400th Performance Improvement Powers Future Growth for Blackhawk Modifications

           Blackhawk Modifications has earned a strong reputation for excellence by creating performance upgrade packages that feature new Pratt & Whitney engines. The company offers packages for many of the world’s most popular business and general aviation aircraft, including the Hawker Beechcraft King Air 90 and 200 families of twin-engine aircraft as well as the Piper Cheyenne series, the Cessna Conquest I and its newest product, the XP42A Upgrade Package for the Cessna 208B Caravan single-engine utility aircraft. This upgrade will be available for other Caravan models after expected FAA approval in the fourth quarter of 2012.

           Blackhawk, founded in 1999 in Waco, Texas, is a recognized aviation leader in providing engine performance solutions to the turboprop fleet. The company has the largest installed fleet of STC twin-engine turboprop engine upgrades, making Blackhawk the largest non-OEM buyer of new Pratt & Whitney turboprop engines in the world. A worldwide network of approved dealers and service support centers complements Blackhawk’s U.S. facilities. For more information, visit www.blackhawk.aero.