Cessna 205 Re-Make This 1963 Cessna 205, is commonly mistaken for the Cessna 210 or 206. The Cessna 210-5 or 205, is known as the “SUV of the air”. This Skywagon is a 6 seater, with fixed landing gear and a very distinctive cowling. Cessna only ever made 576 of these unique aircraft in starting […]
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2002 Cessna Skyhawk 172 SP Aircraft: The Cessna 172 Skyhawk was first flown in 1955 and since then, over 43,000 have been built, more than any other aircraft. In 1986 production of the piston-engine aircraft was discontinued due to liability costs and, after passage of the General Aviation Revitalization Act of 1994, Cessna resumed production. […]
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AS350B3 Glass Panel Upgrade Aircraft: Airbus (Eurocopter) AS350 B3 Helicopter (known as the A-Star) Single Engine, high performance, turbo shaft engine first ever to land on the summit of Mount Everest. Owner: HeliOps Alberta Ltd. was established in 2006 by founder and owner Frank Peters. HeliOps is based out of Alberta, Canada and is a […]
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Cessna 172 gets ADS-B, Engine Monitor, and New GPS Aircraft: 1979 Cessna 172N Skyhawk. N registered. Owner: Bob is a Canadian living in Washington State. He learned to fly at Pitt Meadows and is a retired airline pilot. Need: Our customer wanted to get ahead of the rush of the ADS-B rush for the US […]
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Legacy PC-12 Navigation Avionics Upgrade Aircraft: 1999 Pilatus PC 12/45. The PC/12 is a single-engine turboprop passenger and cargo aircraft originally produced in 1994. In July 2016, Pilatus announced the 1400th PC-12 had been delivered. Owner: Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Need: This PC-12 operates in very remote regions of the Yukon, where navigation and […]
Read More » Cessna 205 Re-Make This 1963 Cessna 205, is commonly mistaken for the Cessna 210 or 206. The Cessna 210-5 or 205, is known as the “SUV of the air”. This Skywagon is a 6 seater, with fixed landing gear and a very distinctive cowling. Cessna only ever made 576 of these unique aircraft in starting […]
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Airbus Eurocopter Life Flight Network, a not-for-profit air medical service, selected Macraft to perform some avionics upgrades on part of their fleet of aircraft. Life Flight serves the community by providing critical care transportation to ill or injured covering Oregon, Idaho, Washington and Montana. The first of five Airbus (Eurocopter) EC135 helicopters flew up to […]
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Long time friend and customer of Maxcraft, Dr. Milton Reskovich, recently upgraded his panel in his 1981 Beechcraft Baron. Milton had invested in a modern avionics suite years back in his Bonanza and was used to the IFR capabilities it provided. He went looking for something that had de-ice capabilities and found a cream puff […]
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Cessna Caravan Fleet Modernization The Maxcraft avionics panel you see here is out of a Cessna Caravan, and is part of our ongoing fleet upgrade project for Seair Seaplanes. Incorporated in 1980, Seair provides aircraft charters and regularly scheduled service to the Gulf Islands, with eight flights daily and service to Nanaimo with up […]
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Bombardier Challenger This first generation Bombardier CL-600 challenger was delivered to Maxcraft for a TCAS installation. We were, in fact, rather surprised to learn that TCAS had not previously been installed in this aircraft. The current ICAO standard for TCAS II is Change 7.1 however the version we installed on this aircraft is compliant […]
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