{"id":584467,"date":"2026-08-06T00:24:16","date_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:24:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584467\/"},"modified":"2026-08-06T00:24:16","modified_gmt":"2026-08-06T00:24:16","slug":"photo-gallery-inside-duncan-aviations-new-engine-shop","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/584467\/","title":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Inside Duncan Aviation\u2019s New Engine Shop"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>    Photo Gallery: Inside Duncan Aviation\u2019s New Engine Shop | Aviation Week<\/p>\n<p>https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg<\/p>\n<p>        <a href=\"#main-content\" class=\"visually-hidden focusable\"><br \/>\n      Skip to main content<br \/>\n    <\/a><\/p>\n<p>    <a id=\"main-content\" tabindex=\"-1\"\/>    <\/p>\n<p>                              <a class=\"article__byline\" href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/lee-ann-shay\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Ann Shay<\/a><br \/>\n                          August 05, 2026<\/p>\n<p>  PW500 Disassembly<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>The new overhaul center for Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada engines\u2014PW300 and PW500 specifically&#8211;includes 12 maintenance bays. A PW500 engine undergoes disassembly here.<\/p>\n<p>  Engine Subassembly<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>A Pratt &amp; Whitney engine undergoes subassembly.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  PW300 Disassembly<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan technicians separate a Pratt &amp; Whitney Canada PW300 into major modules.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Engine Inspections<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Engine parts undergo inspections to identify out-of-tolerance conditions.<\/p>\n<p>  Clean Room<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>The new overhaul center includes dedicated OEM sinks, chemicals and processes.<\/p>\n<p>  NDT<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Dye penetrant, eddy current, magnetic particle and ultrasonic inspection detect cracks and subsurface defects.<\/p>\n<p>  Second Test Cell<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Aviation\u2019s existing 20,000-lb.-thrust test cell used for Honeywell TFE731 engines, which became operational in 2017, \u201cis running all the time,\u201d so it wanted to build a new 20,000-lb.-thrust Atec test facility to support the PW300 and PW500 engines, says Scott Stoki, VP of engine operations.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  TFE731 Overhaul<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Aviation also is a Honeywell TFE731 authorized overhaul shop. It employs 65 team members in 3 shifts.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Test Cell<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan\u2019s original 20,000-lb. thrust test cell.<\/p>\n<p>  HTF7000<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Aviation has been performing authorized repairs on Honeywell HTF7000 since 2015, including 4,800-hour borescope inspections.<\/p>\n<p>  RE100 APU MRO<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Earlier this year Honeywell authorized Duncan Aviation to perform RE100 APU heavy maintenance\u2014the capability of which Duncan expects to come online in 2027.<\/p>\n<p>  Parts Warehouse<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>The new engine center includes a parts warehouse that includes 4,362 lines of inventory.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>  Education Center<\/p>\n<p> Credit: Duncan Aviation<\/p>\n<p>Duncan Aviation\u2019s technical education center supports its 20-month AMT apprenticeship program that started in 2020. Two cohorts start annually. The center also is used for onboarding new hires and supports DME testing for new FAA mechanics.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>        <img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/shaylee-annsized.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"b-lazy  img author__image \"\/><\/p>\n<p>          <a href=\"https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/author\/lee-ann-shay\" class=\"author--teaser__name\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Lee Ann Shay<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"author--teaser__bio\">As executive editor of MRO and business aviation, Lee Ann Shay directs Aviation Week&#8217;s coverage of maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO), including Inside MRO, and business aviation, including BCA.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo Gallery: Inside Duncan Aviation\u2019s New Engine Shop | Aviation Week https:\/\/aviationweek.com\/themes\/custom\/particle\/dist\/app-drupal\/assets\/AW_logo_horizontal_small_white.svg Skip to main content Lee Ann&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":584468,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[61,60,80],"class_list":["post-584467","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-ie","tag-ireland","tag-technology"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584467","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=584467"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/584467\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/584468"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=584467"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=584467"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ie\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=584467"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}