Gregory Polek has spent his entire career in aviation journalism with AIN, starting as a proofreader and assistant to then-managing editor Mary Mahoney in 1995 after serving an internship with&nbsp;New Jersey Monthly&nbsp;magazine and completing his B.A. degree in English/Writing at New Jersey’s William Paterson College. By 1997 Polek accepted a position as an associate editor, covering the regional airline beat for&nbsp;Aviation International News&nbsp;in place of retiring industry veteran Don Anderson. The assignment took Polek across North America and Europe to profile regional airlines varying in size and mission from the likes of floatplane operators Kenmore Air and Chalk’s Ocean Airways to regional jet operators such as SkyWest and American Eagle. Today, in his dual role as Air Transport Editor and International Airshow Editor, Polek writes, edits, and manages AIN’s commercial aviation content while overseeing each of the company’s daily international air show publications in Paris, Farnborough, Singapore, and Dubai. Most recently Polek has assumed oversight of daily coverage of the Helicopter Association International’s annual Heli-Expo convention.

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StandardAero’s facility in Maryville, Tennessee, has repaired and delivered its 12,000th auxiliary power unit, said the MRO provider Monday. Maryville has hosted APU services for business jets and airliners since 1997.
StandardAero’s 154,000-sq-ft Maryville facility supports a wide range of APUs, including the Honeywell GTCP 36-100/150 (used by a variety of aircraft, including the CRJ200), Honeywell RE220 (CRJ700 family), Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada APS 2300 (Embraer E-Jets), and Safran Power Units SPU300 (Bombardier Global 7500 and 8000).
“The delivery of our 12,000th&nbsp;APU highlights the Maryville team’s enduring commitment to the highest quality and turnaround performance,” said Greg Krekeler, v-p and general manager of StandardAero’s Maryville facility. “Our Maryville team provides one-stop shop capabilities for some of the industry’s most popular APUs, offering a combination of MRO services and line replaceable unit repair support that maximizes customer operational performance.”
StandardAero plans for continued expansion of APU service offerings and expects to deliver its 14,000th APU before the end of this decade.
Along with supporting a range of APUs, StandardAero’s Maryville facility serves as a Rolls-Royce-authorized maintenance center for the AE2100 turboprop, AE3007 turbofan, and AE1107 turboshaft, in addition to supporting the related MT7 marine gas turbine. In October, the Maryville team celebrated the delivery of the facility’s 7,500th&nbsp;Rolls-Royce AE-family engine.

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StandardAero’s Tennessee Facility Repairs and Delivers its 12,000 APU

Maryville has hosted APU services for business jet and commercial airlines since 1997

StandardAero’s facility in Maryville, Tennessee, has repaired and delivered its 12,000th auxiliary power unit.

StandardAero’s Tennessee Facility Repairs its 12,000th APU

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