Today on the project page we’ll be taking a quick look at a major upgrade for one of Maxcraft’s regular commercial clients: Jerry Visser of Island Express Air. Island Express Air provides scheduled flights across the Strait of Georgia with its capable fleet of Piper Navajos, servicing Vancouver, Abbotsford, Victoria, Nanaimo and Tofino. Recently, Mr. […]
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The owner of this Beechcraft Baron came to us with a used GNS 530W and plans for a G500 + dual 530 Garmin package. He had purchased this GNS 530 from a friend who had recently upgraded to dual GTN 750s here at Maxcraft. In the end, our more recent client decided to purchase a […]
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Maxcraft Cessna 182 After Daryl upgrades the Maxcraft company Cessna 182! We’ve replaced all of the 1970’s legacy avionics with brand-new equipment. The package is almost entirely Bendix/King but with the addition of a Garmin GNS 430 and an Apollo MX20 Multifunction display. This installation represents some of the very best GA avionics that can […]
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It’s always a pleasure to see unique or unusual aircraft come into the hangar, and these Shorts SC.7 “Skyvans” are no exception. The very look of these things stirs discussion, prompting questions from bystanders like “Why is it shaped like a brick?” and “Are you sure that thing can fly?” The answers are respectively “Because […]
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Maxcraft’s own Cessna 182 Here at Maxcraft, we’re not just Avionics professionals; we’re pilots as well. This week on the project page, we feature Maxcraft’s own Cessna 182. This plane is used regularly by Maxcraft’s founder, president, and general manager as well as some of Maxcraft’s staff. It is used for demonstration flights, customer drop-offs, […]
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Beechcraft Bonanza This week on the project page we’ll take a look at a Traffic Advisory System (TAS) upgrade for the average GA pilot. Our example is a Model 36 Beechcraft Bonanza with an existing Aspen EFD-1000 primary flight display and Garmin GNS 480 WAAS GPS/NAV/COM. The owner is a long-time friend of Maxcraft and […]
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Sikorsky S76C++ S76C++ With New Paint Our client in this project was National Helicopter Services Limited (NHSL) — a joint venture between the government of Trinidad and Tobago, and The National Gas Company of Trinidad and Tobago. Our client’s business involves providing offshore helicopter service to the Trinidadian oil and gas sector as well as […]
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New Panel with Apsen Last time on the projects page we mentioned coming into possession of a trade in (yet unused) Aspen EFD-1000 flight display. Orphaned components like this are not an uncommon phenomenon in the world of avionics, and we can end up with them for any number of reasons. Sometimes we upgrade brand-new […]
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The Aircraft and Owner This de Havilland DHC-3 Otter is owned and operated by Ookpik Aviation out of Baker Lake, Nunavut; where it provides service including much-needed off-strip charters, moving goods and people to remote locations in the roadless Nunavut. The DHC-3 Otter is a long-time mainstay of Canadian bush operations, having been in service […]
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The Project For this project Maxcraft’s Overhead Console STC for the Twinstar (SH09-20) was reissued to include the Eurocopter AS355 N model. Our modification addressed many electrical issues by replacing large elements of the electrical distribution system. The overhead console circuit breaker panel wiring was carried out to a very high standard We installed Sunlight-readable […]
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