NEWS
DP Seals helps keep old Andover flying
When Saywell International, one of the world¹s largest
aircraft spares and components stockists, needed a set of
replacement seals to be manufactured for an Andover kneel-
ing undercarriage, they turned to DP Seals, one of the UK’s
foremost suppliers of precision custom rubber seals and
moldings.
Originally built around 1965 for cargo delivery and intra-
theatre casualty evacuation, the Hawker Siddeley Andover
was retired from the RAF in the early nineties. It continues
to be operated as a training and trials aircraft under the
military register of Qinetiq, a leading international provider
of technology-based services and solutions to the defense,
security and related markets.
This twin-engine turboprop military transport aircraft has a
Iberia to maintain DHL’s B-757 fleet
kneeling undercarriage, allowing the fuselage to be lowered Iberia Maintenance has signed an agreement with
for unloading vehicles on uneven ground. Kneeling is car- Deutsche Post DHL under which the Spanish airline
ried out by transferring oil from the undercarriage second will conduct line maintenance on their fleet of Boeing
stage oleo shock absorber into the main hydraulic system; B-757 freighter aircraft in Spain, operating from the
the reverse is carried out to stand the aircraft back to flight cities of Madrid, Barcelona, Valencia, Seville, and
position prior to take-off. Vitoria. The three-year contract extends Iberia’s ser-
“DP Seals was the only company prepared to tool up for vices beyond the exclusive maintenance of 80 Rolls
our needs because of the low numbers involved,” notes Royce RB211 engines for the operator, under a 10-year
Ollie Reed, sales co-ordinator at Saywell International. ”They contract signed in May 2009.
responded very quickly and professionally, producing preci- DHL Air Ltd, based in the East Midlands, UK and
sion seals from our old drawings,” adds Mark Percival, senior European Air Transport, based in Brussels, Belgium,
technical engineer at Saywell International. between them operate a total of 34 Boeing B757 air-
DP Seals uses transfer molding, a process characterized craft to more than 50 cities in DHL Express’s parcel and
by low set-up times with high accuracy and repeatability, logistics network.
making it ideal for short prototype runs as well as volume
production. Tools are produced in the company’s in-house
tool room equipped with precision CNC machinery. Material
Egyptair and Neos offer EASA training
and tool are preheated and pressure applied to force the Egyptair, operating in the Middle East and Africa since
material into the tool cavity mold to form the part. Product 1932, and Neos, provider of traditional and innovative
is then de-flashed, an area where DP Seals pioneered cryo- training solutions for aeronautical market, have part-
genic cleaning. nered to offer training. The joint goal is to provide a
structured and innovative range of EASA solutions to
cover aviation maintenance training. The companies
LHT co-operation with Air Transat extended
will provide
Lufthansa Technik AG and Air Transat have further strength- * Basic EASA training
ened their long-lasting co-operation on services for the * Type rating training on several aircraft
CF6-80C2 turbofans powering the Airbus A310 fleet of the * On job training (OJT )
Canadian charter airline. According to the recently signed Egyptair and Neos started marketing the new offer-
contract extension Lufthansa Technik will provide Air Transat ing at last November’s Dubai Air Show. “As a leader
with Total Engine Support (TES) for three additional years. company we are happy to be able to provide for the
Within the scope of its TES product Lufthansa Technik first time to Middle East & Africa a total EASA solution
takes care of the complete spectrum of services for Air for engineers and technicians covering the range of
Transat’s engines, from maintenance, repair and overhaul to basic, type rating and OJT” says Gamal Said, market-
engineering and logistics services as well as spare engine ing general manager of Egyptair Training Center.
coverage if necessary. The contract extension comes into “The choice of Egyptair represents for us an extreme-
effect immediately. All additional 14 overhauls included in ly important confirmation of the quality and profes-
the agreement will be carried out in Lufthansa Technik’s sionalism of the advance training solutions studied
engine overhaul center in Hamburg; the first engines are and realized by our company” says Franco Matarazzo,
scheduled for March 2010. commercial manager of Neos.
10 Aviation Maintenance | avmain-mag.com | December 2009/January 2010
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