 22 December 2011 regarding the investment of a 50.1 percent equity interest in EcoServices, LLC (EcoServices) for a purchase consideration of US$33.3m (approximately S$43m), Vision Technologies Aerospace Incorporated (VT Aerospace) has entered into an agreement with Pratt & Whitney to restructure [...]
Comtek Sets New Industry Standard for Aircraft Part Repairs
18 May 2012Comtek Advanced Structures implements new processes and improved customer management to further reduce aircraft part repair turn-around times to better serve their customers. The industry standard for aircraft part repairs is 21 calendar days and often much longer yet Comtek has reduced their turn-around times to an average of 15 calendar days in the first [...]
Monarch Signs Boeing 787 Dreamliner Airframe Maintenance for LOT Polish Airlines
18 May 2012Monarch Aircraft Engineering (MAEL) has been selected by LOT Polish Airlines as their primary maintenance organization for airframe maintenance services on their Boeing 787 Dreamliner fleet; which will consist of 8 aircraft, the first delivery scheduled in November 2012. Under the terms of the agreement, MAEL’s highly experienced engineering team will establish a maintenance base [...]
Rolls-Royce Announces 10-Year Agreement for T56 Authorized Maintenance Centers
18 May 2012Rolls-Royce announced a new ten-year agreement covering its global network of T56 engine Authorized Maintenance Centers (AMCs). Approximately 6,500 T56 engines are in service globally, powering aircraft including the C-130 Hercules and the P-3 Orion. Members of the AMC network are authorized by Rolls-Royce to perform overhaul and repair on all T56 Series military and [...]
Sherwin-Williams Jet Glo Express Achieves Fifth Complete System with SAE AMS 3095 Cert
18 May 2012Sherwin-Williams Aerospace has another complete coating system — including pretreatment, chrome hazard free (CM0483787) corrosion protective primer and topcoat — now certified with SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3095 (AMS 3095). The Jet Glo Express exterior coating system is designed for commercial airlines as well as general aviation and military aircraft. The certification now approves [...]
Swiss-AS Wins Order from Europe’s Flybe
18 May 2012Flybe Aviation Services has chosen the fully-integrated software package AMOS to manage its entire aircraft maintenance, engineering and logistics’ requirements. The AMOS implementation is expected to take between 12-15 months and will incorporate business process mapping, ‘gap’ analysis, data migration, key-user workshops and key and end-user staff training for 600 potential users. It will replace [...]
Monitor Your Software for Peak Performance
18 May 2012Application performance engineering is a critical piece of technology application development and implementation. Consistent software monitoring programs such as HP SiteScope Monitoring help businesses determine how new applications will impact system performance before they are deployed live. When businesses monitor their software and applications using best of breed application performance engineering solutions like HP Performance [...]
Field Aviation Receives EASA STC
18 May 2012Field Aviation of Toronto has received a Supplemental Type Certificate (STC 10039339) from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) for installation of the Universal Avionics EFI-890R display system in the full line of classic DASH 8 aircraft, including the 100-, 200- and 300-series models. The STC was issued on April 27, 2012. The EASA STC [...]
To Make a Difference
14 May 2012To Make a Difference By W. Scott Olsen Dave Mohn, an avionics technician at the Fargo Jet Center, is one of those people who believe in service, in mentoring kids, in making a real difference. As a merit badge counselor for the Boy Scouts of America, he has recently seen his 275th scout earn the [...]
Polycoat Announce New Products for Waterproofing
11 May 2012American Polymers Corporation (dba Polycoat Products), announces PC-CRETE U (trowel and slurry) is a 3-part, heavy duty, 100% solids, aromatic, cementitious urethane mortar system typically applied atbetween 1/8” (3.17mm) and 3/8” (9.52mm) dry film thickness. It has a textured matte finish and can be used to form containment beams, integral cove bases for seamless wall [...]
Battelle Welding Technology Helping Manufacturers Save Money
09 May 2012The latest spot weld reliability assurance technology, developed by Battelle, has been adopted for use by Safe Technology’s fe-safe suite of software for fatigue analysis from finite element models. It is a complimentary tool to be used with Verity, another Battelle-developed fatigue analysis tool that is also licensed to Safe Technology. The Verity mesh insensitive structural [...]
