Maintenance and Modifications
First Aviation To Buy Heliblade, Expand Helo Mx Service
First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade and forming a new rotary-wing maintenance division for rotor blades and dynamic components.
First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade—an Anderson, California-based maintenance provider for Bell, Airbus, and Leonardo helicopter main and tail rotors—which will expand the company's helicopter rotor blade centers to three locations. (Photo: Heliblade)
First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade—an Anderson, California-based maintenance provider for Bell, Airbus, and Leonardo helicopter main and tail rotors—which will expand the company's helicopter rotor blade centers to three locations. (Photo: Heliblade)

First Aviation Services is acquiring Heliblade, an Anderson, California-based maintenance provider for Bell, Airbus, and Leonardo helicopter main and tail rotors. The company has also simultaneously formed the First Aviation Rotary Wing Group to fold in Heliblade with its existing helicopter MRO capabilities to create a national footprint for rotor blade and dynamic component repair.