AeroMechanical Services receives first AFIRS 228 Activation STC

AeroMechanical Services has received its first activation Supplemental Type Certificate (STC) for the Automated Flight Information Reporting System (AFIRS) 228 on a CRJ-900 Series aircraft. The activation STC was approved by Transport Canada Civil Aviation (TCCA) and issued under the authority of AMA’s Design Approval Organization. It allows for the full installation of AFIRS 228 on the aircraft type. AMA announced a contract with a North American CRJ operator, to which this STC applies, on June 21, 2011. Since then, the Company received the provisions only STC and installed the AFIRS 228 on the customer’s aircraft to conduct the necessary flight test.