West Star Aviation to overhaul Embraer Phenom 100 and 300 landing gear

West Star Aviation have entered into agreement with Embraer to accomplish Phenom 100 and 300 96-month landing gear overhauls.
West Star will have two facilities located in Grand Junction, CO and Chattanooga, TN, dedicated to landing gear overhaul. Grand Junction, CO (GJT) will be expanding their current landing gear shop into a 21,000 ft² state-of-the art facility. The expansion will include chemical processing, plating capabilities, machining and additional painting operations. Chattanooga will work from their existing facility to include landing gear overhaul. West Star has heavily invested tooling, fixtures, training, rotables and assets to prepare for full capacity support at both their Grand Junction, CO and Chattanooga, TN locations. In addition, West Star overhauls Hawker, Challenger, LearJet and King Air landing gear.
Furthermore West Star Aviation reported expansion details for their Chattanooga, TN location. This expansion is set for completion during fourth quarter of 2017. The expansion will consist of a new maintenance hangar with over 65,300 ft² incorporating 40,000 ft² of hangar and 25,300 ft² of office and support space. Additionally, the expansion will include a state-of-the-art paint facility with 41,519 ft² consisting of crossdraft prep bay, downdraft paint bay, office and support space. “This expansion is going to give us the chance to offer one-stop maintenance, paint, avionics and interior refurbishment conveniently to our Eastern territory clients. Our plan is to break ground in fourth quarter of 2016,” says, Tom Hilboldt, General Manager (CHA), West Star Aviation.