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Amy Laboda

Innova Aerospace (Booth 2282) is now taking deposits on its newly launched Cessna Citation V/Ultra refurbishment program, the international aerospace conglomerate announced this week at NBAA 2016. “The package reengineers the Citation V and Ultra with the Williams FJ44-4 engine, which marries nicely with the [Honeywell] AeroVue avionics replacement package we put in the front cockpit,” said Greg Fedele, executive v-p of corporate development for Innova. “Fuel burn savings are pretty significant with the new engines.”

 


The company’s other aircraft tip-to-tail refurbishment programs include the Beechcraft King Air 90, CitationJet/CJ1 and Hawker 400XPR. Avionics retrofits will extend to the Citation 560 Ultra/Encore and Excel XLS next year. Innova is a relatively new company that is a compilation of Flight Time, Sierra Industries, Skyway, Skyway Aero, Sabreliner Aviation, Sky Place and Innova Composite Helicopters, which is building the monocoque carbon-kevlar C630 turbine helicopter in New Zealand.

 


“We’ve got full OEM support from Textron Aviation for our modifications on these aircraft,” said Fedele. “In fact, our location in Texas did the work for the Textron Hawker 400XPR STCs, so we can do the whole thing—we are the manufacturer of the winglets that are part of the retrofit,” he said. All sales for that retrofit are handled through Textron, Fedele noted.

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