West Star Aviation announces it has received EASA approval for installation of a Honeywell CD-830 Control Display Unit (CDU) at its Grand Junction, CO, facility. West Star Aviation is approved to install the units in various models of aircraft including Hawker, Challenger, Global Express, Embraer, Falcon, Gulfstream and more that were previously equipped with a Honeywell FMS model CD-810, CD-815 or CD-820 CDU.

West Star Aviation's Chattanooga facility receives Cessna approval as an authorized independent nondestructive inspection (NDI) facility. The approval allows West Star to perform nondestructive testing and inspections (NDT) requirements on Cessna models, as well as provides access to documentation and the required standards/kits needed to perform the work.

West Star Aviation announces the company is nearing completion of a total wing replacement on a Hawker 800A aircraft. The extensive project is being performed at West Star's state-of-the-art, full-service MRO facility in Grand Junction, CO (GJT).

Aircraft repair and overhaul provider Able Aerospace Services, a Textron Aviation Inc. company, expands its ability to serve key industry segments with three new accreditations from Nadcap, the global program denoting superior competency in aerospace-specific special-processes capabilities.

Duncan Aviation is recognized by Bombardier Business Aircraft for its performance in 2017 as a top authorized service facility in the support of Bombardier customers. Judged on a set of criteria that included quality, compliance, customer satisfaction and customer influence, Duncan Aviation’s Lincoln, NE, facility was named the winner of the North American category of the 8th Annual Bombardier Authorized Service Facility Excellence Awards.

JETTECH, a provider of affordable, aftermarket aircraft solutions, announces it has received European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA) approval of its FAA STCs for Garmin touchscreen installations on legacy Citation and CJ aircraft.

Sherwin-Williams now offers a complete, military-approved coating system. Sherwin-Williams 85285E Military Aerospace Coating is a high-performance, polyurethane topcoat designed for exterior use on military, general aviation and commercial aircraft. This coating meets military extreme-weatherability performance requirements and is qualified to the U.S. Naval Air Warfare Center (NAWC), Patuxent River, MD, military aircraft specification MIL-PRF-85285E, Type I and IV, Class H.

Yankee Air Museum’s C‐47 rolls out of Kalitta Maintenance Hangar 3 in its fresh livery. The plane is greeted by museum volunteers and Kalitta workers in Oscoda, MI. 

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace Acry Glo® Urethane is now formulated with its Metallic HLG Acrylic Urethane topcoat finish for a cool, metallic finish, not only for quick-drying stripes on small aircraft and helicopters but as a metallic, overall finish for general aviation equipment as well.

Sherwin-Williams Aerospace announces the addition of a new clearcoat to its SKYscapes® General Aviation (855 Series) product line: SKYscapes GA Clearcoat CM0855CC3.