{"id":399,"date":"2012-03-12T17:57:45","date_gmt":"2012-03-13T00:57:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/maxcraft.ca\/blog\/?p=399"},"modified":"2012-03-12T17:57:45","modified_gmt":"2012-03-13T00:57:45","slug":"luxembourg-and-a-bell-412","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.maxcraft.ca\/blog\/luxembourg-and-a-bell-412\/","title":{"rendered":"Luxembourg and a Bell 412"},"content":{"rendered":"

Off to Luxembourg!!!<\/h1>\n

Wow, how exciting!\u00c2\u00a0 On request, we sent one of our staff, Ali Miri, an experienced Avionics Aircraft Maintenance Engineer,\u00c2\u00a0to go work on a Bell 412.<\/p>\n

Ali had the pleasure of flying into this beautiful country, which neighbors Belgium,France and Germany, and experience Luxembourg for the first time. Some interesting facts: \u00c2\u00a0its home to over 450,000 residents; has foreign residents representing more than a third of the Luxembourg Population and Luxembourg residents have the highest income per capita of any country in the world.<\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0Ali was able to give us a little of his story:<\/h2>\n

I left Vancouver Wednesday night and\u00c2\u00a0arrived on a Thursday evening into Luxembourg\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s Findel Airport.\u00c2\u00a0 Whilst their national airline flies to 21 European destinations,\u00c2\u00a0there are no direct flights between North America and Luxembourg.\u00c2\u00a0 My flight was about 14 hrs long with a stop at London Heathrow Airport.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Packing for Liberia<\/p><\/div>\n

I was asked to work on \u00c2\u00a0the GPS system in\u00c2\u00a0a Bell 412 Helicopter to fix<\/em>. This CHC helicopter was shipped from YVR on a Boeing 747 to Luxembourg. \u00c2\u00a0It was then being assembled there \u00c2\u00a0to fly to Liberia for transportation to offshore oil and gas platforms and vessels.<\/em><\/p>\n

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Bell 412 getting blades<\/p><\/div>\n

The aircraft was placed in a larger outdoor tent due to limited space and supported by LAR (Luxembourg Air Rescue).<\/em><\/p>\n

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Working in a tent<\/p><\/div>\n

At the end of my excursion, we test flew the Bell412 over the city with the KLN900 (GPS) for testing.<\/em><\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>\"\"<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\u00c2\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n

While there I was able to enjoy the food and their beer. I discovered that Luxembourg is a trilingual country; German, French and Luxembourgish are official languages.<\/em><\/p>\n

The weather was bearable as the temperatures were around +5, but as the day turned into evening the temperatures dropped to -10.<\/em><\/p>\n

\u00c2\u00a0\"\"\u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0 \u00c2\u00a0\"\"<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n

Overall, it was a great trip and a great experience!\u00c2\u00a0 And after a long week away, Ali was back with us sharing his adventure! \u00c2\u00a0We look forward to writing about more adventures from our staff and their personal experiences.<\/p>\n

Maxcraft Avionics<\/a>\u00c2\u00a0is a leader in airplane and helicopter avionic\u00c2\u00a0system upgrades like the Garmin GTN series, including installation of everything from a basic\u00c2\u00a0VHF\u00c2\u00a0Radio and simple Garmin portable GPS all the way to\u00c2\u00a0TCAS, EFIS,\u00c2\u00a0and autopilot\u00c2\u00a0systems<\/a>. We have the largest avionics facility\u00c2\u00a0<\/em>in Canada and we have over 20,000 unique part numbers in our\u00c2\u00a0in inventory to repair your aircraft or upgrade your cockpit.<\/em><\/p>\n

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