Brookhouse Composites, of Darwen, Lancashire, has been formally approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as a certified repair station complying with FAR Part 145 certification.

Brookhouse Composites, of Darwen, Lancashire, has been formally approved by the Federal Aviation Administration as a certified repair station complying with FAR Part 145 certification. The approval allows Brookhouse to repair and overhaul composite components on US-registered aircraft on behalf of OEMs and airlines. The company already holds EASA Part 145 qualification from the European Aviation Safety Agency (EASA).

The FAA is responsible for the safety of civil aviation and for the airworthiness of US-registered aircraft and, as such, issues and enforces regulations and minimum standards covering manufacturing, operating and maintaining aircraft.

The EASA is similarly charged with maintaining the level of aviation safety in Europe and beyond.

With its dual certification, Brookhouse can now provide local repair facilities to aircraft operators irrespective of the aircraft's country of registration.

Brookhouse Composites is a company within Brookhouse, an organisation totally focused on the aerospace sector, providing solutions in composites.

In addition to its repair facilities, Brookhouse offers a design and manufacturing facility for composites tooling, as well as a capability for design, prototyping, manufacture, testing and finishing of complete composite components.

As a result, Brookhouse can offer its global customers a global facility to take responsibility for complete parcels of composites' development and manufacture projects.