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JetTech Acquires Cascade, Preps First BBJ
By: AIN Staff
Caption: JetTech Aerospace has completed its acquisition of Cascade Aerospace’s Spokane, Wash.
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JetTech Aerospace has completed its acquisition of Cascade Aerospace’s Spokane, Wash. facilities and the new  owner is Bret Burnside. A former executive with Cascade Aerospace,  Burnside founded JetTech to acquire the Spokane operation, which Cascade  sold in July 2010 to fill a need to “invest significant capital in its  Abbotsford, B.C. headquarters.” JetTech recently became an OEM-approved  completion center for the Boeing Business Jet line and has announced its  intention to focus exclusively on the BBJ. JetTech has a 61,000-sq-ft facility at Spokane International Airport,  where it is ­co-located with Associated Painters’ new 41,000-sq-ft  exterior paint shop, which is capable of working on two 757s  simultaneously. According to Burnside, JetTech expects its first green BBJ to arrive  this month. The aircraft is being outfitted for First Virtual Air and  the finished airplane is expected to be delivered in November 2011.  JetTech will subsequently provide ongoing maintenance for the client.