SME MANUFACTURING, SPOKANE, WASHINGTON CHAPTER 248

June 18, 2014

Professional Networking for Manu-

facturing, Engineering, Production,

Business and Lean Leaders...

Members and guests of SME Spokane chapter 248 tour the MRO (Maintenance, Repair and Overhaul) area of the Spo-

kane International Airport. The first stop was XN Air, XN Air is fixed-base operator (FBO) is a commercial business

granted the right by an airport to operate on the airport and provide aeronautical services such as fueling, hangaring,

tie-down and parking, aircraft rental, aircraft maintenance, flight instruction, etc. In common practice, an FBO is a

primary provider of support services to general aviation operators at a public-use airport either located on airport

leasehold property or, in rare cases, adjacent to airport leasehold property as a through the fence operation.

XN Air was the rendezvous point for the start of the tour. To the

left you can see SME 248 Executive committee members Tony

Wisniewski (center) and Dave Sorg (right) making arrangements to

log in the tour attendees and provide them with ID badges. Our

tour host was Frank Warren, General Manager, XN Air - Spokane

Internationall Airport

[T] (509) 455-5204

[Below] — This 3D map is a representation of plans for expansion

of the manufacturing, industrial and MRO base in and around Spo-

kane’s International airport. The areas adjacent and nearby the

airport contain several thousand acres of land that are available

for commercial and industrial development. The airport is espe-

cially attracrive manufacturing center because of its proximity to

Interstate Hwy 90, US Rte 2, and railroad spur access.

(Above) Chris Martens explains the operation of an FAA repair station. His company, located in the MRO area of the Spokane International Airport does repair and rebuild

work on a wide variety of aviation electronic and other components to meet stringent FAA specifications. He explains here to the SME tour group the This is an example of

some of the work performed within the repair station.

[Below] — This 3D map was part of a presentation by Todd Woodard, the Director of Marketing and Public Relations for the Spokane International Airport. Todd’s presenta-

tion center around explaining the Airport’s plans for the future relative to expanding manufacturing and industrial activity as well as MRO work in and around the airport.

CONTACT INFORMATION:

Todd S. Woodard, Director, Marketing/Public Relations

Spokane International Airport

509.455.6470 Direct, 509.998.7265 Mobile

In 2004, Absolute Aviation Services was formed as an FAA certified repair station special-izing in Electrical, Electronic and Lighting accessories. Since then, Absolute has added limited ratings for Instruments and Radio providing CMM and DER repairs on a variety of Electrical, Lighting and Mechanical products. Proven partnerships have been built with many airline and MRO customers and product lines of CMM and DER component repairs offering high quality maintenance at a good value are continually expanded.

ABSOLUTE AVIATION SERVICES

A Repair Division of Wencor Group Chris Martens 8122 West Pilot Drive Spokane, WA 99224 T: 509.747.2904 F: 509.747.4026 www.absoluteaviation.com sales@absoluteaviation.com FAA Repair Station VQJR937X EASA 145.5923

NORTHWEST FLIGHT SCHOOL Chalie Archer, GM, (509) 458-2FLY Spokane International Airport (KGEG) Main Office, Training Center 8125 W Pilot Drive Spokane, WA 99224 (509) 458-2359 info@northwestflightschool.com Northwest maintains a flight school here at Spokane International as well as Felts field, additional-ly it maintains a substantial overhaul and maintenance capability. Charlie Archer explains some of the maintenance procedures to the SME members on your.