Air Dallas Instruments Inc

Air Dallas Instruments is an aviation instrument shop in Lewisville, Texas. The company was founded on September 19, 1977, by Wimber and Mary Ann Clark. It is still family owned. Its president moved up from shop supervisor and has led the company since 2018.

The shop repairs, overhauls and exchanges aviation instruments. It does component level testing and repairs, and it services both panel mount and remote instruments. Accessory services include landing lights, search lights, tach generators and circulating fans. The company also sells instruments and works as a dealer for other products.

Installations are done at a second location at North Texas Regional Airport in Denison, Texas. The shop keeps an in house inventory so it can speed up deliveries. It supports aircraft on ground situations with quick turnarounds, and it has an after hours AOG line for urgent work.

The website says Air Dallas is the only certified service center in the United States for SATHOM and Thommen AG instruments. It is also one of two certified US service centers for Astronautics Corporation of America. The site lists service center work for manufacturers including Instrument Tech, Lewis, Luminator, M7 Aerospace, Rochester and Ultra Electronic.

The Lewisville shop holds FAA instrument, limited accessory, radio and airframe approvals, and an EASA approval and a UK CAA approval. Its quality system is certified to AS9110C and ISO 9001:2015. The Denison location holds its own FAA limited airframe, instruments, radio and accessories approval.

The team has more than 100 years of combined experience in the aviation industry. The site says customers include individuals, corporations and airlines, and that every customer is treated with equal respect. The company says it focuses on quality workmanship, integrity, competitive prices and delivery times that suit each customer.

The service desk is open Monday to Friday, from 8:00 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. Central time. The site has a message form for quotes, repair requests and general questions, and it lists staff for sales, quality, maintenance and parts.

Services

• Avionics repair
• Instrument repair and overhaul
• Instrument exchanges
• Installations
• Dealerships
• Accessory services
• AOG support
• Certifications