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WEBSITE: specialtyavionics.com
WHAT THEY DO: Specialty Avionics
provides avionics and maintenance for
single- and light twin-engine aircraft.
EMPLOYEES: 3 (owner plus an
airframe and powerplant mechanic
and one avionics technician)
FACILITIES: 3,500 square feet
FOUNDED: 2020 by Brad Kratz
AEA MEMBER SINCE: 2023
A recent Cessna 172 panel upgrade included a Garmin G5 ADI attitude indicator; Garmin G5 HSI heading indicator; Garmin GI-106A VOR/LOC/GPS
course deviation indicator; Avidyne IFD440 FMS/GPS/Nav/Com; Trig Avionics TX56A Nav/Com and Avidyne AXP340 ADS-B transponder.
aircraft, which are basically lawn chairs with wings.
When I was about 40, I had the chance to earn my
pilot's license. I bought my first airplane, a four-place
1953 Taylorcraft 15A. There were fewer than 20 ever
built. I still have it today. "
Accidental business
Over the next few years, Kratz purchased several
more aircraft. When he needed a hangar for them in
2018 in his new hometown of Indiana, Pennsylvania,
Kratz stopped by the Indiana County Airport to talk
with the airport manager.
" After I decided to buy an available hangar, the
guy asked if I wanted the 1978 Piper Archer too, "
Kratz said. " It was the last aircraft he had from a
once-thriving flight school. A couple of students were
finishing their flying lessons with that airplane, and he
didn't want to interrupt their training. So I bought the
Piper too. It goes back to my childhood of not having
an opportunity to fly. There was no way I was going to
derail someone's dream to be a pilot. "
From there, potential students kept inquiring if they
could learn to fly. Wanting to help, Kratz bought a
Cessna 150. A year later, he had another Cessna 150 at
another airport, and 25 flight students between the two
locations.
" Nothing excites me more than to see a young person
wanting to learn to fly, " he said. " I want to help make
that happen. I get a lot of joy out of making another
person happy. "
With his fledgling Part 61 flight school in high
demand, Kratz was spending a lot of time, money
and effort shuttling the aircraft back and forth for
maintenance. Back-of-the-napkin figures convinced
him that hiring an in-house maintenance technician
would save money and make it easier.
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