Spring 2009 - Volume 14, Number 2
Latest Grand Renaissance Prepares for California
Fire-Fighting Mission
FROM THE FLIGHTLINE
A Different Kind of Grand Renaissance
“This was our fifth Grand Renaissance completion,” Eagle Creek Aviation Services owner Matt Hagans said, “but it was the most extensive yet because of the special requirements associated with the airplane’s fire-fighting mission.”
When the Weather is Hot and the Airport High,
It’s Time to Take the Twin Commander
Some say that flying is all about the takeoffs and landings. What happens in between those events is the easy part. Eldo Todesco would agree.
Twin Commander Service Centers
Strive For Productive Partnerships
I had the rewarding experience recently of traveling first to Indianapolis and then Naples, Florida, on Twin Commander business. It wasn’t the getting-there part that was rewarding—quite the opposite, given that I flew coach on the airlines.
ECU Kit Replaces Sunstrand
With Enviro Systems Upgrade
The first kits to correct problems in the Sunstrand environmental control unit (ECU) for JetProp models (840, 900, 980, and 1000) have been shipped to authorized Twin Commander Service Centers, and initial installations are underway.
HID Light Kit Replaces
Standard Landing Lights
A minor modification to the new High Intensity Discharge (HID) light system for Twin Commanders is complete, and the finished kits are ready to ship to authorized Twin Commander Service Centers.
Twin Commander Community
Forum - Let’s Talk
The Twin Commander Community Forum is up and running and ready for you to log in and join in.
Strategies to Share the Fixed Cost of
Your Twin Commander
In financially troubled times, general aviation aircraft operators tend to fly less and therefore have excess capacity for their aircraft.
Engines To Airframe, EAM Cares For
Twin Commanders
With some 70 years of combined experience working at Honeywell’s TPE331 engine division in Phoenix, you would expect that the principals who started Executive Aircraft Maintenance at Scottsdale Airport would focus on—you got it—TPE331 engines.
The 560A: Longer, Roomier, More Comfortable
The success of the original Commander, the model 520, and the second variant, the 560, allowed engineers at the Aero Design & Engineering Co. to continue to develop the basic design.
LEIfeld Marks 35 Years With Byerly
Kerry Leifeld, Director of Maintenance for Byerly Aviation in Peoria, Illinois, marked his 35-year anniversary with Byerly on April 8, 2009.
