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Piedmont Aircraft Expands Brand with Strategic Control of Maintenance Facility at Pinehurst/Southern Pines AirportPiedmont Aircraft has inked an agreement to assume operational control of the aircraft maintenance operation at Moore County Airport (SOP) at Pinehurst/Southern Pines, NC, effective September 1, 2012. The maintenance facility, which up until now has been operated by the airport authority, will now be known as Piedmont Aircraft Services.“This is an opportunity that makes excellent strategic sense for Piedmont Aircraft,” said Tom Mekis, CEO of Piedmont. “In the course of our aircraft sales and management business we need to have numerous aircraft inspections conducted that we have always had to outsource. We now have our own in-house facility to conduct some of these inspections, and can apply the same experience and professionalism to our maintenance shop that we offer our aircraft sales and management customers.”Piedmont plans on expanding the current maintenance capabilities of the facility, which traditionally has serviced primarily piston-poweredaircraft, to include turbine-powered aircraft as well. Mike Weeks, an experienced aircraft maintenance facility manager, will serve as Vice President of Piedmont Aircraft Services and lead that expansion. This is part of a planned strategic growth plan that Piedmont has had in place since its inception.Moore County Airport has one 5,500-foot runway and offers easy access to the famed Pinehurst Resort, with one of the finest golf courses in the world as well as multiple other world-class golf resorts. In 2014, Pinehurst will host both the Men’s and Women’s US Open Golf Championship. “We’re delighted to have Piedmont Aircraft handling the aircraft maintenance at SOP,” said Steve Borden, Moore County Airport Executive Director. “It’s a company with a reputation for excellence and our customers will be well served.”For more information, contact Piedmont Air•craft at 800-259-1940 or access www.piedmont aircraft.com. T&Tal-vealing a clean surface with very little effort. Just spray-on and wipe-off. See the video of Turbine Soot Master in action by visiting www.realclean products.com and be amazed!Use Coupon Code: TWIN&TURBINE and receive a 10% discount.Turbine Soot a carbon exhaust build-turbine aircdissolves carbon, grease and oil, re-up onraft.TSM safelyAd IndexAero Mach .......................................... 17 Aircraft Performance...........................48 Airparks Love Flyin ............................. 35 Arizona Type Rating ............................ 51 Avidyne Corporation .....Inside Back Cover B&S Aircraft .......................................... 9 Becker Avionics .................................. 49 BLR Aerospace ..................................... 7 Covington Aircraft Engines .................. 12 Falcon Insurance Agency ...................... 8 Hartzell Propeller Service Ctr .............. 25 Hillaero Modification Center ................ 47 Incredible Adventures ........................... 7 Jetprop ............................................... 47 Lighthawk........................................... 53 Mitsubishi ........................................... 19 Nashua Air Inc..................................... 49 NBAA ......................... 41, 43, Back CoverNortheast Air Inc. .................................. 8 Paul Bowen ........................................ 18 Penn Avionics ..................................... 53 Pilot N Paws ....................................... 21 Preferred Airparts LLC......................... 48 Prime Turbines.......................................... 55 Quest Aircraft Company... Inside Front Cover Raisbeck Engineering ................... 28, 29 RealClean Aircraft Detailing........... 25, 55 Rocky Mountain Propellers.................. 17 Scope Aircraft Finance ........................ 33 Select Airparts .................................... 51 Survival Products................................33 TeledyneBatteryProducts..................21 Trace Aviation ..................................... 13 Turbines Inc. ....................................... 13 VAC Veterans Airlift Command............... 3 yingling Aircraft .................................. 21OCTOBER 2012TWIN & TURBINE • 55EN ROUTE