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Bird Strike Damage

TDL Aero is the Cirrus repair arm of Gateway Air Center. These are the slides from a powerpoint presentation on bird strike damage. We have pages on how we repair Skin / Core Damage (146 KB) and Tail Impact Damage (350 KB), as well.

If your Cirrus aircraft needs repair, call us at (209) 722-7300 or send E-mail to Tom:

Bird strike damage to Cirrus aircraft

Damage evaluation

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Damage evaluation on Cirrus aircraft

Jig to insure wing shape

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Damaged skins removed from Cirrus aircraft (1)

Damaged skins removed from Cirrus aircraft (2)

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New LE wing skins for Cirrus aircraft

New skins trimmed to fit on Cirrus aircraft (1)

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New skins trimmed to fit on Cirrus aircraft (2)

Upper skin bonded

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Baking the top skin

Upper skin bond complete

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Lower skin bonding, Cirrus aircraft

Bond joints inspected

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Skins trimmed, jig fit checked

Epoxy and fiberglass layup

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Remove peal-ply

EMM installation and vacuum bag

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Peal-ply removed

Ready for final fill and paint

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