projects
FLIGHT TESTING
Re-Engine
- Re-Engine Hawker 400A
- Re-Engine Citation 550/S550
- Re-Engine PC-12
- FAA Certification of a re-engined 707
- Premier Air: Falcon 50 part 4 engine upgrade
Flutter
- Sino-Swearingen SJ30-2 High Speed Flutter Envelope Clearance.
Hushkits / Noise Certification
- Aviation Equipment, Inc: FAA Certification of a Hushkit for Flight on Learjet Model 23/24 aircraft powered by CJ610-4 engines.
- Really Quiet LLC: Design, Manufacturing, FAA certification and installation of HushKits on Gulfstream II/IIB/III business jets to certify the aircraft to FAR 36 Stage 3 noise levels.
- Burbank Aeronautical Corp: Certification of a Hushkit for Flight on DC8-50/61 series Aircraft to FAR 36 Stage 3 Noise Levels.
- BAE Systems, Inc: FAA certification of a Hushkit for flight on LearJet Model 24/25 aircraft powered by CJ610-8A engines.
- Burbank Aeronautical Corp: Certification of a Hushkit for Flight on 707-300 Aircraft to FAR 36 Stage 3 Noise Levels.
- Certification of a 707-100 aircraft for Operations to FAR 36 Stage 3 Noise Levels Using Reduced Weight and Power Reductions.
- FAA Certification of 727-200 Aircraft to Stage 3 Noise Levels.
- FAA certification of MD-80 aircraft to Stage 4 Noise Levels Using a New Exhaust Nozzle.
- Sabreliner 80, engine 3 noise certification.
RVSM
- Garrett Aviation Services: GII and GIIB Group Certification Programs.
- West Star Aviation: Learjet 31/35/35A/36/36A Group Certification Programs.
- Royal Air: Learjet 24/25 Group Certification Program.
- Royal Air: Falcon 20 Series Group Certification Program.
- FTA: Citation 3 Non-Group
- Honeywell: 720B Non-Group.
- Burbank Aeronautical: 707-300 Non-Group
- Thunder Aviation: Falcon 20/APS105 Group
- Thunder Aviation: Falcon 20/SPZ500 Group
- Thunder Aviation: Falcon 10/APS105 Group
- Thunder Aviation: Falcon 10/SPZ500 Group
- Honeywell Falcon 20 Non-Group
- Alternative Avionics: Hawker 700A Group
- Elliott Aviation: MU-300/Beechjet 400 Group
- Elliott Aviation: King Air B200/300/B300 Group
- JetTech: Cheyenne IIIA/400LS Group
- JetTech: Cessna Citation 500/550/S550 Group
- FTA: Learjet 20 Series Group
- FTA: Falcon 20/KFC400 Group
- FTA: Falcon 20/APS103/104 Group
- FTA: Hawker 400/600 Group
- 707-300
- BeechJet 400 series
- Boeing 720B
- Cessna Citation 3
- Cessna Citation 500 series
- Falcon 10
- Falcon 20/APS 105/APS 104/SPZ 500/ KFC 400/APS80
- FTA: Hawker 45/25 - 400/600
- FTA: LearJet 20 series
- FTA: LearJet 35A/36A series
- IS&S: Pilatus PC-12
- IS&S: Piper Cheyenne
Composites
- FTA personnel have completed the following parts:
- Dragon Wing
- Buzz Light Year, Zurg, Zurg Gun, and egg ship full size figures - Buzz light year ride
- Tooling for Captain Jack and Captain Barbosa body parts
- Skin support structure for Captain Jack and Captain Barbosa
- Skin tooling for Dentist diver and Darla – Finding Nemo ride
- Flashlights – Monsters Inc.
- Skin tool for ROZ head – Monsters Inc.
- Microphone – Mr. Potato Head
- Skin/Fur support structure for Yeti
- Raytheon Grob Egrett 520 Composite Nose repair.
Flight Test / Modifications
- Trailing cone and fairing modification.
- Modify a Gulfstream GII as a testbed for sensor development, I/R development, and CDL antenna usage.
- Modify the Gulfstream GII above into a radar testbed with two CDL antennas for Global Hawk BAMS program.
- Provide, modify, operate, and maintain a Sabreliner 80 as a testbed for a radar development program.
- Evaluation of a Drag Reducing Device on 727-100 Aircraft.
- FAA certification of DIRCM Pod on MD-11 and B747.
- FAA and US Forest Service certification of a DC-10 for use as fire fighting tanker
- FAA Certification of a Drag Reduction (Fuel Savings) Device on 737-300 Aircraft.
- Certification of CV-580 and CV-5800 aircraft for takeoff and Landings at high altitude airports.
- Relocation of Vortex Generators on CV-5800 aircraft.
- Certification of CV-580 Aircraft for Fire Fighting Applications as a Water Bomber.