PHONE: 45-46-191219 WEBSITE: www.dao.dk FACILITIES: 15,070 square feet WHAT THEY DO: DAO Aviation provides maintenance, airframe and avionics, as well as design and certification for helicopters and fixedwing aircraft. EMPLOYEES: 55 FOUNDED: 1979 by three aircraft owners AEA MEMBER SINCE: 1987 LEFT Avionics coordinator Bo de Fries repairs a GPS unit on an avionics bench. BELOW: The DAO Aviation crew poses with a Dornier Do-228-100 on a taxiway at Roskilde Airport in Denmark. The service center's technicians made engine and structural repairs as well as installed updated standby instruments. An EFIS update is next. "We've always known that labor rates in Denmark are a bit higher than most of our competitors," Lund said. "As a consequence, the attraction of dealing with DAO has to be something else - we think smarter, we do more. "To compensate for slightly higher labor prices, DAO has developed an extensive support capability for customers who need fast and highly skilled support 24/7. DAO is known for its ability to support operators of TPE 331 engines very fast and in most corners of the world. Time on the ground will not get the customer back in the air earning more money, so time is of the essence." Continued on following page In one of DAO's hangars, technicians prepare to install new engines being delivered from the service center's engine shop on a Dornier Do-228. avionics news * april 2014 39http://www.dao.dk