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Aging helicopter fleets get boost

By Janice Wood · January 23, 2009 ·

AGE BEFORE BEAUTY? Tom Lark (left), Mike Bashlor, and Ed Bolden lead the efforts at TAS and Ranger Rotorcraft for larger levels of MRO services on aging helicopter fleets.
AGE BEFORE BEAUTY? Tom Lark (left), Mike Bashlor, and Ed Bolden lead the efforts at TAS and Ranger Rotorcraft for larger levels of MRO services on aging helicopter fleets.

Ranger Rotorcraft Group, Inc. and its largest subsidiary, Texas Aviation Services, Inc., are increasing their scope of MRO services for aging helicopter fleets.

Maintenance, Repair, and Overhaul is a critical part of the company’s business model, since the fleet of aging helicopters is enormous and steadily growing, according to officials at the company, which is based at Meacham Field in Fort Worth.

Retrofits, spare parts, mission upgrades, and heavy maintenance are becoming a large segment of the company’s service offerings for its rotorcraft customers, they added.

Recent investments in shop capacity, technical depth, and training have allowed TAS to add more helicopter types to its operating certificates. The enterprise’s new engineering company helps by quickly assisting the technical teams with repair methods. The multi-company enterprise performs services such as civilian helicopter completions and MRO, retrofits, engineering services, parts sales, and subsystems manufacturing.
For more information: RangerAerospace.com or TexasAviationServices.com.

About Janice Wood

Janice Wood is editor of General Aviation News.

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