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Goodrich to Retrofit U.S. Air Force’s C-130 Fleet
Skip madsen is the
The Defense Logistics Agency-Ogden, at Hill AFB, Utah, has awarded new president of
Goodrich Corp. a contract to provide new carbon brakes and boltless maintenance, repair
wheels for retrofit on the U.S. Air Force’s fleet of C-130 transport air- and overhaul (mrO)
craft. The contract’s value could reach $400 million from equipment at midcoast Aviation.
and after-market sales. It covers qualification activities, flight-testing He joined the company two years ago
and retrofit equipment. with more than 25 years experience
The new brakes will incorporate Goodrich’s Duracarb carbon heat sink in the aviation industry. In addition to
material, which was designed to reduce weight and cost while improving managing sales and services at the
performance and extending the brakes’ service life by about 35 percent. The company’s St. Louis, mo., headquar-
boltless wheels employ a lock-ring design that is meant to lower mainte- ters, madsen will oversee midcoast’s
nance time and cost. Goodrich has delivered both the wheels and carbon satellite facilities in boston/bedford,
brakes for installation on about 9,500 military, commercial, regional and mass.; chicago, Ill.; Palm beach, Fla.;
business aircraft. and teterboro, N.J., as well as at the
Savannah (Ga.) Air center.
Copa Airlines Renews Contract with ST Aerospace
Panama’s Copa Airlines has signed a three-year, $26.8-million contract with Scott taylor
Singapore-based ST Aerospace that covers the maintenance, repair and has joined
overhaul of its fleet of Boeing and Embraer aircraft. The deal is a renewal StandardAero, a
and expansion of an existing agreement between the two companies. Dubai Aerospace
Copa will expand its Boeing fleet, having ordered in July 13 new 737- enterprise com-
800s worth about $1 billion. Once the aircraft are delivered, between 2012 pany, to become
and 1015, the Central American carrier’s 737 fleet will total 27 aircraft. senior vice presi-
Copa also operates 13 Embraer 190s. dent for business aviation, based in
tempe, Ariz. Six Sigma-certified, he
is responsible for the developing
Iraqi Air Force Buys
and executing the company’s long-
Hawker Beech T-6As
term strategy in business aviation.
As part of a contract to pur- Ge Aviation previously employed
chase eight Hawker Beechcraft taylor, who formerly held positions at
T-6A trainer aircraft, the Iraqi Honeywell Aerospace after serving as
Air Force also will receive an officer in the U.S. Army.
from the Wichita, Kan.-based
manufacturer ground-based Jet Aviation has appointed bernard
training systems, spares, con- Loo as new manager of its fixed-base
tract logistics support, main- operation (FbO) at Seletar Airport in
tenance, post-production sup-
Iraq joins about 20 countries operating the T-6 aircraft.
Singapore. He recently was general
port and technical publications. Hawker Beechcraft received in early manager at Swissport in Singapore,
September the U.S. government contract, resulting from a government- where he managed ramp opera-
to-government agreement. tions and executive aircraft. His 18
About 20 countries use the T-6 as a trainer aircraft. Five hundred T-6s have years in the aviation industry includes
been delivered, and they have accumulated more than one million flight hours. employment with United Airlines and
Yugoslav Airlines.
SR Technics Secures Two New Agreements
SR Technics, Zurich, Switzerland, has signed extensions of agreements Katie Lawson has been named
with two carriers: Skynet Asia Airways and Edelweiss Air. regional sales manager for PrivateSky
Japan-based Skynet Asia has extended its integrated component Aviation Services Inc., Fort myers, Fla.
solutions (ICS) contract with SR Technics for its fleet of eight Boeing She will bring her 15 years of experi-
737-400s. ICS covers component exchange, maintenance and repair, ence in maintenance and training
and logistics. sales to the company’s Gulfstream
For Edelweiss Air, a subsidiary of Swiss International Airlines, SR maintenance sales team. PrivateSky
Technics will continue providing full support for the carrier’s Airbus A320 is FAA certified to provide scheduled
fleet through 2012. The renewal agreement covers line, light and base and unscheduled maintenance for the
maintenance, maintenance operations control, engineering services, com- Gulfstream II, III, Iv and v.
ponent support, engine maintenance and logistics management.
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