Completions Keep Some Maintenance Shops Working Through The Crisis

Angus Batey May 26, 2020
face shields
One of Flying Colours’ staff used the company’s 3D printer to manufacture face shields to protect workers against infection. Spares were donated to local front-line medical workers, while the firm’s upholstery team sewed personal protection equipment for hospital visitors.
Credit: Flying Colours Corp.
Most of the world’s business aviation fleet may have been grounded by the COVID-19 pandemic, but that does not mean work on aircraft has come to a standstill. Indeed, requirements for ground maintenance may, in some cases, have increased as idle aircraft are kept ready for return-to-flight. And in...
Angus Batey

Angus Batey has been contributing to various titles within the Aviation Week Network since 2009, reporting on topics ranging from defense and space to business aviation, advanced air mobility and cybersecurity.

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