BLR Will Promote Winglets to European King Air Operators at EBACE
09 May 2012Forty-two European-based King Airs in 12 countries—about 15 percent of the estimated regional fleet—are flying with BLR Winglet Systems. Nearly 400 Winglet Systems are in operation in 40 countries worldwide. BLR representatives expect to further expand Winglets’ international presence by taking orders next week at the European Business Aviation Convention and Exhibition (EBACE), Exhibit 1931, [...]
AIM Aviation School Hosting Veterans Open House
09 May 2012Aviation Institute of Maintenance (AIM) Philadelphia campus is hosting a “Fixing Jets. Training Vets” open house, Wednesday, May 23rd from 11:00am to 7:00pm. The school invites veterans to come in and meet the staff, faculty and students. There will be food, prizes, tours of the hangar and campus, and much more. The event is open to the [...]
Monarch Aircraft Engineering Celebrate 700th Apprenticeship Applicant
09 May 2012Monarch Aircraft Engineering Limited (MAEL) recently announced the launch of its latest apprenticeship scheme for summer 2012, aimed at 16-18 year olds. The hugely successful scheme, which was first introduced 41 years ago, will take place at both London Luton and Manchester Airports from 28th August 2012 and will welcome its 700th apprentice since it [...]
Chromalloy’s European Repair Station Receives AOE from Japan CAB
09 May 2012Chromalloy announced the company’s turbine engine component repair station in The Netherlands has received Approved Organization Exposition (AOE) certification from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau (JCAB). “The AOE certificate allows the station in Tilburg to provide Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) approved Designated Engineering Representative (DER) repairs on All Nippon Airways (ANA) and Japan Airlines (JAL) [...]
Dallas Airmotive Expands HTF7000 Field Support; Acquires Tooling and Inventory from CTS
09 May 2012Dallas Airmotive is expanding its field service support for the Honeywell HTF7000 engine by acquiring the tooling and inventory from Consolidated Turbine Support, Inc. (CTS) of Mesa, Arizona. The tooling and inventory along with Dallas Airmotive (DAI) Mobile Response technicians will be based at DAI’s Phoenix Regional Turbine Center and provide 24 hour, around the [...]
navAero Launches EFB-Integrated Cabin Video Surveillance System
09 May 2012navAero announced today the commercialization of tCam – the EFB camera surveillance system. Designed for integration and use with the navAero tBag C2-2 EFB system, tCam is the ideal complimentary retrofit surveillance technology for improved security through the display and capture of activities that take place beyond the cockpit door. The tCam system is a [...]
MAC Aerospace Announces ISO Quality Certification Renewal and ASA Membership
09 May 2012Johnnie Eslinger, business development manager at MAC Aerospace Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia, USA, announced ISO 9001:2008 recertification and subsequent approval of application for membership in the prestigious Aviation Supplier Association. “Another successful audit from British Standards Institute of our ISO 9001:2008 Quality program, and within a few days, the addition of MAC Aerospace to the [...]
PPG Aerospace Coatings Systems Pass Aerospace Material Specification Testing
04 May 2012Testing by an independent certified laboratory has confirmed nine coatings systems by PPG Industries’ aerospace business, including chromate-free basecoat/clearcoat systems, meet requirements of SAE International’s Aerospace Material Specification 3095A for airline exterior paint. The results are under SAE review to add the PPG Aerospace systems to the Qualified Products Listing. According to Scott Cavin, PPG [...]
Resource Group at Farnborough Airshow
04 May 2012Resource Group will again host a stand at Farnborough International Airshow in July and is proud to present its new division, Resource UAS that will provide ground-breaking foundation training for Nano, Class 1 and Class 2 Unmanned Aircraft Systems Remote Pilots & Sensor Operators. Resource Group is an international supplier of scarce skills and specialised [...]
