The Aircraft and Owner A private individual upgraded from a Robinson R44 helicopter to this sleek modern looking Eurocopter EC130B4. One significant feature of the EC130 is that it has a very large cockpit with excellent visibility for all 6 passengers. The aircraft was previously used for law enforcement in LAX It was then sold […]
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The nature of avionics installation is that almost all work is custom work. Every aircraft is different; every owner is different. This is exciting, not only because of the variety of work, but also because it means we’re often doing things that have never been done before, and in many cases developing unique STC’s (Supplemental […]
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The Aircraft and Owner Phoenix Heli-Flight is a very professional safety conscious heli-operator which does work supporting various industries in Fort McMurray, AB. This project was the installation of multiple avionics systems into one of Phoenix’s AS355 Twinstar helicopters. The Need Our customer has a very high standard of safety, and in keeping with these […]
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The Aircraft and Owner The aircraft is a homebuilt Murphy Moose kit-plane. The Need The owner arrived with his recently completed aircraft. What he came for was a very modern, previously discussed panel with top-notch equipment. Maxcraft fabricated the panel, completed fairly extensive equipment installs and also corrected some equipment wiring and configuration problems. The […]
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The Aircraft and Owner Helijet Airways operates two LearJet 31-A aircraft as EMS air ambulances based at Vancouver International Airport. These modern well equipped jets are capable of transporting patients for long distances at a fast cruising speed of 515 mph (448 knots, 829 km/h). The Need A modern FMS capable of WAAS LPV approaches […]
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Maxcraft designs and builds Avionics Training Carts for avionics programs at University/Colleges and technical training institutes. The Avionics System Trainers are constructed by licensed technicians and wired to aircraft standards. Our trainers are designed so that instructors have the ability to create a fault at any point of wiring. Students then have the opportunity […]
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The Aircraft and Owner The aircraft is a 2006 Cessna 182T with an all glass Garmin G1000 system installed from the factory. The owner departed Vancouver Island and flew the aircraft to Maxcraft, arriving in Pitt Meadows. Since our customer resides on the Island, when the project was completed we flew and picked him up. […]
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The Aircraft and Owner Helijet, a long established operator of Sikorsky S76 helicopters, was awarded a new long term contract with the BC Air Ambulance Service which necessitated the acquisition of the three additional S76C+ aircraft. The helicopters they acquired were in superb condition but were configured for executive transport and and needed to be […]
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The Aircraft and Owner The Piper PA-31 350 Navaho Chieftain is generally a working aircraft, and this one is used for aerial photography. Peregrine Aerial Surveys, based at Abbotsford Airport, flies the Navajo as a platform for a large format, high resolution mapping camera. The camera, a DMCII-230 by Zeiss Intergraph, has 230 megapixels in […]
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The Aircraft and Owner This Beechcraft 1900D was recently ferried all the way from from South Africa. It will be followed shortly after by two additional 1900D aircraft. They will all join a growing fleet of 1900Ds that are busy supporting Western Canada’s booming oil patch. Maxcraft Avionics worked on the aircraft at Langley Airport […]
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