Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies sells and installs the Gogo AVANCE L3 and L5 systems that allow you to transform your inflight experience by enabling you to build a smart-plane environment through industry-leading connectivity that’s both reliable and secure. Plus, you’ll future-ready your aircraft with hardware that evolves for the demands of new technology and prepares you for the connected world of tomorrow.
On a business aircraft, time is valuable. Gogo AVANCE L3 is an affordable platform-based connectivity solution that lets you get your aircraft online, so people get more done during flight. Stay on top of work, in touch with life, entertained and informed in the air, and improve the ROI of your flight time – all on the proven, reliable Gogo Biz network, which gives you a seamless Wi-Fi experience throughout North America (plus portions of Canada and Alaska).
The Gogo AVANCE L5 system is the powerhouse that drives your entire Gogo Biz 4G ecosystem. Now, you can personalize, control and deliver a fully integrated inflight experience that makes connectivity easier and more powerful for everyone—passengers, pilots and crew—to use.
We offer a wide variety of services with an extensive list of makes and models. Contact us to learn how we can help you with your specific need.
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Avionics Lead Technician
Job Type
Full Time/8 hours per day
Experience
5 years minimum as an avionics technician
Pay
$56,000 – $72,800 per year
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc. is a FAA Certified Repair Station located in Columbia Missouri. BAT provides full avionics and airframe services for many types of aircraft, from Cessna singles through medium size business jets.
BAT is seeking an Aviation Electronics Technician/ Avionics Lead Person to oversee inspections, repairs and alterations on a variety of aircraft.
We are looking for someone with exceptional character with experience on piston or jet aircraft. Citation and/or King Air experience is extremely helpful with experience in inspections. BAT offers competitive pay and outstanding benefits.
Benefits:
· 401(k) matching
· Dental insurance
· Flexible spending account
· Health insurance
· Vision insurance
Opportunity for overtime
Avionics Technician – Multiple Openings
Job Type
Full Time/8 hours per day
Experience
3 years minimum as an avionics technician/1 year in aircraft electrical
Pay
$41,600–$68,000 per year
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc. is a FAA Certified Repair Station located in Columbia Missouri. BAT provides full avionics and airframe services for many types of aircraft, from Cessna singles through medium size business jets.
BAT is seeking an Aviation Electronics Technician to perform routine inspections, repairs and alterations on a variety of aircraft.
We are looking for someone with exceptional character with experience on piston or jet aircraft. Citation and/or King Air experience is extremely helpful with experience in inspections. BAT offers competitive pay and outstanding benefits.
Benefits:
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Opportunity for overtime
Wire Harness Specialist – Multiple Openings
Job Type
Full Time/8 hours per day
Experience
1 year of avionics/aircraft experience preferred
Pay
$31,200 – $46,000 per year
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc. is a FAA Certified Repair Station located in Columbia Missouri. Blackhawk Aerospace provides full avionics and airframe services for many types of aircraft from Cessna singles, King Air to Citation business jets.
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc is seeking a Wire Harness Specialist to read wire prints, build & fabricate wire harnesses in a variety of aircraft.
We are looking for someone with exceptional character with experience on piston or jet aircraft. Citation and/or King Air experience is extremely helpful with experience in inspections. Aircraft wiring experience is preferred, but not a requirement. Individual must have a great attention to detail.
Basic skills in computer applications required, such as Microsoft Office Word & Excel.
Blackhawk Aerospace offers competitive pay and outstanding benefits.
Benefits:
401(k) matching
Dental insurance
Flexible spending account
Health insurance
Vision insurance
Opportunity for overtime
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc.
Collins Aerospace
COLLINS AEROSPACE
Breathe New Life into Your Existing Panel
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies offers a variety of popular Collins Avionics systems to revive your current panel, including the King Air Pro Line 21 Modernization and the King Air and CJ Fusion 1+ & 2+.
Collins Pro Line 21™ displays deliver far more than synthetic vision. Featuring 40% more PFD space and 20% more display active area across the flight deck, the Pro Line 21 upgrade integrates ADS-B Out annunciations and enables satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) approach capability for a more powerful avionics suite.
