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inspections. The owner has scheduled a return visit within a few months for additional service expected to take several weeks. Jet Aviation St. Louis performed inspections and minor interior and exterior upgrades on two other BBJs earlier this year, including the industry’s first-ever retrofit installation of an enhanced vision system (EVS) in a BBJ. “Servicing our third BBJ so soon after expanding our
narrow-body capabilities demonstrates that we have the experience and technical depth to meet the standards for the airframe,” says Chuck Krugh, senior vice president and general manager, Jet Aviation St. Louis. “Our employees and facility are ready to service BBJs. In addition to a new narrow-body hangar, we sent our technicians for training and hands-on experience at our sister facility in Basel that has been BBJ-certified for a long time. And we made a number of investments in infrastructure. We’re pleased to be expanding the list of quality airframes that we serve here.”
DALLAS AERONAUTICAL SERVICES BREAKS GROUND ON NEW 50,400 SQ. FT. FACILITY Dallas Aeronautical Services (DAS) recently announced the construction of a new facility in Cedar Hill, TX. The all new 50,400 sq. ft. facility will span over three acres of land and is being constructed in Cedar Hill’s High Meadows
Industrial Park. Target completion date for the project is first quarter of 2014. DAS currently operates from five separate buildings for a total of just 21,500 sq. ft. of space. However, the all new aircraft component repair station has been custom designed to provide DAS with the ample space needed to provide all of their services under one roof. The new state-of-the- art facility will feature two autoclaves, two custom paint centers, an environmentally controlled clean room, spacious walk-in oven and transmissivity test range. A complete machine shop with four and five axis capabilities and press forming capabilities, TIG and MIG welding, an NTD lab, and three dust collection and sanding centers will be onsite as well. The facility will also feature a structures shop, a radome shop, and an advanced composite and thrust reverser overhaul shop. “Our new facility is a substantial investment in the
future of DAS,” says Mike Manning, vice president, Dallas Aeronautical Services. “Being able to provide our entire repair and overhaul capabilities under one roof allows us to support aggressive turn times while still maintaining the highest quality standards.” DAS partnered with The Cedar Hill Economic
Development Committee for the construction of the project, choosing Cedar Hill’s High Meadows Industrial
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