Story ID: 418NBAA
Av8 Flexes Its PMA Muscles
By: Curt Epstein
Caption: The Houston-based MRO is debuting a new division focusing on engineering, certification and manufacturing FAA-approved replacment parts.
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Texas-based Av8 MRO is debuting a new division at this year’s NBAA Convention. Av8 PMA (parts manufacturer approval) will specialize in engineering, certifying and manufacturing FAA-approved specialized replacement parts under the company’s FAA-PMA, which allows it to release parts to the market with PMA approval or work with certified repair stations to distribute and repair parts for internal use.

Av8 has more than two decades of experience in certifying parts, as its personnel work not only with individual parts but entire electrical and hydraulic assemblies with machined and sheet metal parts, rubber seals, O-rings and Teflon parts. The company has embedded that skillset in the concept of Av8 PMA.

Among the technologies in its PMA manufacturing process are 3D printing and laser scanning. Av8’s coordinate measuring machines are accurate to 1/10,000 of an inch, ensuring quality and fit.

“Our objective with Av8 PMA is to provide our customers with high-quality certified replacement parts at the most competitive prices,” said company principal Yoel Arnoni. “In the last five years, our experience has helped us engineer, certify and manufacture over 500 replacement parts. We have been manufacturing parts for our other business unit already, and it made sense to expand these capabilities to other parts and other markets.”

Located in Houston, the company is an FAA and EASA-approved repair station, with the capability to repair and overhaul all models of Hawker landing gear and major components in-house. AV8 holds FAA repair specification approval to manufacture replacement component parts and has approval for nearly 400 parts for Hawker landing gear.

Av8 also announced that it has expanded its on-site Hawker service offerings to include TKS anti-ice panel repair and overhaul. At the facility, operators can either choose to have the panels for the Hawker 125 repaired or exchanged for overhauled units.

“Our unique and newly-developed DER repair for TKS panels allow us to provide a safe solution to Hawker operators who need to repair their TKS panels due to dents, leaks or in some instances, lack of flow,” Arnoni explained, adding that Av8 offers competitive pricing and turnaround times.