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Pacific Coast Avionics

Spirit Aeronautics

PACIFIC COAST AVIONICS recently completed another touchscreen

SPIRIT AERONAUTICS made sev-

GPS/nav/comm and digital weather radar upgrade on a Cessna Citation II
business jet.
The Citation II is owned and operated by an extruded plastics products
manufacturer with multiple U.S. locations.
"The aircraft's legacy nav/comm/DME, ADF, transponder and radar had
been in the panel for 30-plus years, and they were not only becoming unreliable, but they lacked the capabilities the owner needed to meet his growing
business travel needs," said DEWEY CONROY, vice president and COO.
"The new Garmin touchscreen radios, ADS-B, active traffic and BendixKing
vertical-profile radar give the pilots advanced operational and situational
awareness capabilities at a true fraction of the cost of a newer aircraft. This is
the fourth Citation II we've upgraded with a similar system, so the entire project was rather straightforward."
For more information, visit PCA.aero. q

eral personnel announcements in the last
month.
First, the company promoted CHARLES
"MIKE" EVANS to
lead technician in the
maintenance production department.
In addition, the
company promoted

Gulfstream Aerospace
GULFSTREAM AEROSPACE

received approval from the FAA to
install ADS-B Out avionics on G150
aircraft.
"We are glad to announce that
this enhancement was available
to G150 operators beginning in
January," said MARK BURNS,
president of Gulfstream Product
Support. "ADS-B Out is an important part of the solution to meet the
demands of air traffic growth in the
coming years. It will help ensure
customers meet current and future
aviation mandates and help improve
the efficiency of air traffic control
systems."
For more information, visit
gulfstream.com. q

Gulf Coast Avionics
GULF COAST AVIONICS was

awarded a contract from the U.S.
Drug Enforcement Administration
to provide new-generation avionics
upgrades for select piston aircraft
and turbine helicopters operating in
the agency's fleet.
"This is a significant contract win
for Gulf Coast Avionics," said RICK
GARCIA, president and CEO. "These
aircraft play a critical role in supporting our ongoing war on drugs, and
to know that we will be giving these
brave DEA pilot/agents the best
combination of avionics reliability and
capabilities is a point of great pride
for everyone on our team."
For more information, visit
GCA.aero. q

MICHAEL BAILEY

to the regional sales
manager position for
the North American
base region of
Ohio, West Virginia,
Kentucky, Tennessee,
Virginia, North
Carolina, Delaware
and Maryland.
Finally, Spirit
Aeronautics
announced that RUS-

Charles "Mike" Evans

Michael Bailey

SELL COLDIRON

joined the company as
the purchasing/material control manager.
Spirit Aeronautics,
Russell Coldiron
located in Columbus,
Ohio, offers worldwide aviation services
to corporate, military, private, government and commercial aircraft operators.
The company is primarily engaged in
the refurbishment, design, development,
completions, management, engineering,
material supply, integration and sustainment of business, VIP, VVIP, military and
government aircraft. For more information, visit spiritaeronautics.com. q

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