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.

Cessna Citation 680, Sovereign, Sovereign+, and Latitude

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Gulfstream G200 and G280, also IAI Galaxy

Gulfstream GIV, GIV-SP,G300, G350,  and G450

Chad Trautvetter

Quiet Technology Aerospace (QTA) this week delivered its 500th inlet cowl upgrade incorporating a carbon-fiber replacement inner barrel to a U.S.-based business jet fleet operator. The milestone inlet will be installed on a Honeywell HTF7350 engine on a Bombardier Challenger 350, QTA told AIN.
The company’s inlet upgrade replaces the aluminum-based inner barrel with a lighter-weight carbon-graphite composite barrel that will not corrode. Barrel corrosion and acoustic-screen degradation are known issues with the aluminum barrels on HTF7000-series engines that power various super-midsize business jets. QTA also has a similar STC’d upgrade for Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW300-series engines on the Hawker 1000, Learjet 60/60XR, and Dassault Falcon 2000EX/LX, as well as Rolls-Royce Tay Mk 611-8C turbofans on the Gulfstream G450.
Meanwhile, the company also received an FAA approved model list STC for its CP 70 titanium skins for thrust reverser doors and aft body side beam assemblies for aircraft powered by HTF7000-series engines, namely the Challenger 300/350/3500, Gulfstream G280, Cessna Citation Longitude, and Embraer Legacy 450/500 and Praetor 500/600. The titanium skins cover the complete aft section of the inner surface where the jet exhaust impinges and corrosion can occur. QTA said it completed its 35th thrust reverser upgrade this month.
“The delivery of our 500th inlet upgrade, and the escalating requests of HTF7000 thrust reverser upgrades, is a testament to our innovative root cause approach to solving corrosion problems for operators,” said company CEO Barry Fine. “This means QTA now has the permanent and terminating corrosion fix for more than 3,000 aircraft around the world.”

News and issues about aviation maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), covering all segments of the aviation industry; and modifications for aircraft and engines. Subjects include product support of aircraft, engines and avionics, MRO company mergers, acquisitions, announcements and personnel, Airworthiness Directives, Supplemental Type Certificate approvals and other topics.

Quiet Technology Aerospace Delivers 500th Inlet Cowl Upgrade for Bizjets

Carbon-fiber barrels for HTF7000- and PW300-series engines eliminate corrosion issues

Quiet Technology Aerospace delivered its 500th inlet cowl upgrade with a carbon-fiber replacement inner barrel to a U.S.-based business jet fleet operator.

Quiet Technology Delivers 500th Inlet Cowl Upgrade

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