
About the company.
HISTORY The
company was originally formed in 1973 by Arthur Heath ( at that time Technical Director of
Field Aircraft Services at London Airport ) and Bill Fisher who was employed by Lloyd's of
London. They had met about 10 years previously when Bill had obtained an Avro
Lancaster from the French Navy and, after having it registered as G-ASXX, arranged for it
to be flown from Sydney Australia to Biggin Hill. When it arrived Arthur offered to
assist in keeping the aircraft flying.
Initially Bill did the sales and Arthur did the maintenance but in 1980 Arthur and his
friends were tragically killed in the crash of a B-26 Invader at Biggin Hill.
Bill Fisher continued with
the company on a part time basis until he left Lloyd's in 1990. The connections with
the Insurance industry have been retained and agencies have been negotiated for the supply
of FAA-PMA parts, American STC's and certified repaired parts.
For two years the company ran a " Salvage Shop " on behalf of Lloyd's Aviation
Department, from premises at Tattershall near Lincoln, and continued to operate from
there after the contract had ended. However in 1998 it was agreed that our stores
would relocate to premises closer to our office. The current premises are next to SKYCRAFT Ltd. and we work
closely together as our activities complement one another.
TODAY
We currently market the FAA-PMA Cessna and Piper products produced in Kansas by McFarlane Aviation Inc. and
the overhauled engine mounts from Kosola and
Associates in Albany, Georgia. We import new
and overhauled propellers from a number of
distributors in Canada, the United States and
Germany depending who has the best offer on the item that we require.
Aircraft Structures in Enid, Oklahoma are the world largest repairers of the Cessna Caravan and have
sold their non Caravan wing repair business, although we can still obtain overhauled wings for
aircraft from the Cessna 150 to Piper Navajo. We still act on their behalf should a
European based Caravan require repair.
We offer exchange overhauled nose legs for the Cessna 150, 152 and 172 as well as FAA-PMA nose leg tubes for the Piper
PA-28 range and can supply used Piper and Cessna
parts, including avionics and engines, either from stock or
through our many suppliers overseas.
Some of our suppliers also ask us to find tired or damaged aircraft and helicopters in
Europe so we represent companies as far away as Australia, in addition to those in Canada
and North America.
Finally, should be reading this from overseas, we would be pleased to discuss marketing
your products in the UK.