[cashflyer]

Prior to hanging my own sign in 2004, I was the DOM at another Part 145 facility. After working there for years, that other facility was closing following the death of the owner. I started my facility by purchasing a large portion of their assets.

For the most part, the work they did and the work I do are the same. My primary customer is DoD, and I will not get into too many specifics regarding platforms or functions for obvious reasons. Work we currently do includes:

Hydraulic component repair
-pumps
-accumulators
-valves
-actuators

Avionic component repair
-antennas
-nav indicators
-"something with lots of switches"

Composite repair
-radomes
-fairings

And a few miscellaneous items here and there.


As for the 145 ticket, we have started small and simple with a rating of "limited accessory".

"Limited" means I can only service accessory components that are specifically listed on my opspec, but that I can add components to the list as we need. For a small shop like us, this is much simpler than trying to secure a blanket rating.

My initial opspec capability list has only two items: an avionics bay cooling assembly and an item called "Aux Flight Control Unit". But I have a meeting scheduled later this week that should get the ball rolling a little faster now.