Aircraft
MU-2 support remains strong
Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America’s (MHIA) Aviation Product Support Division provides support for some 400 MU-2 twin turboprop aircraft operating outside

Mitsubishi Heavy Industries America’s (MHIA) Aviation Product Support Division provides support for some 400 MU-2 twin turboprop aircraft operating outside Japan, including around 300 in North America. Here at the NBAA show, Turbine Aircraft Services, an independent company that contracts with MHIA to provide MU-2 parts and technical support, is exhibiting at Booth No. 6043.

The MHIA Aviation Product Support Division has a new general manager with the recent appointment of Sin-Ichiro (Stan) Yokoi. After 24 years with the Mitsubishi Heavy Industries group, he is taking over from Nobuhito (Noel) Takayama, who has retired. Yokoi will be based at the division offices in Addison, Tex., where Ralph Sorrells continues as deputy general manager and where the Turbine Aircraft Services support organization is headquartered.