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On 1st October 2005 Nick Peel, an experienced CAA/EASA Licensed Aircraft Engineer of over 30 years, walked into a completely empty refurbished Shackleton House Hangar at Sywell Aerodrome, that was to become the base for Brooklands Engineering a CAA approved Part-145 Maintenance Organisation. Quite a challenge (for those of you who know nothing about the industry!). Nick was joined by our Quality Manager Mike Cotton, also a CAA/EASA licensed Engineer, who has 18 years experience as an Aircraft Engineer in the RAF and between them it took just 7 weeks to achieve full Part-145 approval. Mike has gained great experience and knowledge by completing courses at the Extra factory in Germany and on the Rotax engine.
With Mike Cotton moving down under to start a new life with the New Zealand Air Force, the position of Quality Manager was soon filled by Jim Hylton. Jim is an experienced Licensed Engineer and qualified pilot as he holds a Commercial Pilots License. Jim started his career in aviation way back in the 1960s with British West Indian Airways at Kingston, Jamaica. All your aircraft maintenance requirements are now available at Sywell Aerodrome for all types of light aircraft, whether it is singles, twins, metal, composite, wood or fabric airframes, Lycoming, Continental or the ever more popular Rotax engines. Brooklands Engineering offers full maintenance support for your aircraft from:
If you are thinking of buying or exchanging an aircraft, Brooklands Engineering offers a full aircraft survey service, with a full written report giving details of aircraft's condition, including airframe, engine, propeller & equipment AD status. Over the last few years control has slowly passed to EASA from the CAA with total control due to come into force on 28th September 2008. Many changes having taken place for instance, the life of components is now in accordance with the manufacturers recommendations. This means the "On Condition" of many components has been withdrawn, such components as fixed pitch propellers for one. Many owners are confused as these new EASA regulations come into force, especially the new Part M subpart G for Certificates of Airworthiness (C of A) renewal and the accompanying Airworthiness Review Certificates (ARC). Anyone wishing to have clarification on any certification issues are more than welcome to ask any questions relating to the maintenance certification of theirs or prospective aircraft. Basically, to sum up, whatever your aircraft maintenance requirements are, with the experienced CAA/EASA Licensed Engineers we have, no job is too big or too small for Brooklands Engineering, so feel free to give us a call to discuss your maintenance requirements: Brooklands Engineering | ||||
From the word go they have been kept busy. As well as the
maintenance of our own Flying Club Aero AT-3s, our first contract
was secured immediately upon approval, for the maintenance of a fleet
of 4 Extra 300s for 2Excel Aviation Ltd, and since then a variety
of other aircraft have joined their customer base, coming from as far
afield as Cheshire and the South of England to use Sywell as their
maintenance base.