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NEWS DIGITAL

THE NEW 54H60 OVERHAUL

Pacific Propeller international,
a member of the Precision
Aerospace Products group, has
successfully implemented a proven
and repeatable process to overhaul
and repair the Hamilton Standard
54H60 propeller.
The 54H60 propellers are used
on the C-130 Hercules and P-3
Orion aircraft, which are part of
the US strategic arsenal and also
heavily relied upon by US allies,
commercial and international
military operators.
Precision Aerospace Product’s
significant investment in PPI’s
engineering and modern machining
equipment has resulted in PPI
being the only company to achieve
the new stringent technical order
requirements. engineering.
This successful development by PPI will provide immediate relief
Established in 1946, Pacific Propeller has been offering global
to US military and international customers that have been waiting repair and overhaul services to regional aircraft, with extensive
for a resolution to return props to service for nearly three years. experience with the C-130 Hercules and P-3 Orion platforms.
COO and President, Tim Gellerson, said.
“I am very proud of the PPI team. They were given a very tough “Clearly, PPI’s technical dominance in cutting edge repair and
project and they implemented with great determination and overhaul techniques with its impeccable record of success will
provide US and international users of the C-130 and P-3 platforms
success.” with the confidence that PPI will quickly deliver backlogged 54H60
PPI is globally recognised for delivering enhanced overhaul propellers and get their planes back in the air,” said Jeff Heikke,
techniques and is the only commercial MRO repair station certified CEO of Precision Aerospace Products.
by the OEM- RTX/ Collins Aerospace on the 54H60 platform. As PPI is excited to offer this new service to its current and new
an invited member of the incident response team which includes customers, helping grounded aircraft return to mission-ready
USAF, USN, USCG, Collins Aerospace, and Lockheed, PPI was able
to provide valuable knowledge, experience and forward-thinking status. Q

AFRICAN FASTJET SELLS E145 TO

SOLENTA AVIATION TO REDUCE

DEBT

nance. Following the completion of the Johannesburg O.R. Tambo) in 2020 but has
heavy maintenance, the company entered deferred those plans given the impact of
Fastjet Group, the UK-based share- into an agreement with Solenta over the the COVID-19 pandemic on South Africa's
holder of Fastjet Zimbabwe, announced sale of that Embraer E145 to settle part of tourism market.
in a stock market filing that it had sold Solenta's creditor position," fastjet said. Solenta Aviation is in the process of
an E145 to the carrier's South African The transaction was concluded on March acquiring Fastjet Zimbabwe in consortium
shareholder, Solenta Aviation Group, for 9 but only disclosed on April 24. with local Zimbabwean investors.
(US) $2.2 million in effect reducing its debt Fastjet Mozambique (Maputo) was According to the ch-aviation fleets
to Solenta to (US) $1.4 million. closed by the Fastjet Group in late October advanced module, Fastjet Zimbabwe
"Following the suspension of the compa- 2019. Following the liquidation of Fastjet operates two in-house E145s (dry-leased
ny's flight operations in Mozambique, one (FN, Dar es Salaam), the group currently from ACIA Aero and Plane Business) and
of the company's Embraer E145 aircraft remains active in Zimbabwe only. It wet-leases additional aircraft from Solenta
remained idle and needed heavy mainte- planned to launch Fastjet South Africa (7V, Aviation as required. Q

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