DART Helicopter Services offers Red Barn Machine’s field maintenance tool kits for Bell 407 aircraft.
The Bell 407 field maintenance tool kit comes in a flyaway case with easy layout guide and includes more than 30 tools to perform routine maintenance on your Bell 407. Tools come packaged in a sturdy Pelican case with foam liner that provides proper order of tools and safe transport.
Key benefits include portability, convenience, cost effectiveness when compared to buying individual tools, and easy storage onboard aircraft.
D.O.M. News
02/01/2013 - 12:00
I hate being sick. As I am writing this column, I am suffering from the flu. Not only is my body feeling the effects of the flu, my mind is affected by the over-the-counter flu medicine with which I decided to self-medicate. But we have a print deadline and the show must go on, so here I sit and write.
01/18/2013 - 09:50
On a history-making day – and a day off for many Americans – AAR will honor Dr. Martin Luther King’s legacy with an economic opportunity: access to 70 open positions at its aircraft repair station near the airport in Indianapolis, IN.
01/13/2013 - 14:37
SAVANNAH, GA - Gulfstream Aerospace Corp. recently named two long-time employees to help lead its Product Support Sales organization. Brian Schank and Darwin Stout now head the respective sales teams for principally the east and west coasts of the United States. They report to Mike West, vice president, Product Support Sales.
01/13/2013 - 14:35
Atlanta, GA – Avgroup announces that Jim Spencer will open a new office location for Avgroup in Wichita, KS. Spencer will focus on customers in the northwestern U.S. and in Canada.
Spencer has more than twenty years of experience with Matrix Aviation and a background in avionics.
“We are excited to welcome Jim to the Avgroup team,” said Steve Piller, Avgroup president. “His avionics background and knowledge of the region will add a new dimension to our strong sales team.”
For more information, visit www.jetparts.com.
01/09/2013 - 10:05
FlightSafety International announces that Jim Christiansen has joined the company as Vice President, International Business Development.
01/08/2013 - 16:06
Award-winning actor and humanitarian Gary Sinise and Sleeping Dog Productions, the award-winning aviation and historical documentary production company, are set to release “High Flight”, the documentary narrated by Sinise that also chronicles his 2011 experience at Beale Air Force Base in California preparing for his flight in a U2 spy plane. As this was going to be a unique and special mission, Sinise engaged his pals at Sleeping Dog to film his training, the flight, and daily life among those who dedicate their lives to keeping the U2 flying.
01/07/2013 - 12:14
In what the Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) is calling a major victory for the aviation industry, on December 26, 2012, the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) withdrew its faulty legal interpretation of maintenance duty time limitations prescribed in Title 14 Code of Federal Regulations (14 CFR) section 121.377.
01/07/2013 - 08:24
European private business jet operator, ElitAvia, has chosen Gael’s Q-Pulse solution to manage quality and safety management throughout its organization. By doing so, it will be able to successfully control a number of processes in one location while improving and encouraging an organizational reporting culture.
01/04/2013 - 12:17
Baker Aviation, a full-service aircraft maintenance, management and charter company in North Texas, recently expanded into its second hangar at Addison Airport (KADS) and will move into a third hangar in January 2013, bringing the total turbine aircraft maintenance space to more than 25,400 square feet.
12/21/2012 - 08:47
Jet Aviation has agreed to sell its Dusseldorf, Germany, and Zurich, Switzerland maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) operations to Cessna Aircraft Company, a Textron Inc. company. The transaction is expected to be completed by the end of 2012. Terms of the transaction are confidential. Jet Aviation will continue to own and operate its fixed-base operations (FBO) divisions at Dusseldorf and Zurich.
12/16/2012 - 12:40
East Alton, IL - West Star Aviation recently announced the availability of the enhanced flight vision system (EFVS) known as Hud vision access (HVA) for the Challenger 604 and Challenger 605 aircraft. Certification of the system is expected January 2013.
The HVA system consists of three LRUs and operator benefits such as including safer operation in low visibility, enhanced situation awareness, terrain avoidance and runway incursion detection.
12/16/2012 - 12:28
Alexandria, VA – The National Air Transportation Association (NATA) annual Aviation Business Roundtable brought key executives in the industry together with influential decision makers in Washington, D.C. The two-day event in November consisted of high-level meetings to discuss critical financial and political issues affecting the aviation business community.
Highlights from the 2012 Aviation Business Roundtable included a:
12/16/2012 - 12:17
Clinton, MO - Aviation Fabricators (AvFab) announces the launch of the mobile version of its Web site. The new site was specifically developed to allow users a new level of access to AvFab’s King Air capabilities and products from a smart phone or tablet.
“We recognize that more and more of our customers are getting their product information and making purchases on their phones,” says Jeffery Lowe, AvFab vice president. “Now people can access details of our products from their mobile devices in a format that is quick and easy to use.”
12/16/2012 - 12:11
Boulder, CO – J. Mesinger Corporate Jet Sales Inc. (JMCJSI) announces that it has hired Andy Weibel as technical director. Weibel will assist in pre-purchase inspection oversight and technical review of all sales and acquisitions projects. He has been working and flying in the industry for more than 14 years and he has type ratings and experience flying seven different makes and models of corporate jet aircraft.
For more information, visit www.jetsales.com.
12/16/2012 - 12:08
Peterborough, Ontario, Canada - Canada-based Flying Colours Corp. has received confirmation of its first Saudi-registered aircraft maintenance project. Scheduled to arrive in the first quarter of 2013, the Saudi-registered Challenger 604 will undergo a variety of major inspections, service bulletins and interior refurbishment at the company's Peterborough, Ontario, facility.
12/10/2012 - 11:47
Saft, a manufacturer of Nickel Cadmium (NiCd) aircraft batteries, has released a White Paper titled "PMA Approval for Mixing of Cells in Nickel Cadmium Aircraft Batteries." The White Paper was written by Nigel Thomas, aviation technical sales manager, Saft International, and Michael Waller, aviation technical sales and applications manager, Saft America.
12/10/2012 - 11:10
All Metal Maintenance Stands, a global leader in the development and manufacturing of “safety first” custom maintenance stands, maintenance support equipment, and hangar equipment, is pleased to announce the launch of the company’s Facebook page. The page, www.facebook.com/AllMetalMS, will provide exciting insights and information about All Metal and the aviation maintenance industry.
12/07/2012 - 09:44
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12/03/2012 - 15:15
Prescott, AZ - The FAA awarded Embry-Riddle employees Ken Fukayama and Allen Hedgepeth aviation honors for the state of Arizona. Fukayama, flight check instructor, has been awarded Flight Instructor of the Year and Hedgepeth, maintenance technician, has been awarded Maintenance Technician of the Year.
The annual awards were presented by Randall Prine, FAA Safety Team program manager of the FAA’s Flight Standards District Office (FSDO) in Scottsdale, AZ.