EAGLE CREEK DELIVERS FIRST OF TWO
COLOMBIAN GRAND RENAISSANCES
Eagle Creek CEO Matt Hagans (back row, seventh from left) and Twin Commander Aircraft President Matt Isley (eighth from left) with the Eagle Creek’s Grand Renaissance team.
The first of two Grand Renaissance Twin Commanders has been delivered to the Colombian Army by Eagle Creek Aviation Services, which performed the Grand Renaissance refurbishment on the Colombian-owned airplane.
The two Grand Renaissance Twin Commanders—a Jetprop 980 (model 695) and 1000 (695A)—will serve dual roles in the Colombian Army as military executive transports and medevac aircraft.
Eagle Creek devoted eight months and more than 7,000 man-hours to the project, which was delivered on time. Along with the extensive Grand Renaissance upgrade, Eagle Creek completed service bulletin work, an interior refurbishment, and managed the exterior repainting of the first aircraft, and is doing the same for the second. Both aircraft are benefiting from an extensive avionics panel upgrade including dual Garmin G600 Flight Displays; Garmin touch-screen GTN750 and 650 Comm, Nav and GPS Units; Garmin GMA 35 Audio Panel; dual Garmin GTX 33 Transponder; Garmin GWX68 Weather Radar; and a Meggitt Avionics Engine Instruments Display System.
“We are very pleased with the way the aircraft turned out,” said Matt Hagans, Eagle Creek’s CEO. “After this level of refurbishment, it is hard to tell that it isn’t a new airplane. Moving forward, we are now focused on the completion of the second aircraft.”
“We congratulate Eagle Creek on delivering the first of two Grand Renaissance Commanders to the Colombian Army,” commented Twin Commander Aircraft President Matt Isley. “The fact that operators, including foreign government agencies and the military are choosing the Grand Renaissance is solid evidence that there is simply no new aircraft out there capable of delivering the all-around performance, fuel efficiency, and value of a Twin Commander, especially one that has benefited from the world’s only factory-authorized and monitored twin-turboprop airframe refurbishment program.”
The Grand Renaissance program results in a certified aircraft of superlative quality, safety, and long-term value, based on a comprehensive overhaul of all systems and virtually all components, along with worldwide service and parts support. The process involves disassembly of the aircraft to its aluminum shell, and rebuilding with new or overhauled components.
The second Colombian airplane, currently in process at Eagle Creek’s Indianapolis facility, is scheduled to be completed later this year. This is the third Grand Renaissance completion for Eagle Creek in about two years. The Mexican Navy took delivery of a Grand Renaissance last year, and in late 2009 Eagle Creek delivered one to the County of Kern, California.
Representatives of the Colombian Army came to Eagle Creek’s facility in Indianapolis to take delivery of the first aircraft. The refurbishment project was conducted in cooperation with Asesorias Y Representacion Para Ingenieria S.A. (ASERPA) of Bogota, Colombia. ASERPA is a Colombian aviation advisory company and a provider of aviation parts, maintenance, repair, training, logistics, and other services for non-regular operators using helicopters and small aircraft, and for the army in Colombia. Eagle Creek said that ASERPA has been a valued partner and an important resource for engaging with the Colombian Army.
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