Executive Aircraft Maintenance (EAM), an authorized Twin Commander Service Center at the Scottsdale Airport in Arizona, has received overhaul authorization for the TPE331 turboprop engine by Honeywell International. EAM’s Anchorage, Alaska, facility retains its status as a Honeywell-authorized TPE331 major maintenance facility. Honeywell also has approved EAM to provide TPE331 turboprop engine component repair services. […]
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Platinum Aviation opens Cirrus Aircraft Center at F45
Platinum Aviation has opened its third Cirrus Flight Training and Aircraft Rental Center in Palm Beach, Florida. The company’s newest flight training facility is located at the North Palm Beach County Airport (F45) adjacent to the Landmark Aviation FBO. It will offer Cirrus Aircraft rentals, Cirrus transition training and flight training. Platinum’s other facilities are in […]
Richmond Jet Center joins Shell FBO network
Richmond Jet Center at Virginia’s Richmond International Airport (RIC) has joined the Shell FBO network. Richmond Jet Center, which offers catering, flight planning, and heated hangars, is a Cessna Service Center and FAA Certified Repair Station offering airframe, engine and propeller maintenance, avionics sales, and charter. By joining the Shell FBO Network, which has more […]
Courtesy car more than a ride
A Courtesy Car Project is doing more than transporting pilots who fly into Alexandria Field Airport (N85) in Pittstown, N.J. It’s part of an initiative to open doors to the next generation of students in science, technology, engineering and math. Even better, it’s boosting the airport’s image in the local community. The Courtesy Car Project […]
Dulles Jet Center back in business
Less than two years after a February 2010 record snowfall severely damaged three of its four hangars and part of the fourth one, Dulles Jet Center has re-opened with two new hangars at Washington-Dulles International Airport (IAD). Dulles Jet Center is scheduled to complete construction on the final two hangars next month. “We took an […]
Monterey Jet Center joins Avfuel network
Avfuel has expanded its branded dealer network to include Monterey Jet Center at California’s Monterey Peninsula Airport (MRY), providing the FBO with fuel and service solutions as well as marketing and branding support. Opening its doors in 1997, Monterey Jet Center holds the distinction of playing host to the Gordon McCall Motorworks Revival for the […]
Florida AirMotive celebrates 50th anniversary
There are not many FBOs that could fill a stadium with the youngsters they’ve introduced to flying. But that’s exactly what Florida AirMotive has done in its quest to keep general aviation thriving. In the half-century since Florida AirMotive’s founder Owen Gassaway Jr. signed on as a branded Phillips 66 Aviation dealer, some 40,000 people […]
LaSill Aviation becomes Phillips 66 dealer
LaSill Aviation, an FBO at Lawton Ft. Sill Regional Airport (LAW) in Oklahoma, has joined the Phillips 66 Aviation network. LaSill Aviation handles commercial airlines, private planes and an array of military aircraft. For the Army’s nearby Fort Sill, the FBO refuels everything, including huge Boeing C-17 Globemaster IIIs dispensing heavy metal hardware, wide-body jets […]
Summit Aviation unveils expansion
Delaware Economic Development Office officials along with Summit Aviation employees recently celebrated the unveiling of Summit’s new 78,000-square-foot expansion at Summit Airport in Middletown, Del. Summit Aviation, a Greenwich AeroGroup Company, was established in 1960 and has been a full service FAA Certified Repair Station since 1966. Summit broke ground on its 550-acre site on […]