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Marsh Aviation International, Inc
Company typeAerospace
FoundedDecember 29, 1961 (1961-12-29)
HeadquartersFalcon Field,
Mesa, Arizona
,
USA
Key people
Floyd Stilwell, CEO
ServicesAircraft engineering & maintenance, systems design and manufacture


Marsh Aviation is an aircraft engineering, design, maintenance and re-manufacturing company, situated on East Falcon Drive, at Falcon Field in Mesa, Arizona. The company often works as a sub-contractor to well-known brand-name aerospace companies, discreetly designing and manufacturing components and sub-systems for high-profile programs. The company has also worked on a variety of aircraft programs for governments all over the world.

Founded in December 1961 to convert piston-powered aircraft to turboprop power, the company's first projects involved fitting Rockwell Thrush Commander agricultural aircraft with Garrett AiResearch TPE-331 engines. Later, the firm also re-engined Gulfstream Turbo Cats, Beech Turbo Mentors and Grumman S-2 Trackers with Garrett engines.

The company filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy in September 2009.[1]

Some of Marsh Aviation's aircraft engineering modification programs include:

Notes

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  1. ^ Thomason, Art (September 24, 2009). "Marsh Aviation files Chapter 11". The Arizona Republic. Phoenix, AZ. Retrieved December 24, 2016.
  2. ^ Michell 1994, p. 342.
  3. ^ a b Taylor 1982, pp. 411–412.
  4. ^ Taylor 1988, p. 422.

References

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  • Gunston, Bill (1993). World Encyclopedia of Aircraft Manufacturers. Annapolis: Naval Institute Press. p. 196.
  • Michell, Simon (1994). Jane's Civil and Military Upgrades 1994–95. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Information Group. ISBN 0-7106-1208-7.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1982). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1982–83. London: Jane's Yearbooks. ISBN 0-7106-0748-2.
  • Taylor, John W. R. (1988). Jane's All The World's Aircraft 1988–89. Coulsdon, UK: Jane's Defence Data. ISBN 0-7106-0867-5.