Tue, Dec 08, 2009
Engines STC'd For Thrush And Air Tractor Ag Planes
Cascade Aircraft Conversions has
signed a contract to purchase GE's M601 turboprop engines for its
conversion STCs on Thrush and Air Tractor 300, 400 and 500 series
agricultural aircraft.
Cascade Aircraft Conversions currently holds STCs for the
M601E-11 and M601D-11 engines on the Thrush aircraft and the Air
Tractor 300, 400 and 500 series aircraft. The agreement signed at
the National Agricultural Aviation Association (NAAA) meeting
formalizes the engine purchases with GE, which acquired Walter
Aircraft Engines and its M601 engine family last year.
"Cascade Aircraft Conversions has a deep understanding of the
M601 engines and the benefits the engine conversion offers to
Thrush and Air Tractor aircraft owners," said Paul Theofan,
president and managing executive of GE Aviation Czech s.r.o., a
wholly owned subsidiary of GE Aviation. "GE is pleased to formalize
its relationship with Cascade and looks forward to working together
to offer the M601 engine conversions to operators around the
world."
Doran Rogers, founder and CEO of Cascade Aircraft Conversions,
LLC, said, "We are pleased and gratified to be in a working
relationship with GE Aviation, and we look forward to a long and
mutually beneficial association, providing engines and service to
the agricultural aviation industry. Cascade and the customers we
represent will benefit from the latest technological advances and
research that GE has to offer, now and in the future."
The engine conversions on the aircraft will account for lower
acquisition and maintenance costs, with no nozzles, no hot section
inspections and no engine teardown in a wire strike event. The M601
engine also offers improved hot and high performance.
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