For many aircraft owners, an avionics upgrade begins with aging equipment or an obsolete system that needs replacing. For Steve Nunn, Vice President, Business and Corporate Development at Maverick Aviation Group (owners of Maxcraft), the story began somewhere else: his mission had changed. Steve was travelling more frequently for both business and pleasure. His Cessna […]
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King Air 350 Medevac Fleet Modernization: Advanced Northern Avionics for a 10-Year Contract Some upgrade programs enhance a single aircraft. Others transform an entire medevac fleet. This major multi-aircraft initiative involving six Beechcraft King Air 350s forms the backbone of a 10-year medevac contract awarded to ACCESS Air Ambulance, a collaborative partnership that includes Air […]
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Bearhawk 4-Place: Upgrading a Backcountry Aircraft for Modern Capability When long-time Maxcraft friend and professional aviator Ryan Van Haren looked to upgrade the performance and capability of his Bearhawk 4-Place kit aircraft, he knew exactly who he wanted to trust with the avionics integration. Despite his extensive connections across the general aviation community, Ryan […]
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Cessna 152: A Complete Rebirth of a Training Legend Aircraft & Owner: Some projects arrive in the hangar as upgrades. Others arrive as transformations. And then there are the rare few that begin as a vision, a belief that something forgotten can be brought back to life. This Cessna 152 restoration falls squarely into […]
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As part of a fleet modernization upgrade, Maxcraft teamed up with Conair to transform their fleet of Twin Commanders into a modern workhorse. Used as an aerial command and control station over active wildfires, these aircraft serve a vital role directing both air and ground fire fighting crews. Coming to us with a traditional six […]
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After waiting for over a year for another shop to begin this installation, this duo of pilots came to Maxcraft to upgrade their Van’s RV-7A with a full Garmin glass panel. Working closely with the pilots, we perfected the layout of the custom cut instrument panel. This new layout and our state-of-the-art powder coating was […]
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This customer reached out to us while shopping for a PA46 to upgrade to from his Beechcraft Baron. After finding the aircraft for him, he flew up from California, to our facility in Pitt Meadows where his JetProp would undergo an upgrade similar to the many PA46s we’ve had come through our doors in recent […]
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Maxcraft partnered with the team at Pacific Rim Aviation Academy to transform one of their Cessna 172s used for pilot training from ab-initio, to advanced commercial and IFR this aircraft is ready for anything. By removing the old school gyroscopic instruments and replacing them with solid state Garmin electronic flight indicators, this 172 will be […]
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Air Tindi operates a fleet of DHC-7 (Dash 7) aircraft primarily in Canada’s north. Operating this close to the Earth’s magnetic poles presents an interesting problem for modern magnetometer systems. Together Air Tindi, Maxcraft, and our vendors developed a solution to modernize this fleet with a glass panel avionics solution which is optimized for northern […]
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Maxcraft, together with Langley Aero Structures and Port Interiors, transformed this tired Cessna 185 in an absolute show stopper. The amount of work completed on this aircraft is too long to list here, but what resulted was an aircraft in better condition than when it left the factory in 1977. The best part? This aircraft […]
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