REFLECTOR: China buys Teledyne Continental Motors

Bob Jackson (Jax Tech) bobj at jaxtechllc.com
Fri May 6 08:51:01 CDT 2011


I'm with Jim (and also an optimist!).  

 

I got to tour the TCM plant in Mobile last Friday.  I saw nothing but
commitment to quality and dedication from everyone I saw in Alabama.
Obviously, they had little to say about having a new owner but it's a very
impressive operation spanning four or five hangars and buildings on the old
Air Force base.

 



 

They said they are shipping 10 engines (up from 7 last year and compared to
14 several years ago), plus 100,000 parts a day (everything from nuts and
bolts to cylinder heads and alternators, which they wind and build
themselves in Mobile).  

 



 

I was very impressed with their Mobile plant, including the fact they just
came out with a new turbocharged 550K that runs LOP right from the factory
(to compete with Tornado Alley's version used in the new Cirrus).

 

Bob Jackson

N2XF

 

PS  Plus like Victor Taylor said -- St Elmo is selling gas for $4.16/gal!

 

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From: reflector-bounces at tvbf.org [mailto:reflector-bounces at tvbf.org] On
Behalf Of Jim Agnew
Sent: Friday, May 06, 2011 8:34 AM
To: Velocity Aircraft Owners and Builders list
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: China buys Teledyne Continental Motors

 

Or they just might make more modern ones with better materials, and less
expensive machining!   
 

James F. Agnew

Jim_Agnew_2 at Yahoo.Com

Tampa, FL

Velocity 173 Elite Aircraft Completed & Flying

 

 

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From: Kevin Baker <flykb at verizon.net>
To: reflector at tvbf.org
Sent: Thu, May 5, 2011 9:41:23 PM
Subject: Re: REFLECTOR: China buys Teledyne Continental Motors

Nice... there goes the quality
Who knows how 'cheap' they will make the engines now.
Like when they said they were using "no lead paint"
Guess they'll start making tin engines calling them strong.
I will not be buying any continentals with my bottom in the seat.

On 5/5/2011 5:32 PM, Scott Derrick wrote: 

Yeah, they'll rename it to TCM-Mart!

-------- Original Message --------
Subject: REFLECTOR: China buys Teledyne Continental Motors
From: Chuck Harbert  <mailto:c.harbert1 at frontier.com>
<c.harbert1 at frontier.com>
To: Undisclosed-Recipient:;
Date: 05/05/2011 04:02 PM




China Lays Out Its GA Plan


  <http://www.avweb.com/newspics/chinaflag.jpg> The recent buying spree of
U.S. aviation companies by the Chinese appears to be a coordinated effort to
ensure the country cashes in on the phased liberalization of airspace
restrictions.
<http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/90001/90778/90860/7368503.html> People's
Daily, the official organ of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of
China, reported on Tuesday that state-owned AVIC International Holding
Corporation recently completed its acquisition of Mobile, Ala.-based
Teledyne Continental Motors and the purchase "will make AVIC International
better prepared for the burgeoning general aviation market in the country."
It also touts the pending sale of Cirrus Aircraft to China Aviation Industry
General Aircraft Company (CAIGA) "will greatly enhance CAIGA's production
capacity, and help it meet the surging demand for general aviation aircraft
as China looks to further open up its low-altitude airspace." It's worth
noting that CAIGA was formed in May of 2010, not long before reports began
circulating that Cirrus was being sold to the Chinese. The deal was formally
announced Feb. 28 and must still be approved by U.S. regulators.

People's Daily unveiled the timeline for the opening up of low-level
airspace in China. It quotes Li Jiaxiang, director of the Civil Aviation
Administration of China, as saying the plan is to phase in the airspace
liberalization and have all airspace below 3,000 meters open by 2015. The
plan was laid out pretty clearly in the story. "The development of the whole
industry will be accelerated through cooperating with foreign companies and
introducing advanced technologies to develop China's own products and
intellectual property rights," said Wang Xia, deputy president of the
General Aviation College under the Civil Aviation University of China. "As
foreign companies have limited knowledge of the domestic general aviation
policies and operating system, domestic enterprises still have certain
advantages. However, the advantages are temporary. We must advance with the
times and continue to develop to maintain this advantage."

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