Superior Air Parts, Inc., is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Superior Aviation Group. The company was founded in 1967 by Burt "Inky" Dedmon, with the goal of providing modern and cost-effective FAA-approved Parts Manufacturer Approval (PMA) replacement components for piston aircraft engines.
The company currently holds over 3,500 FAA-PMAs, making it the leading provider of PMA aftermarket replacement parts for Lycoming and Continental piston aircraft engines. Superior Air Parts is best known for its line of Millennium Cylinders®.
Since their introduction in 1991, over 200,000 Millennium Cylinders have flown tens-of-millions-of flight hours around the world. In 2001 the Millennium Cylinders Generation II® were introduced with a list of refinements and performance enhancements.
One important differentiator between the Millennium Cylinders and the other new products and the parts the company offers is that the Superior-designed and manufactured parts are certified to the latest Federal Aviation Regulations (FARs) Part 33, where as the majority of the parts used in OEM engines were most likely certified to the much older Civil Air Regulations (CAR) Part 13.
In addition to its extensive array of piston engine FAA PMA parts and components, Superior Air Parts produces the 180-horsepower, FAA-certified Vantage Engine, as well as its family of XP-Engines for experimental and kit aircraft builders.
Superior Air Parts company timeline:
o 1967 - Company founded by Burt "Inky" Dedmon
o 1967 - Shipped first FAA PMA valve guide for piston aircraft engine
o 1991 - Introduced the Millennium Cylinder®
o 2001 - Introduced the Millennium Generation II®
o 2001 - Received the final FAA PMA needed to assemble an entire four cylinder aircraft engine entirely from FAA approved PMA parts
o 2001 - Introduced the XP-Engine(TM) Series kit engine for experimental aircraft
o 2002 - Held first XP-Engine Build School(TM) at Coppell, TX headquarters
o 2004 - Received FAA Type Certificate for the 180-horsepower, Vantage Engine(TM)
o 2005 - Vantage Engine FAA certified on American Champion High Country Explorer
o 2006 - Introduced the 215 horsepower XP-400(TM) Engine
o 2015 - Introduced the 200 horsepower XP-382(TM) Engine
o 2015 - Received FAA STC to install the Vantage Engine on Cessna 172 (R&S) aircraft
o 2016 - Introduced series of educational forums at Oshkosh/AirVenture
o 2017 - Received 3,499th and 3,500th FAA PMAs
o 2017 - Sold the 2,300th XP-Engine kit
o 2017 - Millennium Cylinder® shipments surpassed 230,000 worldwide
o 2017 - Published "Engine Management 101" by Bill Ross
o July 25, 2017 - Celebrating Superior Air Parts' 50th Anniversary at Oshkosh/AirVenture
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External links
- Official website
- New diesel engine, with some similarity to the Junkers Jumo 205. Video
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