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MeMber

FAST AIR
LTD.

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LOCATION:
80 Hangar Line Road
Winnipeg, MB R3J 3Y7
Canada
PHONE: 204-982-7240

Fast Air looks forward with
new STC, new market
S T O R Y

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t Fast Air in Winnipeg, Manitoba, avionics
technicians finish wiring a Garmin G1000 avionics
suite and a Garmin GFC 700 automatic flight
control system on a Beechcraft King Air 200 equipped
with an external cargo pod. A couple of years ago, the
installation wouldn't have been possible.
The project is part of
a new supplemental type
certificate Fast Air developed
to overcome the avionics
system's limitation with
the belly-mounted carriers.
The company received final
Transport Canada approval in July 2014 and is awaiting
Federal Aviation Administration approval in the United
States.
"The autopilot normally doesn't work with an external
cargo pod, so we developed an STC," said Dennis
Lyons, the person responsible for maintenance for Fast
Air as well as operations manager for the company's
helicopter division. "We're the only ones who offer it.
We've already completed six King Air 200s."
While the process to create, flight test and certify the
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STC only took about three months, the decision-making
process took much longer.
"We had two years of discussions, mostly with
Garmin, before getting started," Lyons said. "We looked
at the G1000 STC as a long-term investment - not just
in the aircraft but also in our personnel, giving us greater
capability and depth. It was a
major jump for us."
Meeting many needs
Based at the Winnipeg
International Airport, Fast Air
provides a variety of aviation
services, including executive charter, air ambulance,
turnkey aircraft management, helicopter missions, and
third-party avionics and maintenance services to private
and commercial operators.
Of Fast Air's some 100 employees, nearly onethird work in the maintenance department, mostly
maintaining the company's in-house fleet of aircraft.
The fleet is comprised of eight King Air 200s, one
King Air 350, two Gulfstream 150s, one Gulfstream
200 and one Hawker 800.



Avionics News June 2015

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Point of Communication
AEA Now
The View from Washington
International News and Regulatory Updates
Long Live the NavComm
Member Profile
Dealing Avionics
A New Helicopter Maintenance Association is Born
Aisles of Smiles
Leveraging Innovation
A Conversation With...
Member Profile
Business Basics
What’s Working?
What’s New
Marketplace Classifieds
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