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Published 18-May-08

FOR SALE

Fairchild® PC-6 “Heli-Porter” & AU-23Aircraft Production Program
Aircraft parts & Documentation 

Background
 On or around 1964 Fairchild Industries & Pilatus Aircraft Ltd. entered into a production licensing agreement to produce the PC-6 aircraft, FAA T.C# 7A15, and ultimately the military version AU-23 “Peacemaker”. Fairchild produced roughly 92 aircraft under this agreement & shipped 30+ to the Government of Thailand as PC-6/C1-H2 “Peacemakers”. In 1987 the production program was sold to Maryland Air Industries who established a blanket FAA-PMA program for all material on the aircraft. The Fairchild Aircraft Industries FAA Production certificate was terminated by this sale. In 1994 Styles Aviation, Inc. acquired certain Fairchild PC-6 & AU-23 rights, aircraft parts & documentation from Maryland Air Industries which included the following: 

Details

  • 60,000+ Pilatus & Fairchild Blue Prints, Revision Drawings & Technical drawings, dated 1960 to 1981, for production of detailed parts through complex assemblies.
  • 2,000+ Pilatus & Fairchild Blue Prints detailing Tools required for production of the PC-6 “Heli-Porter” & AU-23 “Peace Maker”.
  • 35+ office filing cabinets that contain the entire 1960 to 1980 paper trail of Fairchild Industries and Maryland Air Industries production run. Examples of this data: Engineering changes, Stress reports, Vendor & Customer correspondence over the life of the program and Aircraft parts, service & flight manuals.
  • Approximately 10+ tractor trailer loads of tooling, jigs and production fixtures in various conditions. Styles has re-activated the main fixtures, Fuselage, Wings, Tail & Wing , by completely sand-blasting, painting and recalibration for daily use in our FAA/ JAA repair station. The balance of tooling, jigs and production fixtures are “As-Is” condition and will require re-work.
  • Approximately 700,000 inventoried parts in various conditions: “Raw” off the production line, Vendor acquired and 100% completed/inspected under Fairchild Aircraft Industries production certificate. In addition a large portion of the stock from Fairchild / Maryland Air was purchased directly from Pilatus and numerous USA based OEMs and still remains in a current un-used state.
  • 40+ FAA-STC’s for items like Engine upgrades, Floats installations and Military gun installations for the AU-23 program.
  • Preliminary design data for the Fairchild Aircraft Industries FAC-7 aircraft.
  • Since the Maryland Air acquisition we have bought numerous spares inventories, damaged project aircraft and flying aircraft. As a result we have accumulated numerous Consumable, Expendable and Rotable parts for both Pilatus & Fairchild PC-6 aircraft. Highlights that will be included as a result of this sale would be:
  • Exclusive OEM spares & service support of the Royal Thai Air Force’s 18 flying AU-23 “Peacemaker” aircraft. The business relation with the RTAF was virtually nonexistent when we acquired the Fairchild program and subsequently Styles has been re-established yearly orders that have gone as high as $700,000 which included production of obsolete items and the overhaul of RTAF owned material.
  • A large inventory of “AR”(As Removed) and Damaged Wings, Controls, Tail Gears, Skis, Props, Doors which will all require Overhaul or Repair.
  • 1 Ea. Damaged PC-6/350 Serial#545 with Log Books & ID Tag.
  • Completed E-Commerce website that has not been launched thus far: www.PC6Spares.com
  • More Pictures located at: www.pc6.blogspot.com


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