Continental Motors Group Southern Avionics Operating Unit to Relocate to Fairhope, AL
Continental Motors Group™ Ltd, an AVIC International Holding Corporation company, announces that its operating division, Southern Avionics and Interiors™, will relocate to the H. L. Sonny Callahan airport (KCQF) in Fairhope, AL, from its current location at the Mobile downtown airport (KBFM).
Southern Avionics and Interiors™ was founded over thirty years ago and has built a reputation for excellence in avionics installations and repairs, instrument panel fabrication and interior design and refurbishment. Southern Avionics and Interiors™ will move to Fairhope, AL, a few minutes away from its original location, where Continental Motors Services™ has its main base of operations for piston-engine and GA aircraft maintenance, repair and overhaul operations. Continental Motors Services'™ current Fairhope (KCQF) facility includes three maintenance hangars and its recently refurbished 25,000-square-foot MRO facility.
“Our vision when we acquired the assets of Southern Avionics two years ago was to establish a one-stop shop covering all of the needs of the general aviation pilot/owner: engine overhaul and repair; aircraft maintenance; avionics sales, repair, and installations; and interior upgrades," says Bill Stromberg, vice president, MRO, Continental Motors Group. “Continental Motors Services and Southern Avionics were already working closely together. With the move of Southern Avionics to Fairhope, our vision becomes a reality. The ability to work multiple maintenance activities in parallel by having all work done at a single location will reduce both customer cost and downtime."
All the capabilities and personnel from Southern Avionics and Interiors™ will move to Fairhope’s modern and spacious premises located on an active 6,600-foot runway with instrument approaches, allowing easy access to the airport for aircraft of all sizes. They will continue to offer the services that made the reputation of Southern Avionics™, such as legacy avionics bench repairs; pitot/static certifications; and also specialized services, such as RVSM certification; database and software upgrades; service bulletin compliance; and proprietary STC installations (Cessna® Citation™ alarm panel installations). Southern Avionics™ offers the full range of new avionics installations, glass cockpit retrofits and ADS-B installations. Southern Avionics™ also offers design services for new or refurbished instrument panels, CNC cutting, powder coating and silk screening of main or sub-panels for all aircraft, from the smallest LSA to the large business jets.
Southern Avionics and Interiors™ is recognized by all the major avionic manufacturers, such as Garmin®, Avidyne®, Aspen Avionics®, Bendix-King® and L3 Avionics Systems®, as a distributor and installation center for their products.