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Aerolite Delivers Its First VIP EC 135 Cabin
February 25, 2008
Officials from Aerolite Max Bucher AG, with more than 50 employees in Switzerland and the U.S., are at Booth No. 3401 to promote the company’s role as an independent supplier of helicopter and fixed-wing interiors. Since 1995 Aerolite has delivered more than 100 EC 135 EMS interiors worldwide as well as numerous EMS interiors for the EC 145, Agusta Grand,...
moreTexas Aviation Services Reports Record Year
February 25, 2008
Recession? Economic downturn? Texas Aviation Services isn’t buying it. The Fort Worth, Texas-based helicopter and aircraft completions and MRO specialist is at Booth No. 3819 celebrating a record year of revenues and strong backlog, while plunging into 2008 with plans for facility enhancements and hiring. Two year-end deliveries of Bell 206 completions for...
moreSEI ready to embrace U.S. completions market
February 25, 2008
North American helicopter owners searching for a little touch of Italy in their cabin need look no farther than Philadelphia. Servizi Elicotteristici Italiani–better known as SEI, and the preferred interiors shop of AgustaWestland–opened a new facility at Philadelphia Northeast Airport last November and is already scoping out North American market...
moreEdwards & Assoc. Christens Tenn. Center
February 24, 2008
Helicopter completions specialist Edwards & Associates has opened a 140,000-sq-ft facility on a 34-acre site in northeast Tennessee. The new building, which according to the company can accommodate 100 helicopter completions simultaneously, features a large maintenance and installation hangar, avionics test center, expanded paint shop and training room. The...
moreFirm giving new life to retired Dauphins
February 24, 2008
Ex-warbirds are a rare sight at Heli-Expo, but Colorado-based Rotor Leasing is exhibiting a newly restored Eurocopter Dauphin that formerly served with the Irish Air Corps.One of a group of four AS 365FI naval-version Dauphins that flew for nearly two decades in a variety of missions including off-shore search and rescue, troop transport and even in their...
moreJet Aviation Acquires Savannah Air Center
February 05, 2008
Swiss-based Jet Aviation Group expanded its U.S. footprint late last week with the acquisition of maintenance and cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Savannah Air Center. The deal adds some 280,000 sq ft of space at Savannah Air to the more than 650,000 sq ft at Jet Aviation’s Midcoast Aviation subsidiary in East Cahokia, Ill. Both facilities are...
moreRDT To Supply MedAire Monitors
February 01, 2008
Medical training and medical kit provider MedAire has named Remote Diagnostic Technologies (RDT) a preferred provider for remote vital-sign monitors used on board aircraft. The monitors allow on-board personnel to download pulse rates, blood pressure, video images and EKG results directly to physicians at MedAire’s MedLink global response center in Phoenix....
moreCabin Entertainment
February 01, 2008
As entertainment options flourish, manufacturers race to keep up
moreRosen and Elliott Reduce Noise To Improve Cabin Sound
February 01, 2008
Cabin entertainment provider Rosen Aviation and cabin completion and refurbishment specialist Elliott Aviation have joined forces to create a noise-canceling solution combined with an in-flight entertainment system for the King Air 200, 300 and 350. Elliott’s sound management system incorporates UltraQuiet active noise control. The technology continuously...
moreAssociated Delivery Is Music to Customer’s Ears
February 01, 2008
Last month, Associated Air Center in Dallas delivered the second of three Airbus Corporate Jetliners purchased by the same customer. The interior amenities include a karaoke machine, an executive stateroom with lavatory and shower, and a cabin management system from Honeywell that features the Airshow moving map display. In December the independent...
moreBanyan Air Completes Executive 747SP Avionics Job
February 01, 2008
Banyan Air Service recently completed its first major avionics modification on an executive Boeing 747SP. The eight-week project was done during a major inspection performed in Europe. Banyan subsequently sent a team to check, calibrate and do final tests on the system, which included the Rockwell Collins Tailwind 550 satellite-direct television...
moreFalcon Gets ‘Intelligent’ Water Treatment
February 01, 2008
International Water-Guard (IWG) has announced the first delivery of its new IWG-A4 “intelligent” water treatment unit. It will be installed in a Dassault Falcon at Teterboro, N.J. Lighter than the earlier water treatment units, the IWG-A4 is equipped with enhanced self-monitoring capability that ensures adequate ultraviolet light to disinfect the aircraft...
moreAircraft Interiors Trade Shows Span the Globe
February 01, 2008
The popularity of aircraft interiors shows is growing globally. Some are dedicated specifically to business aviation completion and refurbishment. Others feature primarily airline interiors. The first this year is Aircraft Interiors Expo 2008 in Hamburg, Germany, to be held from April 1 to 3 at the Hamburg Messe exhibition center. Contact:...
moreThe Venerable L-1011 Gets the Executive Treatment
February 01, 2008
The Lockheed L-1011 TriStar as an airliner has already flown into the sunset, but it is finding new life in an executive role. According to King Aerospace director of corporate aircraft services Don Salisbury, the company delivered an executive L-1011 bizliner major refurbishment on January 11, on schedule and just eight months after the widebody trijet...
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