We are now stocking FAA/PMA items from Grove Aircraft. Grove is an aftermarket manufacturer bring high quality wheel and brake products to the market to fill the void for some hard to find items. These are the brake master cylinders, parking brake valves, and an number of landing gear assemblies for homebuilt and experimental aircraft. We are stocking their brake linings, the 5.00×5 and 6.00×6 hub caps and replacement axles. The axles are approved for the Gerdes, Cleveland and Grove wheel assemblies. The brake linings are lasting longer and are priced near the Rapco brand. As with all our linings, we include the rivets at no additional charge
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Aeroflash Signal
We are now a stocking distributor for Aeroflash Signal. Aeroflash is a manufacturer of anti-collision lighting systems located in Chicago, Illinois. Along with Aviation products, they are well known for their flash and strobe systems for emerge
ncy and maintenance vehicles as well as school buses. Aeroflash is the original equipment on the Grumman AA1B, AA5A, AA5B, Varga 2150A, Rockwell Commander 112, 114, Great Lakes 2TA, and Cessna Aircraft models 150-210. We’re excited to have the product line, further adding to the host of products we offer the General and Corporate Aviation markets and our goal to partner with aviation manufacturers in the Midwest.
Strut servicing adaptors and valves
We just brought on a line of common strut service adaptors and valves to add to the ground support / tooling we offer. common Schrader valves and adaptors like the ones offered by Tronair and Eaton Dill can be found here. SK15171, AN812-1, MS28889-2, PC1011, 9043C, 8921, 8990C to name a few.
Plane Parts nitrogen service adaptor
we’ve just released our high pressure nitrogen service adaptor the PP nitrogen adaptor. The service adaptor is comparable to the Tronair K-3706 and competitively priced. There are numerous aircraft models that use this adaptor and at the Plane Parts price of $34.95, you can’t go wrong.
SPaero Q400 HTCS kit SPT-174-02
In November we partnered with SPaero, to develop an option for operators and MRO’s servicing or operating the Bombardier Q400. The Q400, which features a Hutchinson Aerospace engine mount system, utilizes a Hydraulic torque compensating system. The servicing kit ( t900314-1 from Bombardier runs about $38000.00 and has long lead times. We developed a kit using exactly the same components and reduced the lead time to 1-2 weeks. There is also a kit that can be rented by the week for MRO’s not wanting the expense of the kit to own. The SPT-174-02 is a $20,000.00 savings over the OEM kit. We also offer replacement jack pads for the Dash 8 100-300 series as well as the Q400 and replacement grommet puller shafts 2383ht01-04-1ay used in the insertion and removal of grommets on the aircraft.
Oshkosh EAA Airventure 2016
We had a week of excitement at Airventure this year. The week kicked off with us partnering with Dennis Dent of Airfasco, who has acquired the Kelly Aerospace oil filter line and will begin production upon receipt of FAA approvals. The ES series filters will be available in a variety of color options as well as customized to meet the distributor, FBO or owner needs. Plane Parts issued Airfasco their first PO and we look forward to taking delivery soon. We also signed on with Grove Aircraft to distribute their now FAA/PMA’d brake linings. Grove also offers STC kits for early Piper aircraft to convert to a tradition wheel and brake configuration as well brake reservoirs, parking brakes, replacement 5″ and 6″ axles and hub caps. The Grove lining is designed to be a longer lasting, higher quality lining competitively priced to compete with the Cleveland, Rapco and other linings on the market.
Amazon store
In July 2016 we opened our Amazon store and helped launch a new category within Amazon for aviation. Many of the products we assemble as well as our more common lamps, Milton products and filters can be found on Amazon.
Milton Industries
In July of 2016, we became the Aviation Distributor for Milton Industries. The partnership is bring new Milton aviation products into the market such as their C1065 aircraft tire service kit which allows an FBO, MRO or operator to service any aircraft from a cub to A380. the inline (site lens) style gauges offer 0-150psi and 150-600psi servicing. They are currently working on a complete line of strut and tire servicing adaptors and kits. Their 936 tire pressure gauge is a great deal and small enough to carry on board the aircraft. The C1064 offers a 0-400psi gauge for Corporate aircraft as well as smaller aircraft. The kits are available with the gauges pre calibrated for an additional fee. Their new C1007 tire service adaptor allows for quick inflation and screws onto the tire for safe inflation.
Stainless hardware kits
In June of 2016 we started assembling and branding our stainless kits. We offer stainless kits for most general aviation aircraft to include American Champion, Beech, Bellanca, Cessna, Piper and Mooney. We also offer hardware assortments that include our deluxe stainless kit, a 2400pc assortment of sheet metal, truss head and countersunk machine screw, flat washers, lock nuts and tinnerman washers. We also offer stainless and cad plated nut assortments, and stainless and cad plated flat washer assortments.
Great Lakes Aero Products
May 2016 – Great Lakes Aero Products partners with Plane Parts, bringing their complete line of FAA/PMA and OEM windshields, side glass and rear windows for most of the general aviation aircraft. Along with windows, they also offer a large selection of wingtip lenses and wing landing light lenses. Great Lakes Aero Products, based in Flint, Michigan has been making replacement transparencies for decades. Their finished goods are of the finest in the industries and generally require very little trimming.