Experience

Lake Aircraft Support

• Technical advisory and regulatory support to Revo, Inc. (holder of FAA Type Certificate 1A13.
   
• Technical support and product support to Lake amphibian owners, operators, and repair centers  throughout the world.
   
• Provided technical assistance to the FAA's Atlanta Aircraft Certification Office.
   
• Provided start-up technical and regulatory resources  to Lanshe Aerospace.
   
• Provided technical support to the NTSB, FAA, insurance companies, and law firms, during accident investigations and lawsuits.

Designated Airworthiness Representative (DAR) Services

• Standard Airworthiness Certificates
• Special Airworthiness Certificates - Experimental
• Special Flight Permits (Ferry Permits)
• Prototype Conformity Inspections
• First-Piece Conformity Inspections
• Aircraft Production Conformity Inspections
• Test Equipment Set-Up Conformities
• FAA Form 8130-3 Export - Class I, II, III
• FAA Form 8130-3 Domestic - Class II, III
• Replacement Airworthiness Certificates
• Function Codes:  08, 09, 10, 11, 12, 13, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 46, 47, 48.

Consulting

• Integrated a Fabrication Inspection System (FIS) into an ISO-9002 system, and obtained FAA PMA approval for a growing New Hampshire manufacturing company.  After implementing organizational improvements, this contract effectively doubled the company's annual gross profit.
   
• Provided FAA liaison, regulatory, and technical support for an STC and PMA applicant for reinforced cockpit doors on Boeing 737 and 727 aircraft.
   
• Provided due-diligence, regulatory, technical, and business services to an Ohio corporation seeking to establish an aircraft manufacturing facility.
   
• Developed an aircraft production system, obtained FAA approval for Production Under a Type Certificate Only, and delivered technical ad organizational support for a company building a Lake Model 250 under license agreement.
   
• Provided technical and regulatory support for a company installing a microwave relay system on a Cessna 172.  This system is used to relay TV signals for SpeedVision.
   
• Expert witness testimony for lawsuits and US Patent proceedings.
   
• Consultant services to law enforcement agencies and the USAF Auxilliary (CAP).

Galapagos Islands

• The US Department of Interior contracted Absolute Aviation (through USAID) to go to Ecuador in 2005 and deliver Lake Seawolf Maintenance Training to Galapagos National Park personnel. 
   
• Wild Aid, the World Wildlife Fund, and the Galapagos National Park brought Absolute Aviation back in 2006 to provide recurrent training and maintenance services. 
   
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England

• Phil Baker issued the FAA Standard Airworthiness  Certificate on a new Lake Seafury, provided Lake Maintenance Training to an engineer in New Hampshire, then issued the FAA Export Certificate of Airworthiness (Export C of A) to England.
   
• The following year, London Helicopter Centres contracted Absolute Aviation to provide inspection services and Lake Seafury Maintenance Training for their engineers in England. 
   
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Malaysia

• Two of our team went to Kuala Lumpur to containerize a Lake Seawolf for shipment  to the U.S.  The project went well, the aircraft was reassembled in the U.S., and the aircraft is now operating in Canada.
   
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Japan

• Two of our team members went to Chofu to supervise major repairs to a Lake Renegade. 
   
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Inspections

• Pre-Buy Inspections

• Pre-Sell Inspections

• Annual Inspections

• Condition Inspections

• Accident Investigations

• Preliminary and Hidden Damage Inspections

Aircraft Recovery - United States

Refurbishment

Photos

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