<p>Mark Huber is an aviation industry veteran who has worked in the flight training, aircraft sales, aircraft component, and airport development businesses. He has flight time in more than 50 different and diverse aircraft, including helicopters, aerobatic aircraft, vintage warbirds, jet fighters, business jets and turboprops, and transport-category aircraft. He has jumped out of several of these—on purpose—with a parachute. His defense and aviation journalism has been published in a variety of national and international periodicals.</p>


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<p>American Eurocopter said it will close its company-owned and -operated Long Beach, Calif. service center by the end of June. The center opened in November 2007, and at the time Eurocopter said the center was designed to support more than 200 client aircraft that are based in the region with parts, based and traveling maintenance technicians and pilot and maintenance training. Larry Roberts, American Eurocopter vice president of sales, marketing and customer support, said the company was “rethinking” its prior strategy of establishing a nationwide chain of owned and operated service centers. “This does not mean that we would not want to get into a relationship with another provider or even ourselves to establish regional support centers around the country” in the future, Roberts said. However, for now, it appears that American Eurocopter will work with current authorized centers “to get them to be more productive service providers to our customers.”&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;–M.H.</p>


Eurocopter Closing Long Beach Service Center 

American Eurocopter said it will close its company-owned and -operated Long Beach, Calif.

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