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Western Completes Milestone Embraer Inspections
By: Jerry Siebenmark
Caption: Western Aircraft completes first 12-month Legacy 500 inspection and 120-month Phenom 100 inspection.
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Boise, Idaho-based MRO provider Western Aircraft announced yesterday that it recently completed its first 12-month maintenance, repair, and overhaul inspection on an Embraer Legacy 500. Another first for the Greenwich AeroGroup company was the completion of a 120-month inspection on an Embraer Phenom 100.

“Our team has been diligently training, and it feels good to have these two major Embraer inspections under our belts,” said Western director of sales and marketing Kerry Heiss. “Western Aircraft has been in this business for more than 60 years, but we continue to build upon our experience, develop new capabilities, and broaden our reach to new customers.”

In August 2018, Western was named an Embraer Executive Jets authorized service center with full maintenance support for Phenom 100 and 300 light jets and midsize Legacy 450s and 500s. The authorization extends to line maintenance for Legacy 600s and 650s. It operates from five hangars totaling 80,000 sq ft, along with 260,000 sq ft of ramp space, at Boise Airport (BOI).