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PRESS
RELEASE
May 17,
2004
Corporate
Aircraft, Inc. announces a Cessna 441 RVSM
Solution
Corporate Aircraft,
Inc. of Fresno, California announced that it has entered into an
agreement with AeroMech Incorporated of Everett, Washington to
provide a group RVSM approval STC for Cessna 441 aircraft.
Corporate Aircraft's RVSM solution will include Cessna 441
aircraft equipped with the Cessna 1000 Series, Collins APS-65 and
Sperry SPZ-500 autopilots.
Corporate
Aircraft's President, Chuck Wilson said, "It was paramount to our
Conquest support efforts to provide a RVSM solution that
incorporated the Cessna 1000 Series autopilot. We've
maintained and serviced this aircraft type and autopilot since 1978,
and we know this equipment better than anyone does. The
autopilot will perform to the level required for RVSM compliance,
and we couldn't have made the business decision to include it in the
group certification without that knowledge and an extremely high
level of confidence that it can be supported and maintained well
into the future."
"About eighty-five
percent of the remaining fleet of aircraft operates with the 1000
Series autopilot installed, and it was imperative that we provide
these aircraft Owners a cost-effective solution. Otherwise,
they're faced with a total cost of RVSM compliance to include an
autopilot retrofit that equates to a very large percentage of the
aircraft's total value. We felt that most Owners would view
that size of financial expenditure as either extremely difficult to
commit to or altogether unacceptable. Equally as important was
to be able to provide Owners of aircraft already equipped with the
Collins and Sperry autopilots a competitive and cost-effective
compliance alternative," said Wilson.
The Cessna 441 is
certified to operate at FL350, and Owners & Operators who elect
not to comply with RVSM will not be able to operate their aircraft
to its full design capabilities. The effects of non-compliance
will include increased fuel costs, decreased Range and Endurance,
the inability to avoid most weather systems resulting in more
turbulent flights, and the diminished marketability and resale value
that non-compliant aircraft are experiencing.
Corporate
Aircraft's group RVSM certification completion is scheduled for
November 2004 and they are now accepting fully refundable completion
position deposits.
AeroMech is a
preferred and/or licensed supplier of RVSM certification services
and support to The Boeing Company, Bombardier Aerospace (including
Learjet, Inc.), Embraer, Israel Aircraft Industries,
Lockheed-Martin, Piaggio and Raytheon. They have provided RVSM
support and consultation services to over forty (40) commercial
airline companies and completed in excess of one hundred (100) STCs
for RVSM certification of both Group & Non-Group aircraft
ranging from the Raytheon King Air B200 to the Lockheed L-1011.
Additional company information can be viewed on their web
site: www.aeromechinc.com.
Corporate
Aircraft's extensive sales and service knowledge of the Conquest
lines, longstanding relationship with Cessna as an authorized
Propjet Service Center and staff of service specialists who have
maintained these types since they rolled off Cessna's production
lines, have made them a premier provider of Cessna Propjet support
services recognized throughout the World. They are located at
the Fresno Yosemite International Airport (KFAT), Fresno,
California.
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