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News, facts, and comments on the coming revolution for piston-engine aircraft.News of October 13, 2009Tule River Aero-Industries is the other supplier of fully certified Cessna 182 SMA.A few months ago we published a report on FlyJetA LLC in Sarasota FL, mentioning that they alone can at same time procure a suitable, used Cessna 182 on the US market (where there is by far the largest fleet available of used 182s in the world), refurbish it, convert it to diesel under compliance with the license from SMA Engines, using for this the SMA 305 230HP turbodiesel engine, and organize its ferrying anywhere in the world where a suitable customer service is available. We were wrong! There is another source, on the West Coast: Tule River Aero Industries (TRAI) TRAI has a 20,000-sq. ft. facility which features full line aircraft engine and airframe maintenance capabilities. It has a staff of experienced IAs, A&Ps and aircraft technicians. TRAI is the factory-authorized west coast distributor and installation facility for the SMA Turbo Diesel Engine conversion for the Cessna 182 Skylane Aircraft. TRAI offers assistance in finding a customer a suitable airframe for the SMA conversion, and permanently has an airplane used as a demonstrator that is also available for direct sale to the customer. In the past TRAI has have converted four A/C for their own use as SMA demonstrators, and have sold three of them within a year to new customers. To date TRAI has converted nine 182s with the SMA engine. Four of them are located in the U.S. Three have been sent to Russia. One in Finland, and one in Africa. Tule River Aero-Industries, 2011 S. Wildcat Way, Porterville CA 93257. http://www.tuleriveraero.com posted at 4:27 PM |
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