HOLLYWOOD, FLORIDA, July 1, 2016 - Since receiving FAA STC approval #ST04233AT in October 2015, sales are strong for Quiet Technology Aerospace’s (QTA) engine Inlet Upgrade Program for Learjet 60 aircraft. In the first 90 days of program operation, 14 inlet upgrade modification orders have been taken and ten inlets are currently upgraded and in service.
Combating an expensive and time consuming problem of aluminum inner-barrel engine inlet corrosion and acoustic screen degradation on the Lear’s PW305 engines, QTA now provides a lighter weight state-of-the-art Carbon Graphite Composite Barrel that terminates the issue. When installed, the inlets appearance is the same as when originally manufactured.
Quiet Technology Aerospace is piquing interest from Lear 60 operators as information spreads throughout the market of the program’s quality, simple loaner and exchange process, along with a lifetime structural and corrosion warranty.
Martin Gardner, QTA’s Vice President Engineering and Customer Support, isn’t surprised by the program’s acceptance and success. “Aluminum honeycomb engine inlet barrel corrosion and degradation isn’t unique to the Lear 60, but QTA used the 60 as our first airframe in engineering a carbon graphite inner barrel solution and it has been a great success, very well received by our customers. QTA eliminates the corrosion. We provide a permanent solution to the operators’ issue and we give a lifetime warranty for corrosion. Customers understand and appreciate the value in our solution.”
Market acceptance and strong sales for QTA’s Lear 60 inlet upgrade program has acted as a catalyst for QTA bringing similar solutions to other corrosion plagued aircraft models in the very near future. Quiet Technology Aerospace anticipates announcing FAA STC approval for additional inlet upgrade programs by Q3 2016.
QTA will have its full line of Carbon Graphite Composite inner barrels on display at this year’s NBAA convention in Orlando, Florida.
ABOUT QUIET TECHNOLOGY AEROSPACE
QTA is a market leader in the application of advanced composites for noise attenuation and structures.
Since 1988, QTA companies have achieved 11 Supplemental Type Certificates (STC’s) for Hush Kits on large transport aircraft, military transports and corporate business aircraft, the latest being the Gulfstream GIII with 125 aircraft upgraded to date. QTA first introduced Carbon Graphite Composites Inlet Barrel on the DC8 hush kit certified in 1988, currently achieving 28 years of in-service experience with advanced composites.
The combination of advanced composite materials technology and acoustic engineering is now being applied to solve in-service corrosion issues with Inlet Cowls, replacing the original OEM aluminum honeycomb inner barrel with an advanced composite unit that will last the life of the aircraft.
QTA is located in Hollywood, FL and operates from a 30,000 square foot air conditioned facility with a 1,000 square foot clean room, two certified paint booths and associated equipment.
In Service support, QTA’s FAA approved Part 145 Repair Station #Q9TR440N provides support for composite and structural repairs on Gulfstream G100, G200, GIII, GIV, GV and Lear 35 and 60 series aircraft. QTA specializes in providing operators unique solutions to save down time and cost. The GIV Winglet Attachment rework is an example of that.