The Collins Pro Line Fusion® fully loaded integrated avionics system for the CJ1+ and CJ2+ is designed to help owners create the perfect flight deck to match their flying style and missions. The most advanced system for single-pilot jets, this upgrade features synthetic vision, ADS-B Out annunciations, and satellite-based augmentation system (SBAS) approach capability.
We offer a wide variety of services with an extensive list of makes and models. Contact us to learn how we can help you with your specific need.
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Shad Sones
Shad Sones is one of the most recent acquisitions of Blackhawk Aerospace. Located in Columbia, Missouri, Shad has over 24 years of avionics experience. He has had the opportunity to do major retrofit of newly designed avionics technology from major vendors like Garmin, Universal, Rockwell Collins, Honeywell and more. In his role as General Manager, he continues to provide customer service, manage operations, events, and schedule maintenance. Graduating from Alexandria Technical College in 1997, with a degree in Avionics, he started his career in the avionics field. Shad also holds a commercial pilot license with an instrument rating, Citation Type rating and more than 1,200 hours in single and multi-engine aircraft.
Conrad Theisen
Conrad Theisen joined the Blackhawk team in 2021 to expand strategic opportunities within the avionics marketplace. He moved into this newly created position when Blackhawk purchased Columbia Avionics later the same year. With new engine STCs now requiring close collaboration with avionics OEMs such as Garmin or Collins Aerospace, he helps bridge the gap within Blackhawk.
Theisen brings 25 years of avionics expertise and experience working with OEMs from his former position, director of avionics sales at Elliott Aviation. During his tenure with Elliott, Thiesen was responsible for G1000 King Air retrofit programs and the Collins Aerospace Modernization upgrade on the King Air series aircraft. He reports directly to the Blackhawk Aerospace Executive Committee as he pursues avionics opportunities within general aviation and the government/military market.
Mark Wilken
Mark Wilken joined Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies in 2021 as the company acquired Columbia Avionics and Aircraft Services. Prior to joining the team, he was the vice president of avionics and operational logistics at Elliott Aviation. While at Elliott Aviation, Wilken was instrumental in leading the development of more than 50 STCs for installing the latest avionics systems on Beechcraft aircraft including the King Air, Beechjet, Premier, and Hawker. He also lead MRO marketing and sales for the Garmin G1000 for King Air model aircraft, maturing the company into the largest MRO Garmin dealer in the world.
Wilken began his professional career at Elliott Aviation in 1990 as an aviation technician after receiving his bachelor’s degree in advanced technical studies, aviation management from Southern Illinois University. He held several positions at Elliott with increased responsibility in developing and growing avionics and modifications projects.
Garmin
GARMIN
ENHANCED SITUATIONAL AWARENESS
Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies sells and installs a variety of the most popular Garmin avionics to boost your aircraft’s capabilities, including the King Air G1000 NXi, the CJ Garmin Upgrade, and the Garmin G5000 EXCEL/XLS.
The G1000 NXi integrated flight deck is the premiere upgrade for the industry’s most popular and trusted King Air flight deck. Its processing power, enhanced features, and growth-oriented technology help lower aircraft operating costs while boosting its overall performance, useful load, NextGen readiness, and market value. G1000 NXi is backed by Garmin’s product support team.
Full flight management system (FMS) capabilities integrating all primary flight, navigation, weather, terrain, traffic, radio frequency, engine, and fuel data readouts in a clearer, simpler, and more intuitive pilot interface.
Simplified component integration with reduced wiring resulting in weight savings that adds to the aircraft’s operational advantages.
Powerful graphics rendering offers high speed zooming, panning, and map depiction.
Rapid system startup delivering almost immediate access to avionics.
