Maintenance and Modifications
Blackhawk Aims To Bring More Retrofits to T-prop Market
Company took delivery of its 2,000th Pratt & Whitney Canada engine at EAA AirVenture
Blackhawk modified Pilatus PC-12 airplane
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The Blackhawk Group CEO, Chad Cundiff, sees plenty of opportunity in the aftermarket retrofit segment that his company targets, especially for owner-flown, high-performance airplanes such as the Pilatus PC-12, Daher TBM series, and Piper’s Meridian single-engine turboprop.

“It’s easier for the owner to upgrade if the price holds up,” Cundiff told AIN at the EAA AirVenture show in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in late July. “A lot of our focus is helping keep that value up.” Upgrading the engine, propeller, and avionics, he added, “has the effect of increasing the value of those as well. For the upgrades we offer, we have data that if you do this, it pays for itself when you sell it. And you get that same benefit of being able to use that upgrade until you sell. That resonates with a lot of folks.”