Aeronautical Engineers Inc. (AEI) is converting a Boeing 727-200 to a 12-pallet freighter configuration for an unidentified customer. Commercial Jet Inc. in Miami is doing the conversion. AEI also received approval from the Commonwealth of Independent States for its Boeing 737-300SF and 737-400SF conversions.
Baines Simmons partnered with the Gulf Aviation Academy in Bahrain to provide specialist training and consulting services in the Middle East and North Africa.
For the past five years, Boeing and Fujitsu have been working together to develop an aircraft maintenance solution that incorporates radio frequency identification (RFID) technology and contact memory buttons (CMBs) with an integrated suite of software applications. Boeing will begin rolling out the system, known as automated identification technology (AIT), in the spring.
Pyramex’s dual-pane safety lenses feature a polycarbonate outer lens and an acetate interior lens to trap heat away from a worker’s face. The goggles provide 99% UVA and UVB protection as well as resistance to glare and are secured with an adjustable elastic strap. These goggles can work with prescription frames. www.pyramexsafety.com
When it comes to supply chain and maintenance software, should you turn to an ERP vendor for all of your solutions, like SAP or Oracle? Or should you add on-point solutions from the likes of Mxi, Trax, Servigistics or their best-of-breed competitors? Both sides make a persuasive case for their approach.
What happens when in-seat power systems go awry? Avionics & Systems Integration Group Managing Director Luke Ribich navigates a typical scenario involving EmPower. Manufactured by Astronics, it’s one of the industry’s most widely used in-seat power systems.
Delta TechOps will provide engine overhauls for at least half of GOL's CFM56-7s and maintenance services for various parts and components on GOL's Boeing 737NG fleet. Delta TechOps also will assist GOL as it works toward FAA Part 145 repair station certification. In return, GOL will assist Delta with line maintenance services in Brazil. The five-year contract includes a five-year option.
Lufthansa Technik will manage component support for five USA3000 Airbus A320-200 aircraft under a multi-year contract that covers several hundred part numbers. Repair work will take place in Frankfurt and Hamburg, but Lufthansa Technik also will set up a home base lease in Fort Myers, Fla. Air New Zealand also picked Lufthansa Technik rotable component pooling support for its Boeing 777-200 and -300 aircraft, becoming the MRO’s first New Zealand-based customer.
Dunlop Aircraft Tyres appointed Marcus Hancock technical director. He joins Dunlop from Cooper Tire & Rubber Co. Europe, where he was general manager of the company’s European Technical Center.
Rockwell Collins Aerospace & Electronics flight dynamics division amended STC to install a head-up guidance system Model 4200 on Bombardier CL-600-2C10 (Regional Jet Series 700/701/702), CL-600-2D15 (Regional Jet Series 705), CL-600-2D24 (Regional Jet Series 900) and CL-600-2E25 (Regional Jet Series 1000) aircraft, STC ST01390LA
Air France Industries received renewed approval for its single and global certification for nine sets of guidelines, including the new ISO 26000 social responsibility standard, per Bureau Veritas Certification audits.
Lufthansa Technik inked an agreement with Oman Air that will send 15 Boeing 737NG C checks to Lufthansa Technik Budapest. The contract extends an agreement for base maintenance that has been in effect for the last year, as well as component support that LHT provides for Oman Air’s Airbus A330s. It also links to plans for a “wider cooperation,” as LHT says, related to a 2009 agreement that set plans for a joint venture MRO in Oman.
3M experts recommend the FF-400 respirator for repairs on aircraft components made of glass, boron and carbon fibers. The respirator’s design has features for added comfort such as a soft silicone nose cup, a “cool flow” valve for easier breathing, a large lens and a head cradle. The FF-400 is the only respirator with a Scotchguard-coated lens, which beads coatings and paints on the surface for easy removal. www.3m.com
Australia’s Civil Aviation Safety Authority (CASA) issued revised guidance Feb. 14 stressing that repair or replacement work on all aircraft must comply with minimum flammability requirements, with updated regulatory references and advice on seat covers.
Sargent Aftermarket Services’ wheel and brake shop in Miami provides wheel and brakes overhaul and repair for most Boeing aircraft, MD-80 series, MD-11, L1011 and Airbus A300 and A320 aircraft. MRO capabilities at the Sargent facility support components from multiple OEMs: Goodrich, Honeywell Landing Systems, Meggitt Aircraft Braking Systems, Cleveland Wheel and Brakes and Messier-Bugatti. www.sargentaerospace.com
Gazpromavia Aviation signed a five-year contract with AFI KLM E&M for its subsidiary Epocor to maintain Boeing 737NG auxiliary power units. Gazpromavia is Epcor’s first Russian customer.
Laurentian Aerospace Corp. inked a deal in December 2010 with Verdant Capital Group to back its MRO project in Plattsburgh, N.Y. The Torrance, Calif.-based partner will hold the majority of Laurentian’s shares, says Laurentian Director, President and CEO Robin Wohnsigl. Construction of a $175-million, 273,000-sq.-ft., two-bay, widebody airframe MRO hangar should start in April, pending closing of financing with Verdant and initial engineering work.
ERP software maker Realization received a U.S. patent for its breakthrough in managing complex projects. The breakthrough allows organizations to cut multitasking and maintain synchronization in large and complex projects while allowing resources and tasks to be prioritized in detail. This is the second patent that Realization was awarded in 2010.
PAS Technologies added Dennis Orzel as COO, reporting to President and CEO Phil Milazzo. Orzel most recently was president of Triumph Aerostructures Vought Integrated Programs division. PAS Technologies also brought Robert Suhs onboard as director of business development, reporting to Mark Greene, VP of sales and marketing. Prior to joining PAS Technologies, Suhs was a sales executive for Delta Air Lines TechOps; he also has held management positions at Honeywell Aerospace and Sermatech International. Airframes
Petroferm’s CleanSafe 787C is an aqueous degreaser designed to clean aircraft landing gear, engine components and airframe exteriors as well as to prepare component surfaces for non-destructive testing. It has a “negligible” amount of VOCs and no alkylphenol ethoxylates or nonylphenol ethoxylates. CleanSafe 787C is certified by Boeing and Spirit AeroSystems for use on carbon fiber reinforced plastics and approved by SCAQMD as a Clean Air Solvent. It can be used at ambient temperatures. www.petroferm.com/datasheets/152_TDS.pdf
Turkish Technic signed agreements with Yakutia Airlines for one Boeing 737NG C check and one 737NG A check to be performed in Istanbul. It also grew its work for OrenAir with two Boeing 737-800 C check and painting contracts, plus a VSV bushing replacement on two CFM International CFM56-7B engines and one 737-500 landing gear set overhaul; Turkish Technic provided six C checks, several mod applications and engine/APU removal/installation services to Orenair in 2010.
D-Greeze 7880 from Solvent Kleene is a “VOC-free” degreaser and cleaner. D-Greeze 7880 is non-flammable, non-alkaline degreaser with a neutral pH suitable for use with all ferrous and non-ferrous materials. D-Greez 7880 has a flash point of zero and a boiling point of over 212F. It is designed to perform at room temperature. Solvent Kleene advertises the D-Greez 7880 as the first degreaser/cleaner to outperform trichloroethane, and it requires no rinsing. http://solventkleene.com/newprod.htm
Rockwell Collins acquired Blue Ridge Simulation in Leesburg, Va., a supplier of high-performance sensor simulation for U.S. Department of Defense, commercial and international training applications. Blue Ridge Simulation will fold into Rockwell Collins’ simulation and training division.
