Chad is the editor of AINalerts, AIN's daily business aviation newsletter, and is also the news editor at AIN Media Group.&nbsp;He has been writing about aviation, with an emphasis on business aviation, since 1994. Chad started his writing career at The Avion,&nbsp;the&nbsp;student newspaper at Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in Daytona Beach, Florida, serving as editor-in-chief before graduating with a bachelor's in aeronautical science. After a stint as managing editor at Professional Pilot&nbsp;magazine, he joined&nbsp;AIN in late 1998. Chad holds a commercial pilot certificated with instrument and multi-engine ratings, and he also is a CFI/CFII. He lives and works from his home in Venice, Florida.

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Bombardier manufactures a variety of business aircraft models, provides engineering, and aircraft maintenance services.

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Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) has delivered its 200th inlet cowl upgrade featuring&nbsp;a carbon-fiber replacement inner barrel. The milestone composite barrel was installed on Albertsons’ Gulfstream G280.

 


According to QTA, the work involves replacing the jet engine's original aluminum-based inner barrel with a lighter-weight carbon composite barrel that fixes the root cause of the corrosion issue and comes with a lifetime warranty. Besides the G200/G280, QTA holds STCs for composite barrel retrofits on the Bombardier Challenger 300/350 and Learjet 60; Dassault Falcon 2000LX/EX; Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600; and Hawker 1000.

 


QTA is also making progress on a similar solution for its eighth airframe candidate: the Gulfstream G450. The company said it is now in the final stages of assembling the first G450 article for FAA conformity to finalize the STC. “This particular inlet offers substantial weight savings of 40 pounds…and will eliminate corrosion permanently on the G450,” it said. QTA expects to have the G450 STC in hand by the end of this month, with exchange inlets available next month.

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