Optional SVT™ synthetic vision technology
Optional traffic collision avoidance with integrated ADS-B traffic information system
Large 15-inch multifunction display (MFD) in the center of the panel, flanked by 10.4-inch primary flight displays (PFDs) at the pilot and copilot positions
Dual integrated radio modules with WAAS-certified GPS; VHF navigation with ILS; and VHF communication with 16-watt transceivers and 25 khz or 8.33 khz channel spacing (GIA 64E)
Dual Mode-S transponders with ADS-B Out and In (One GTX 345R and one GTX 335R)
Dual solid-state attitude and heading reference and dual digital air data computers all-in-one system (GSU 75B)
Three-axis digital automatic flight control system/autopilot (GFC 700)
Four-color digital weather radar with stabilization (GWX 75)
Integrated Class-B TAWS terrain alerting with worldwide terrain and U.S. database
SXM satellite radio datalink receiver (GDL 69A)
RVSM airframe certification
MD 302 standby attitude module (SAM)
Removal and replacement of entire avionics wire harness to ensure future reliability
Wiring harnesses fabricated in house with the latest laser wire marking technology
Utilizing the latest avionics technologies from Garmin’s innovative product offerings, Garmin’s major avionics retrofit for the Citation Jet provides a tip-to-tail fully integrated avionics suite. This upgrade offers exceptional flexibility with a wide range of customizable options to fit a variety of operator profiles and price points.
The G600 TXi EFIS PFDs display primary attitude, heading, altitude, airspeed, navigation, flight director, TCAS, TAWS, weather radar, and data link weather data on the 10-inch display.
Guidance from the GTN 750 GPS/COMM/NAV System lets the GFC 600 system automatically fly a wide range of precision, non-precision, and GPS-guided approaches as well as holds, procedure turns, missed approaches, and more.
GFC 600 also includes built-in GPS roll steering capability, allowing smoother navigation tracking and eliminating the need for external roll steering converters.
Flight director cues are displayed as command bars on the G600 TXi EFIS system and are always in view when the autopilot is engaged. It is also available for visual guidance when the autopilot is disengaged.
Remotely installed takeoff/goaround (TOGA) button allows the autopilot to be cued to automatically capture the correct pitch attitude required to fly a missed approach and then follow the missed approach procedure loaded in the GTN 750 GPS navigator.
10-inch flat panel touch screen EFIS displays with synthetic vision
Dual GRS 79 AHRS systems
Dual GDC 7400 RVSM compliant air data computers
GCU 485 EFIS control panel
Garmin electronic stability and protection
Under speed and overspeed protection
Automatic LVL mode
Airspeed climb and decent (IAS) mode
Coupled vertical navigation (VNAV) mode
Flight director (FD) command cues
Emergency descent mode
Removal and replacement of entire avionics wire harness to ensure future reliability
Wiring harnesses fabricated in house with the latest laser wire marking technology
The Garmin G5000 integrated flight deck upgrade for the Citation Excel and XLS delivers the latest in satellite-based navigation capabilities, digital flight management tools, current and future NextGen operational support, and graphical display technologies for enhanced situational awareness.
Complete flight deck update for Cessna Citation Excel and XLS series aircraft
Full WAAS FMS integration and new, dual-channel digital flight control system
Compliance with global airspace modernization initiatives and provides modern platform for future growth requirements
Widescreen displays with integrated engine-indicating and crew-alerting system (EICAS) and split screen functionality
Dual touchscreen display/controllers and an intuitive, graphical menu interface for ease of system interaction
Optional SVT™, data comm/link 2000+/CPDLC, SurfaceWatch™ and Connext® cockpit connectivity
Pilot/copilot audio system with XM radio input
Full reversionary display capability
Supports coupled LPV approaches, vertical navigation, flight level change (FLC) and other sophisticated flight monitoring and performance capabilities
3-year parts and labor warranty
Dual integrated radio modules providing WAAS-certified GPS, VHF navigation with ILS, and VHF communication with 16-watt transceivers and 25Khz or 8.33Khz channel spacing (GIA 64W)
Dual NextGen/SESAR compliance Mode-S transponders with ADS-B out. (GTX-3000)
Dual touch screen controllers (GTC 575)
Dual digital air data computers (GDC 7400)
Three-axis digital automatic flight control system (GFC 700)
Four-color digital weather radar with stabilization (GWX 75) with optional GWX 80
Integrated Class-A TAWS terrain alerting with worldwide terrain and U.S. database
XM satellite radio datalink receiver (GDL 69A)
RVSM airframe certification
Removal and replacement of entire avionics wire harness to ensure future reliability
Wiring harnesses fabricated in house with the latest laser wire marking technology
