AIRFRAME
After Old Paint is Removed and the Airframe is Cleaned
tors who just want a Huey for themselves for personal fl ying. They are just cool to have! If you are a helicopter person, how can you not love a Huey? Helicopter Maintenance – Tell us about your em-
ployee expertise. Reynolds – Almost all of our veteran guys have over
20 years experience on the UH-1H. Our guys gained a lot of experience in the 1990s when we were the biggest civil operator of the type fl ying some 5,000-6,000 hours a year. We learned a lot. Now we have these guys training our new young staff . We prefer to get our guys right out of A&P school and train them. This gives us time to see where they excel. Helicopter Maintenance – Do you make any of your
own fi xtures? Reynolds – As a matter of fact, we do. We will make some
fi xtures as needed. We have our own machine shop and that really makes it happen when we need something. As far as our main fuselage fi xtures, they are made by an approved Bell Helicopter contractor.
Helicopter Maintenance – When a customer contacts
you about refurbishing their helicopter and you have not as yet seen it, how do you decide the scope of work for the helicopter build up? Reynolds – We have enough experience from doing so
many that we know where all the problem areas are and we are able to use an average repair estimate and parts cost. This has worked well for us in the past. We stock virtually every spare airframe part needed. Then what I do is ask the cus- tomer a few simple questions like what do they want to do with the Huey and where do they plan to operate it? Then I will send them a form to fi ll out on which they mark all the options they want, i.e., paint and interior colors, avionics, etc.
Paint Preparation
Did You Say The Red or The Green Wire Goes Here?
A Huey in Work
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