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Citation Next Generation In-Flight Connectivity 2010 Citation 560 Encore Aircraft & Owner: When most people think of Cessna, they think of smaller 2-4 seat single engine piston aircraft, but Cessna is also a leader in the jet market. Cessna’s Citation lineup started in the early 1970s and today is holds one of the top spots […]
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A Glass Panel Fit for a King 1979 Beech King Air B100 Aircraft & Owner: The King Air is a twin turboprop aircraft popular for business and pleasure travel. With production starting in 1964, the King Air quickly rose to popularity outselling all their competition. Today, the King Air remains a top choice for businesses […]
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The owner of this Beech B36TC Bonanza met Maxcraft at one of the many tradeshows we attend throughout the year and discussed an ongoing snag he had been experiencing with his newly installed Genesys autopilot. This autopilot had been installed by another shop more local to him during a “dream panel” avionics upgrade. After some […]
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This Piper Warrior came to us after getting a brand-new interior, and the customer wanted to take it to the next level. As the customer had found this Piper Warrior to be his forever plane, he wanted to make it as capable as possible. This would include replacing every last analog instrument with digital “glass” […]
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Earlier this year in February we published an article on a number of upgrades we made to a fleet of Bell 412s and 206s used by the Royal Canadian Air Force. These upgrades included ADS-B transponders, and 406mhz emergency locator transmitters (ELTs). Maxcraft once again partnered with Allied Wings to make their training fleet more […]
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This Beech Bonanza came to Maxcraft with a faulty autopilot which the customer wanted us to repair. After spending some time troubleshooting the antiquated Century III autopilot system, we suggested the customer upgrade to a newer, and more reliable digital autopilot. With many options on the market, Maxcraft worked with the customer to pick the […]
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Maxcraft’s Design Approval Organization (DAO) assisted Gemini Helicopters with the importation of two EC135 helicopters from Germany. To complete the importation Transport Canada required the EASA supplemental type certificate (STC) used to install the GPS system be converted to a Transport Canada STC. Maxcraft developed a serialized STC covering the two helicopters, while also installing […]
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Maxcraft worked together with Indonesia Defence Services, a military contractor based in Indonesia to design a major avionics upgrade in the Indonesian Military’s fleet of AS350 and AS550 helicopters. This included the first ever installation of a modern cockpit voice and flight data recorder in a light rotorcraft. Our in-house Design Approval Organization produced a […]
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ExactAir came to us with this new to them Cessna Caravan which they wanted to transform into the ultimate support aircraft for their work with the SOPFEU, the forest fire fighting authority for the province of Quebec. This included dual G600 TXi primary flight displays, dual GTN Xi navigators, Garmin’s powerful GFC600 digital autopilot, and […]
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Maxcraft was able to troubleshoot and rectify an issue with the Aspen electronic flight information system installed in this factory new Robinson R44. With not even a full page of journey logbook entries, this R44 still had ”new helicopter smell” when our technicians were troubleshooting an AHRS issue. After replacing a defective antenna, the helicopter […]
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