Pines Technology Receives Award from Boeing
04 May 2012Pines Technology of Westlake, Ohio was honored recently by Boeing in Philadelphia for the performance of its CNC tube benders for the V22 Osprey Program. The Pines benders are used to make replacement fuel and hydraulic lines for the Osprey. The benders are built in two configurations – one for mobile land operations and one [...]
FL Technics Signs $20 Million Support Agreements with OLT Express Regional
04 May 2012On the 2nd of May, FL Technics signed exclusive agreements with the Polish carrier OLT Express Regional. The three-year $20 million worth agreements cover the full-scope of power-by-the-hour (PBH) support, as well as the wide range of line maintenance services for ten ATR 42/72 types of aircraft. According to the signed agreements FL Technics will [...]
Powerfoil X2.0 Offers 28 Percent Increase in Coverage Area, 15-Year Warranty
04 May 2012Powerfoil X2.0, the newest industrial fan from the Big Ass Fan Company of Lexington, Ky., significantly increases the coverage area and warranty of the company’s popular Powerfoil X according to the company. Released on May 1, 2012, the Powerfoil X2.0 introduces a unique new patented airfoil system that combines patented airfoils and winglets with patent-pending [...]
FL Technics Spare Parts: Why it is Essential for Airlines to Cooperate with Independent Suppliers with Spare Parts Stocks
30 Apr 2012According to the industry experts, airlines worldwide will spend approx. $49-51 billion on the aircraft maintenance this year. Due to their unpredictable nature, the AOG-related expenses will naturally play a significant part in the overall MRO costs. As every AOG hour burdens an airline’s budget even more, it is essential for carriers to have 24/7 [...]
Challenger 601 Landing Gear on Display at MMC 201
30 Apr 2012West Star Aviation will showcase a complete Challenger 601 Landing Gear assembly at the 2012 NBAA Annual Maintenance Management Conference (MMC2012) at booth #435. The conference will be held in Nashville, TN on May 1-3, 2012. Emily Mason, Bombardier technical sales manager, GJT, will be on site, along with Denise Hildebrand, Citation & Piaggio technical [...]
PPG Aerospace Coatings Create ‘All Black’ Livery for Air New Zealand
26 Apr 2012“Green” coatings by PPG Industries’ aerospace business were specified by Air New Zealand for the black livery on four airplanes that are part of the airline’s sponsorship of the New Zealand Rugby Football Union and the world champion All Blacks rugby team. Air New Zealand has taken delivery of a new Boeing 777-300ER airplane and [...]
Turbo-Mach Becomes North American Composites
26 Apr 2012Scott Hagler, president and CEO of North American Aircraft Services, Inc. (NAAS) has announced that Turbo Mach, LLC, a wholly owned subsidiary of NAAS, Inc., has officially been renamed North American Composites. “While the name ‘Turbo Mach’ is well known and widely respected in the composites manufacturing sector, we feel that the new name more [...]
Personnel Appointments at NAAS, Inc.
26 Apr 2012David Watson has been appointed CFO of North American Aircraft Services, Inc. and its affiliated companies. Watson previously held the positions of president and CFO for Aircraft On Ground, Inc. prior to its acquisition by NAAS. John Bullen, most recently with Greenwich AeroGroup, has joined North American Aircraft Services, Inc. as director of sales and [...]
PPG Relocates Toulouse, France-area Office to Larger Site
26 Apr 2012PPG Industries officials have announced the relocation and expansion of the Toulouse, France-area aerospace sales office. In addition to housing staff who serve regional PPG transparencies and coatings customers, the larger facility includes a paint spray booth, and a technical laboratory is being completed for transparency engineering analysis starting later in 2012. “As with PPG [...]
“Good Safety is Good Business” ARSA Tells Congressional Panel
25 Apr 2012On April 25, Aeronautical Repair Station Association Senior Vice President Gary Fortner, vice president of Quality Control & Engineering at Fortner Engineering in Glendale, Calif., testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee about the excellent work repair stations across the country and around the world are doing to ensure aviation safety. “For [...]
