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Thrush Aircraft, Inc. is a small business located in Albany, Georgia housed in a 227,000-sq. ft. office/manufacturing building. Rockwell International originally built the facility in 1965 and operated it until it was purchased by Ayres Corporation November 23, 1977. Thrush Aircraft acquired virtually all of the assets of the old operation on June 30, 2003 and began new, modern operations shortly thereafter.
The new facility is equipped with a full complement of machinery for aircraft manufacture, including water jet, laser cutter, CNC brake, CNC machining centers, turning centers, roll form, hydro form, punch presses, heat treat, age, chem treat processing, etc.
Thrush Aircraft has a well-rounded management team with a wealth of experience in all areas of manufacturing. We operate under the FAA approved Production Certificate 5S0 and meet Mil-I-45208 inspection system requirements, Mil-Q-9858A quality system requirements and Mil-Standard-45662 calibration system requirements. The management team along with a skilled employee base have designed, manufactured, and installed spray systems for 30 years. We have a full complement of support personnel for planning, purchasing, subcontract coordination, engineering, and product support.
Over the years, the predecessor businesses have produced a number of aircraft projects at this facility, including the Myers 200, Lark Darter, CalAir A9 and A9B, Rockwell 112, and the Thrush program since March 1970. Subcontracts have been accomplished for several aerospace companies. These projects include the FedEx cargo conversion kit for the Boeing 727, Lockheed aft quarter panels for the P3 program, MD Helicopter fuselages MD500, MD520, and MD600, British Aerospace 146 cargo door details, Aeronautical Engineers cargo door tooling and details for the 727 and 737, Pats, Inc. fuel tank inspection covers for Boeing, formed parts for Aeronca and Commander, and the design, tool development, and manufacture of kits for the OV10 for Dyncorp. The prior operations have also produced detail parts and tooling for Boeing to support the 727, 737, 747, 757, and 767 production lines.
The prior operator’s Repair Station/Service Center was responsible for the engineering, tooling development, parts manufacture, and installation of Stage 3 hush kits for the DC9, 727 and 737 aircraft. This program was performed for Airborne, US Air, TWA, Northwest, Southwest, Midwest, Canadian Air, Scandinavian, Value Jet/Air Tran, Federal Express, and Air France.
A training program was developed by Ayres to teach the airlines to use the tools that were manufactured and incorporate the kits into their own cowling. The program was provided to US Air, TWA, Northwest, Scandinavian, and Airborne. Thrush hopes to revise and expand on the groundwork begun by Ayres in this area.
Thrush Aircraft has a labor base in the Albany area of approximately 300 persons from which to draw. These persons have aircraft manufacturing experience dating back to the mid-1960's, including all phases of design, tooling production, planning, product manufacturing, product support, and customer service.
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