A recent FREE version of SMS Pro called SMS Pro Lite is now used by PTA to track issues affecting both safety and continous improvements, including audits that PTA has carried out on its activities under Alan’s IoA for CoA issue. Great tool and very easy to use.

What a great way to round out an interesting week. Today the directors of both PlaneTorque Australia Pty Ltd & Air Safety Navigators Pty Ltd (Both Perth based) agreed to work together in a mutually beneficial association. The two companies remain seperate business entities but will combine their considerable experiance and expertise where appropriate for the benefit of our various clients.

Please refer to the new dedicated page for more details about Air Safety Navigators.

Do you need an internet based complete SMS that supports ICAO, FAA, Transport Canada & IS-BAO SMS programs? Look no further. Go to www.aviation-sms.com

PTA has signed up with NWDS’s to deliver this great SMS tool to the region.

Tell the folks at NorthWest Data Solutions that PTA sent you.

Back to SSFC in Vung Tau.

This visit we audited three Eurocopter helicopters and the facility. Many improvements since last year. The folk here are truly professional, open and honest. 

This next photo is info only, we didn’t audit these babies. They are built like tanks.

Please be advised that if you intend to use PTA’s AD dB application you must effective 1st October 2009 use revision 22 or later.

This is due to CASA changing the underlying master AD table design on their web site.

Revision 24 now released – 08.02.10.

Does your company issue ARC’s. This new dB may be of interest to you.

You can download a FREE version and test it for 30 days. If you would then like to purchase it, it is only A$75

It runs using Access 2007 and when purchased it can be fully customised to your needs or PTA can help you with that.

  ARC dB - FREE 30 day trial (231.9 KiB, 275 hits)

Well the truth is even better than that in reality. This new, modern facility at Jandakot Airport in Western Australia can manufacture just about anything mechanical you need on your aircraft. Be that a new cabin door for your corporate jet, a metal special mission cabinet to that small, difficult to purchase (Sometimes this reads “Impossible”) complex bracket in say that no longer supported component that your aircraft must have to fly.

I was visiting one of my other clients at Jandakot Airport a few days ago and I thought to myself, “Its about time you found out a bit more about this flash looking facility you keep driving past.”. So I dropped in for a chat and hopefully a sticky beak.

As luck would have it I found the Director Rob Stevenson in reception. I have known Rob for many years but did not realise this was his baby. There you go, that alone made it worth the visit.

Whilst Rob was obviously very busy he kindly gave me a quick tour of the  facility. Again the word “Busy” springs to mind. As well as “Interesting, amazing, expertise, unique, quality, professional” to name but a few. Don’t want to go too far, you might get the impression he is paying me for this review. On that point – I was so impressed with what I saw I offered Rob a posting and newsletter spot for free, no strings attached. Just my way of hopefully supporting local industry. He does after all employ a fairly large team of highly skilled tradesmen.

OK, lets get back to the facility. The aircraft jobs are all carried out in accordance with aeronautical design engineer drawings. I saw large complex pressurised doors being manufactured, very complex computer machined fittings in various stages of manufacture and unique fire dispersal devices and their consumables being readied for dispatch all over the world.

So lets just take one quite common challenge faced by the line engineer. A defective oleo. Need a new outer casting or inner piston? Get in touch with Rob, if he hasn’t done that particular part number before I am sure he can still get you a very cost effective solution. It will more than likely even be a better solution than the OEM’s both in terms of cost and lead times.

Thanks for the guided tour Rob.

Here are some key contact details:

Aerospace Fabrication

8 Compass Road

Jandakot Airport

WA 6164, Australia

Tel: 618 9417 8680

FAX: 618 9414 1822

Email: admin@aerospacefabrication.com.au  or rob@aerospacefabrication.com.au  

Do you need one of those flash fire bombing machines? You know the ones that start controlled burns.

Check out Robs “Raindance Systems”. This is part of the group. www.raindancesystems.com.au

P.S.: Need a special part for your much loved land vehicle? Call Rob because they don’t just fix aircraft parts.