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Twin Commander Aircraft Expanding Legacy Support
By: Jerry Siebenmark
Caption: Twin Commander Aircraft attributes expanding staff and new parts suppliers to the availability of more parts for the legacy airplane.
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Improved availability of specific parts and a couple of staff additions has enabled Twin Commander Aircraft to expand its legacy support of piston- and turbine-powered Twin Commander airplanes, the North Carolina-based company recently announced. Specifically, the hiring of technical service engineering manager Andrew Wilson and librarian Pam Moore has allowed the company to address some long-standing items of interest to Twin Commander owners.
In addition, the company is working to improve the cost and availability of some difficult-to-obtain parts. For example, Twin Commander is currently working on a replacement for the cabin pressure indicator, which the OEM hasn't provided for a number of years. The company expects a new indicator to be in stock as a custom kit in the next few months.
Owners also will soon be able to find an in-stock oxygen gauge, which hasn’t been available because the supplier no longer supported the system's components. Twin Commander said it has managed to find a different source for the manufacture of new parts at a reasonable cost.
“We are pushing forward to make sure the legacy fleet of Twin Commanders stays active,” said Twin Commander business unit director Brian Harbaugh. “With the addition of new staff, we will have the resources necessary to work hard on legacy obsolescence far into the future.”