Engines
EBACE 2011: Blackhawk Marks 300th Engine Upgrade
Turboprop engine specialist Blackhawk of Waco, Texas, is celebrating its 300th engine upgrade at this year’s EBACE.

Turboprop engine specialist Blackhawk of Waco, Texas, is celebrating its 300th engine upgrade at this year’s EBACE. The customer in question is Germany’s Reinhardt Michel, who owns and flies a Piper PA-31T Cheyenne, purchased in 2004.

Faced with the TBO limit on his existing PT6A-28 engines, Michel considered overhauling the existing engines or upgrading with new engines. He opted for the Blackhawk XP135A conversion, including Hawkeye engine monitoring gauges, and also upgraded to new five-blade propellers from MT-Propeller of Atting, Germany.