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Soloy Aviation Solutions Gets New Ownership Structure
By: Kerry Lynch
Caption: The company will continue to operate as Soloy Aviation Solutions and support most of the existing and legacy STCs,  but will relocate to a new facility.
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Soloy Aviation Solutions, the Olympia, Washington-based fixed- and rotary-wing conversion specialist, is coming under a new ownership structure. Fifty-Ten Yankee, whose managing member Dave Stauffer has held leadership roles with Soloy for more than two decades, reached an agreement to acquire all the assets of Soloy. The company will continue to operate as Soloy Aviation Solutions, but will relocate to a new facility at Olympia (Washington) Airport (KOLM).
Celebrating its 50th anniversary, Soloy will continue to support nearly all of its numerous STCs for airplanes, helicopters, and engines, with the exception of its ​AS350 Honeywell LTS, AS350 AllStar Rolls-Royce C30, and Bell 206 C20R engine conversions. New Zealand-based Airwork is supporting that work under an agreement announced earlier this month.
In addition to the current product lines, Fifty-Ten-Yankee has acquired all intellectual property and production lines for the twin-engine/single-propeller Soloy Dual Pac, the Soloy Pathfinder 21 modification, Soloy Enaer T35 Turbine conversion, and inlet design and tooling for the Williams FJ44 turbofan engine.
“Fifty-Ten-Yankee, LLC includes a dedicated team of highly skilled personnel that have over 100 years of combined experience with Soloy products and will continue to provide worldwide support and services under the new ownership for the STC conversion products,” Stauffer said. “In the tradition of Joe Soloy’s company, we will continue to develop new products that enhance safety and increase utilization by improving performance and reducing operational costs.”
Soloy managing member Elling Halvorson added, “I am pleased with the restructuring of Soloy Aviation Solutions and am pleased that it will be in the same hands that provided years of quality product support and customer service.”