GlobalParts.aero Augusta Repair Facility Continues to Expand Overhaul and Repair Capabilities
Wichita, KS—April ,2016—GlobalParts.aero, which opened a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)-FAR Part 145 Repair Station at the Augusta Municipal Airport (3AU) in the fall of 2015, has continued to expand its maintenance and service with the addition of various component repairs as well as some airframe and engine work, according to the facility’s Director of Operations, Scott Toom. “We are making steady progress to-wards our eventual goal of providing full repair and overhaul capabilities and offering fully licensed service for a broad range of aircraft models and components,” he said.
Toom noted that, in addition to offering anti-corrosion treatments which it began offering at the location in the fall, GlobalParts Aero Services is steadily increasing the number of systems it is authorized to service. “We are now approved to do some airframe and engine work and we’re collaborating with a customer on an STC project. We’re also expanding our hydraulic, pneumatics and emergency oxygen system expertise beyond the Hawker line of business jets. We perform DOT qualified hydrostatic testing on oxygen and fire bottles for multiple manufacturers and we recently received approval to provide complete overhaul and repairs for the regulators as well. This is just one area in which we continue to invest resources and manpower,” he added.
“We’re just getting started at the Augusta Airport site,” explained Brad Vieux, Global Parts.aero’s Vice President of Business Development. “We’ve added some exciting supply chain and parts businesses to our portfolio and even the type certificate and manufacturing rights to an airframe, so the continued expansion of our Repair Station is an ongoing priority.”
GlobalParts.aero acquired 3 hangars and was granted an FAA Air Agency Certificate in 2014 to provide limited airframe and power plant maintenance services at the Augusta Municipal Airport. It was subsequently granted dual certification as an EASA Part 145 Maintenance organization and approved to maintain the products listed in the FAA Air Agency Certificate and associated Operations Specifications.
GlobalParts acquired the Type Certificate and assets of the Meyers Aircraft Company in 2013 and continues to consider options regarding the potential for the production of components and/or limited manufacturing associated with the aircraft.
About GLOBALPARTS Group, Inc.
GlobalParts.aero was founded in 2003 to serve the worldwide aviation spares market with cost effective, quality parts. GlobalParts.aero is a certified distributor of aviation spares and has earned ISO AS9120A and ASA-100 accreditation for quality manage-ment systems. Through parts distribution, GlobalParts.aero has evolved and added a Federal Aviation Administration-certified repair station and an in-house, build-to-print part manufacturing capabilities to its operations. The overhaul/ repair service, Global Parts Aero Services, Inc is FAA Part 145 certified and the manufacturing service, Global Parts Aero Manufacturing, Inc. is ISO AS9100C accredited. With the addition of Global-Parts Aero Structures, the GlobalParts Group now includes the GlobalParts.aero parts distribution division, Global Parts Manufacturing, the fabrication segment that was ad-ded in 2014, Global Parts Aero Services, Global Parts Properties, which manages the company’s physical assets, and Interceptor Aviation which is responsible for oversight and support of the Meyers Aircraft airframe.