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MRO FEATURE
Flying Colours Corp.
president and founder
John Gillespie.
FLYING COLOURS CORP.
The project led to an ongoing alliance between
Flying Colours and the Canadian OEM, which sees all
Flying Colours facilities supporting work across the
Bombardier Global, Challenger and Learjet aircraft.
The CRJ work also opened the doors to Flying Colours
working in Asia, leading to a number of projects, such
as being selected by Bombardier to provide interiors
support services within the OEM's Seletar Airport
facility to complement their own maintenance services in 2015.
Recently, Flying Colours opened a fully-computerized climate-controlled paint shop at their
Peterborough facility. This is the most advanced
paint preparation and application facility the business owns and is large enough to paint business
aircraft up to Global 7500 size or executive airlines
such as the A220 - a first for the business to have
the capacity to accommodate narrow body aircraft.
"It incorporates the latest technology, is purpose
built and designed for functionality with environmental sustainability in mind. We expanded the
paint technician team and offer a variety of paint
techniques including electro-static applications. We
are also moving away from chromate primers to nonchromate products, to deliver improved specifications and conformances for the aviation industry to
improve the paint finish, reduce waste and make a
positive impact to worker's health and environmental
protection," Gillespie added.
Expansion has been the name of the game for
Flying Colours, as for the past 12 months, the company has increased the capacity of each of it's three
locations. Expansion, Gillespie said, is a key business
driver for the company at this time.
"Expansion is a key business driver right now. In
St Louis. the team moved into a new hangar this
January, which is large enough to accommodate three
Global type aircraft at any one time. This followed the
outfitting of a purpose-built manufacturing workshop, which primarily supports the design, build and
finishing of woodwork monuments for large business
jet cabins. This increased productivity by 600 percent
and was the first major infrastructure change since
the acquisition. Meanwhile at Peterborough, work
is progressing on construction of the largest building - this incorporates the dedicated paint shop. In
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Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of Aircraft Maintenance Technology
A Place for Everything
The Wide World of Wi-Fi
Aftermarket Post COVID
Flying Colours' Flight Path
Precision Tools for Precise Jobs
What Aviation Maintenance Training Looks Like in a Pandemic
It Will Get Worse
Editor's Takeoff: From Toy Boxes to Toolboxes
Professionalism: The New Face of Safety and Service
GAMA Insight: Embracing Remote and Virtual Assist Technologies
Industry Inspection
Advertiser's Index
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Aircraft Maintenance Technology - Editor's Takeoff: From Toy Boxes to Toolboxes
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Aircraft Maintenance Technology - Industry Inspection
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Aircraft Maintenance Technology - A Place for Everything
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Aircraft Maintenance Technology - The Wide World of Wi-Fi
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