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Global MRO services provider, Vector Aerospace
Corporation, recently ran a series of “Vector Ag Customer Days” for the second
year running.
The events focus on the important Australian
agricultural aerial application operator and firefighting segments and were held
in collaboration with Field Air and Pratt and Whitney Canada (P&WC).
The first Ag Customer Day was held in Moree,
New South Wales, with the second held in Adelaide, South Australia ahead of the
Aerial Agricultural Association of Australia (AAAA) National Convention.
Highlights of the sessions included a live hot section inspection (HSI)
demonstration on a P&WC PT6A engine model, during which Vector’s mobile repair
team (MRT) experts took the engine apart, thereby allowing attendees to better
appreciate how the HSI is performed.
The events also benefited from the insights
provided by P&WC’s local Field Support Representative (FSR) and Customer Service
team, including a cutaway PT6A engine plus a variety of components exhibiting
the types of engine damage experienced by Ag operators in the field, including
lightning strikes, corrosion and foreign object damage (FOD).
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Vector Aerospace representatives, (L to R):
Simon Atherley, Malcolm Venturi, Matthew Veitch, Simon Wilks, Nick Mears and
Matt Dennington. |
Commenting on the Ag Customer Day events,
Matt Dennington,
General Manager of Vector Aerospace Australia, said: “These Customer Days offer
a great opportunity for us to focus on the unique needs of our agricultural
aerial application operators, receiving valuable feedback from the field and in
turn highlighting the wide range of services offered by Vector. Working closely
with P&WC, we are able to offer a broad range of cost-saving opportunities for
the ag operator community, while at the same time supporting their demanding
aircraft utilization schedules with reliable engine performance.”
Vector Aerospace Australia is a P&WC
Designated Overhaul Facility (DOF) for a wide range of P&WC PT6A engine models
including the PT6A-11AG, PT6A-15AG, PT6A-34AG, PT6A-60AG, PT6A-65AG and
PT6A-67AG, designed specifically for the ag industry. In addition, Vector’s
Summerside facility in Canada also supports the PT6A-41AG engine model.
Field Air, established in 1963, is one of the
leading aerial application businesses in Australia. The company was formed at
Ballarat in Western Victoria, primarily to provide aerial spreading and spraying
services to farms in Western Victoria. Field Air then expanded into the Riverina
of NSW working on rice and other irrigated and dry land crops. In the early
1970s, the company expanded when it took on the Australian dealership for Air
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