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TTA\u2019s Tour of the World of Aircraft<\/strong><\/h5>\n

In this ongoing series, Thrust Tech Accessories (TTA) shines a light on the many different aircraft types presently in service around the world. Join us as we explore the roles they play in the industries they serve and the challenges they may see in performing their important duties day-by-day, year-after-year, all across the globe.<\/p>\n

We also wish to underscore the key role that MROs like TTA play behind-the-scenes in providing overhaul, repair, and modification of engines and airframe accessory components that keep such aircraft flying properly, safely \u2013 and long into the future.<\/p>\n

PHOTO CREDIT: Kevin Hacketert<\/a><\/p>\n

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Dash-8 400 Embodies De Havilland\u2019s Rich Aviation Traditions <\/strong><\/h4>\n

Nearly a century ago, the De Havilland Aircraft Company of England incorporated a subsidiary business on \u201cthe other side of the pond,\u201d the west side that is. With that austere beginning in Canada on March 5, 1928, the upstart De Havilland Canada grew into a highly accomplished, globally recognized aircraft designer and manufacturer.<\/p>\n

The firm\u2019s history has had some twists and turns along the way, though. In the 1980s, the government of Canada privatized the company, selling it to Boeing. It was then acquired by Bombardier Aerospace in 1992. A new era began in 2006, when Canada-based Viking Air bought the type certificates for De Havilland\u2019s original, out-of-production designs, and in 2018, Longview Aviation Capital, Viking Air\u2019s holding company, bought the Q400 program, and rights to the De Havilland name and trademark. Presto, in June 2019, the entire De Havilland product line came under the umbrella of a new holding company \u2013 De Havilland Aircraft of Canada Limited.<\/p>\n

What storied aircraft really built De Havilland\u2019s reputation? In the early years, the company manufactured an all-metal trainer, the DHC-1 Chipmunk, for the Royal Canadian Air Force. Over the years, De Havilland also became well known for its DHC-2 Beaver bush plane. That aircraft could take off and land almost anywhere \u2013 helping connect Canada\u2019s most remote northern communities. De Havilland also built the \u201cone-ton truck of the\u00a0skies,” the\u00a0DHC-3 Otter, as well as the DHC-4 Caribou purchased by the U.S. Army, and a larger DHC-5 Buffalo, designed for use on U.S. Army special missions. Then, of course, there was the DHC-6 Twin Otter, a catalyst for North American regional aviation, as well as the DHC-7 Dash 7.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhen many people think of De Havilland, though, they most often focus on what\u2019s operating now, the DHC-8 Dash-8 400,\u201d says Stanley Kowlessar, general manager, Thrust Tech Accessories (TTA), an FAA 145 and EASA Certified repair station provider of MRO services in Fort Lauderdale, FL. \u201cThis economical turboprop \u2013 which first took flight in the 1980s and has been updated over the years \u2013 offers jet-like performance. It\u2019s able to execute steep approaches, operate at high altitudes, and handle unpaved, narrow runways.\u201d<\/p>\n

TTA Services Available<\/strong><\/p>\n

Typical maintenance, repair and\/or overhaul services provided by TTA\u00a0 for customers operating De Havilland airframes include:<\/p>\n