Peerless Electronics Announces Six New Vertical Market eCommerce Stores
24 Apr 2012Peerless Electronics, Inc., a factory authorized, stocking distributor of electromechanical and interconnect products, has launched its new online eCommerce Vertical Market Initiative. Peerless says customers will save time, view at-a-glance status and find it easier to shop online from product catalogs tailored to their specific industry from Peerless’ large inventory of electro-mechanical and interconnect components. [...]
Mauritania’s National Carrier Signs with ADSoftware
24 Apr 2012ADSoftware, the French aviation dedicated software company, announced that Mauritania Airlines International, the national carrier of Mauritania has signed with ADSoftware to implement AIRPACK Fleet Management System and Logistics Solutions comprising AIRTIME (Fleet management – CAMO), AIRSTOCK (Inventory control – Logistic), AIRDOC (Documentation management), AIRUSER (Security management) and AIRSTAT (Reliability and statistic reports). Mauritania Airlines [...]
MAC Aerospace Celebrates 22 Years
24 Apr 2012MAC Aerospace Corporation of Chantilly, Virginia, USA celebrated their 22nd anniversary on April 13th, 2012, recognizing and honoring the efforts of the MAC family with a cook-out at the company headquarters. “I have enjoyed the many ups and downs throughout the last 22 years, and it has always been an honor and privilege to work [...]
AeroWorx gets a Sign from Above!
24 Apr 2012It’s been almost one and half years since AeroWorx, a Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) provider, moved into its new building on 237th Street in Torrance, California. “A lot of things have changed since December of 2011. I’m very proud of our company and everyone who worked so hard to maximize its success,” says Gary [...]
Aviation Career Day to be Held Tomorrow at Van Nuys Airport
19 Apr 2012More than 1,200 students are expected to attend and receive hands on training at the Van Nuys Airport Aviation Career Day event. The event will be tomorrow, April 20, 2012. The seventh annual The Sky’s the Limit: Aviation Career Day held at Van Nuys Airport (VNY) is an effort to combat the aging workforce and [...]
ST Aerospace Academy Secures Training Contract from Tiger Airways
19 Apr 2012ST Aerospace’s commercial pilot training arm, ST Aerospace Academy (STAA) has been awarded a five-year pilot training contract by Tiger Airways. Commencing in 2Q2012, STAA is expected to train more than 100 pilots for Tiger Airways. Under the agreement, STAA will conduct ab-initio and advanced pilot training programmes. The ab-initio programme, will be delivered under [...]
ST Aerospace Secures $540M Worth of New Contracts in 1Q2012
18 Apr 2012ST Aerospace announced that it has secured about $540m worth of new contracts in the first quarter of 2012. These contracts for aircraft maintenance and modification, component support, and engine total support businesses will be carried out at its global maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) network. Specifically for passenger-to-freighter (PTF) conversions, ST Aerospace secured a [...]
OGMA Gets Russian Authority Approval for EMBRAER 135/145 Maintenance Services
18 Apr 2012In its effort to increasingly meet regional operator demands, OGMA says it has been certified by the Russian Civil Aviation Authorities with respect to EMBRAER 135/145 maintenance services (base and line). The certification now granted by the Russian Federal Air Transport Agency is in addition to other approvals currently held by OGMA and issued by [...]
Lockheed Martin Recognizes Co-Operative Industries Defense as First SDVOSB to Supply F-35 Production Harnesses
18 Apr 2012Lockheed Martin has accepted first article inspection of the first F-35 production harnesses to be supplied by Co-Operative Industries Defense. Co-Operative Industries was selected by Lockheed Martin Aeronautics and Fokker to be the first, and only, Service Disabled Veteran Owned Small Business supplier to manufacture select electrical wiring harnesses for all F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) [...]
A330 Aircraft Makes Emergency Landing at Gatwick
17 Apr 2012According to a BBC report, an Airbus A330-300 operated by Virgin had to make an emergency landing at Gatwick and flights were suspended into that airport yesterday afternoon. The flight had recently departed and was enroute to Orlando, Fla., when smoke was noted in the cockpit and the pilot made the decision to return to [...]
