Breeze-Eastern Becomes FAA Certified Repair Station.UNION, N.J.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Aug. 19, 1999-- Breeze-Eastern, a division of TransTechnology Corporation (NYSE NYSE See: New York Stock Exchange :TT) today received Federal Aviation Administration Federal Aviation Administration (FAA), component of the U.S. Department of Transportation that sets standards for the air-worthiness of all civilian aircraft, inspects and licenses them, and regulates civilian and military air traffic through its air traffic control (FAA) certification to operate as a FAR 145 Repair Station. This certification allows equipment identified on an approved capabilities list to be repaired and/or overhauled and returned to service under Breeze-Eastern's FAA Certified Repair Station Number BZ7R167O. FAA Aviation Safety Inspectors John Ho and Michael Terre of the FAA Flight Standards District Office A Flight Standards District Office, or FSDO, is a regional office of the United States Federal Aviation Administration. There are about 82 such regional offices nationwide. No. 25 located in Teterboro, New Jersey Teterboro is a borough in Bergen County, New Jersey, U.S. As of the United States 2000 census, the borough population was 18, making it the smallest municipality in New Jersey by population at the time of the census, ahead of Pine Valley (population 20) and Tavistock (with 24 presented the repair station certificate to Robert L. G. White, President of Breeze-Eastern who accepted it on behalf of the entire Breeze-Eastern organization. Mr. White commended the efforts of the Breeze-Eastern team and specifically acknowledged the hard work and dedication of team leader John Stow John Stow (c. 1525–6 April 1605), was an English historian and antiquarian. The son of Thomas Stow, a tallow-chandler, he was born about 1525 in London, in the parish of St Michael, Cornhill. His father's whole rent for his house and garden was only 6s. 6d. , Technical Manager of Product Support who was supported by Ehambaram Sundaresan, Vice President of Quality Assurance, Fredda Opalsky, Vice President of Product Support and the entire Breeze-Eastern organization. As part of the certification process, six Breeze-Eastern employees were approved as FAA Repairmen. FAA Repairmen are responsible for attesting to the suitability of repaired and overhauled equipment being returned to service. Breeze Eastern is the world's leading manufacturer of helicopter rescue hoists and cargo hooks, and also manufactures actuators and motion control devices for aerospace and weapon system applications. TransTechnology Corporation is a New Jersey based manufacturer of specialty fasteners fasteners In construction, connectors between structural members. Bolted connections are used when it is necessary to fasten two elements tightly together, especially to resist shear and bending, as in column and beam connections. and aerospace products with almost 2,000 employees at its thirteen manufacturing facilities in the US, England, Germany and Brazil. |
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