Serving the Dallas/Ft. Worth metroplex, from a 70,000-square-foot hangar at the airport, provides avionics installations, modifications, and flight line support for aircraft owners.
Maintenance
Quality Aircraft Accessories expands Fort Lauderdale repair station
The $1 million expansion includes a new conveyor system, paint booth, drying oven, blast cabinet, workbenches, fixtures, and a full range of welding equipment and capabilities.
AeroBrigham expands at KLUD
The new hangar will be used exclusively to support helicopters while the current facility will be dedicated to fixed wing MRO, support, and completions, company officials explained.
Picture of the Day: Never too young to do an annual
Richard Hrezo submitted this photo and note: “My 8-year-old grandson John has racked up 45 flights in my RV-7A and doesn’t hesitate to earn his keep with a screwdriver and youthful flexibility. He loves everything airplane and aviation and is a ‘good stick.’ This allows ‘Pop’ to sip coffee while those access panels come off.”
Fargo Jet Center undergoing $22 million expansion
The new complex includes a 27,000-square-foot maintenance hangar, a 23,000-square-foot hangar dedicated to aircraft special mission modifications, as well as maintenance and avionics support offices, technical workspace, and rooms for composite fabrication, paint, and sheet metal fabrication.
Aviation Mechanic textbook updated
The fifth edition features updated content reflecting new regulations and changes affecting aviation mechanic certification. Recent innovations in batteries and alternative fuels are also included, according to officials with Aviation Supplies & Academics (ASA).
FAA moving AD databases Aug. 16
Emergency Airworthiness Directives and Airworthiness Directives (AD) will now be available on the agency’s new Dynamic Regulatory System.
ASA adds Aviation Mechanic Airman Certification Standards to library
ASA has included references for each subject, so applicants, instructors, and evaluators will know which FAA publication to look to for additional guidance on the subject, including the scope and depth of the expected knowledge and skill.
Duncan Aviation’s Leo Sawatzki receives Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award
Leo Sawatzki spent 32 years of his 50-year career in aviation maintenance at Duncan Aviation.