Aircraft Management

Great Southwest Aviation (GSA) is the Only Full Service FBO in Southeastern, New Mexico which can provide you a productivity tool to ease the burden of managing an aircraft. Logistics of maintenance, storage, staffing, scheduling, training and regulatory compliance are all areas in which GSA will provide expertise to help streamline your ownership responsibilities. Our goal is to ensure that private aircraft ownership remains a cost-effective tool for you and your business.









Aircraft Painting

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Flight Test Center of the Southwest

Great Southwest Aviation is host to several Aircraft manufactures including:
  • Boeing
  • Cessna
  • Gulfstream
  • Bombardier

    • Flight test is a branch of aeronautical engineering that develops and gathers data during flight of an aircraft and then analyzes the data to evaluate the flight characteristics of the aircraft and validate its design, including safety aspects. The flight test phase accomplishes two major tasks: 1) finding and fixing any aircraft design problems and then 2) verifying and documenting the aircraft capabilities for government certification or customer acceptance. The flight test phase can range from the test of a single new system for an existing aircraft to the complete development and certification of a new aircraft. Therefore the duration of a flight test program can vary from a few weeks to several years.

    There are typically two categories of flight test programs - commercial and military. Commercial flight testing is conducted to certify that the aircraft meets all applicable safety and performance requirements of the government certifying agency. In the US, this is the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA); in Canada, Transport Canada (TC); in the United Kingdom (UK), the Civil Aviation Authority; and in the European Union, the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Since commercial aircraft development is normally funded by the aircraft manufacturer and/or private investors, the certifying agency does not have a stake in the commercial success of the aircraft. These civil agencies are concerned with the aircraft's safety and that the pilot's flight manual accurately reports the aircraft's performance. The market will determine the aircraft's suitability to operators. Normally, the civil certification agency does not get involved in flight testing until the manufacturer has found and fixed any development issues and is ready to seek certification.