New Air Ambulance Service Helicopter Stops at St. Louis Downtown Airport

By Carmelo Turdo

Jefferson Regional Medical Center-based air ambulance, a Bell Helicopter 206-L4 Long Ranger, stopped in at St. Louis Downtown Airport today.  In service since November 10, the aircraft is operated by Air Medical Services of Glendale, AZ and serves primarily Jefferson County, MO.  It also shares air ambulance duties with Arch and Air Medical Life Team in the St. Louis and Metro East Illinois area. 

Company Profile: Sabreliner Corporation

By Carmelo Turdo

Sabreliner Corporation continues to thrive as a diversified aviation services company that supports current and older aircraft maintenance, refurbishment and remanufacturing needs for civil and governmental customers. Since its success with the Rockwell Sabreliner line of business and military jets, Sabreliner has become a premier supplier and subcontractor to Airbus, BAE Systems, Boeing, Bombardier Aerospace, L-3 Communications, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Sikorsky Aircraft as well as the U.S. military. Sabreliner is headquartered in Clayton, MO and has facilities in Perryville, St. Mary and Ste. Genevieve Missouri.

In Perryville, Sabreliner services U.S. Army Black Hawk helicopters, U.S. Air Force C-21 Learjets, U.S. Navy T-39, T-34 and T-44 trainers, and A-4 Skyhawk aircraft for civilian customers. In Ste. Genevieve, Sabreliner provides maintenance for flight control components for the Air Force KC-135 and the Navy E-6B. Also, replacement components are made for KC-135 rudders and E-3 Sentry elevators as well as center wing assemblies for the P-3 Orion anti-submarine aircraft flown by the U.S. Navy, other U.S. agencies and allied governments. In St. Mary, the company also fabricates sheet metal assemblies for Bombardier's production of long-range Challenger business jets and makes assemblies, sub assemblies and components for Sikorsky helicopters.  

Sabreliner will provide special vintage paint jobs for selected U.S. Navy aircraft during the 2011 celebration of the Centennial of U.S. Naval Aviation.  Check back in the future for more photos as they become available.  Go to http://www.amv83.fr/Navycag/centennial.htm for a preview.

For more information about Sabreliner Corporation, visit http://www.sabreliner.com.

(Portions of this post were provided by the Sabreliner public website)

Navy T-34C at the Perryville Plant (Mark Nankivil Photo)

EAA 64 Members Pitch In to Beautify and Repair Historic Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport

Historic Hangar 2 at St. Louis Downtown Airport is getting a face lift by members of EAA Chapter 64. Curtiss-Wright Hangar 2, completed in 1930, is home to EAA 64 and the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum. Please join me in thanking EAA 64 for their hard work - painting hangar doors and entrance doors and rebuilding a portion of the roof. 

BD-5 Microjet Returns to Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum Today

The BD-5 Microjet returned to its hangar at the Greater St. Louis Air & Space Museum today.  Here are some scenes from the delivery - come to the museum to see it in person!