AeroWorx Announces Winner of the MRO iPad Drawing
17 Apr 2012AeroWorx, the aviation industry’s leading provider for repair and overhaul services, today announced the winner of their iPad drawing is Krystal Oravez from S3 International. The drawing was held during the dates of the Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul (MRO) Convention held earlier this month in Dallas, Texas. Since contestants were able to enter online and [...]
Servigistics to Present “Field SLM – Synchronizing People, Parts, and Knowledge to Drive Profits” at Field Service 2012
16 Apr 2012Servigistics, the world’s leading enterprise software solution provider for Service Lifecycle Management (SLM), announced today that Joe Berti, vice president, field service product strategy, Servigistics, will deliver a presentation on “Field SLM – Synchronizing People, Parts, and Knowledge to Drive Profits” on Wednesday, April 18 at Field Service 2012 in Las Vegas, NV. SLM is [...]
BTC Electronic Components Now Offers Hermetic Seal Corporation’s New Lightweight Aluminum Connector
16 Apr 2012Connector distributor BTC Electronic Components (BTC – Wake Forest, NC) announced that it’s offering new lightweight aluminum hybrid hermetic connectors from Hermetic Seal Corporation (HSC). HSC – part of Ametek/HCC Interconnect Technologies – is now producing in volume, a lightweight hybrid hermetic connector with weight savings up to 68 percent over similar stainless steel construction. [...]
HermansCentral Awards “Champion Of The Month”
16 Apr 2012For the month of April, HermansCentral.com will be featuring the Champion line of cutting tools. During the month-long promotion, HermansCentral will highlight Champion, a leading supplier of innovative cutting tool products that have been on the market since 1897. The Champion brand of cutting tools is a sophisticated line made for the machinery that operates [...]
SR Technics’ Offers New Global 24/7 Single Component Service Warehousing
16 Apr 2012SR Technics has further extended, together with ADAT, its worldwide customer support for Single Component Services (SCS), ensuring round the clock component availability. With the new set up, SR Technics provides 24/7 worldwide component loan, exchange and sales, directly to airlines or their service providers, thanks to their local presence in Asia, Middle East, Europe [...]
A J Walter Increases Miami Onshore Inventory
16 Apr 2012A J Walter Aviation says it is ramping up its investment in the Americas with a substantial increase in service-ready Boeing and Airbus component inventory held onshore in North America at its facilities in Miami and Los Angeles. This inventory is supported by replenishment from other global AJW inventory hubs and has initially been identified [...]
Monarch Invests $2.5m in Boeing 787 Training Capability
16 Apr 2012Monarch Aircraft Engineering Technical Training Academy (MAETTA) is to commence Boeing 787 training this year; investing $2.5m on state-of-the-art desktop training equipment. Based at London Luton Airport, the technical training academy will undergo a complete refurbishment providing several new classrooms and facilities for Composite and Fibre optic training, a technology that is now being employed [...]
Armex and Wet Technologies Team for Green Cleaning
16 Apr 2012Armex and Wet Technologies showed off their Wet Tech Process at the MRO Americas event in Dallas last week. The process is dust free and features a closed loop filtration system. The demonstration showed the process using Armex baking soda abrasive but can also be used with other spherical and angular abrasives such as glass [...]
TUI Travel to use Boeing’s Toolbox
16 Apr 2012Boeing and TUI Travel PLC today announced the carrier’s purchase of Boeing’s Maintenance Performance Toolbox to greatly enhance maintenance efficiency on TUI Travel’s entire Boeing fleet, including 737-800s, 737 Classics, 757-200s, 767-300ERs and 747-400s. TUI Travel’s airline subsidiaries – Arkefly, Corsair, Jetairfly, Thomson Airways and TUIfly Nordic in Europe and its joint venture Sunwing Airlines [...]
FlightSafety International Announces the 2012 Proficiency Protection Program
16 Apr 2012FlightSafety International announces the 2012 Proficiency Protection Program designed to help pilots and maintenance technicians of business aircraft who have become involuntarily unemployed since January 1, 2012 to maintain their proficiency by providing no cost training while they look for new employment opportunities. “We are pleased and proud to have helped our customers through the [...]
