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Sledge Movement System video now available

In July 2013 AMS began adding video content to our website. This provided a highly visual way for aircraft recovery teams and related industry experts to view AMS’s aircraft recovery equipment (and training facility). We’ve now added our latest (and...

Posted May 2017

So what happens on an AMS training course?

We’ve often posted information about our Aircraft Recovery Training Courses but that’s only half the story when it comes to telling people what to expect when they arrive at our dedicated training facility in the UK. So below we’ve shown...

Posted March 2017

AMS expand their horizons across 2016

Our 27th year in business has seen an expansion of our customer base, an increase in aircraft recovery equipment sales, and the introduction of a new format for delivering aircraft recovery training. Since our foundation in 1989 AMS has worked...

Posted December 2016

A successful training year for aircraft recovery teams

Across 2016 AMS has delivered an extensive programme of onsite aircraft recovery training while introducing a new way to train teams in more remote locations; increasing our ability to improve the aircraft recovery capabilities of airport authorities, airlines and military...

Posted October 2016

Fuselage Lifting System sales exceed expectations

In 2006 AMS emerged as an industry leading provider of Fuselage Lifting Systems when we conducted the first CAT3 lift of a B747. To date we have produced and supplied almost fifty CAT1, CAT2 and CAT3 Fuselage Lifting Systems worldwide....

Posted December 2015

Malta International adds AMS FLS system to enhance recovery capability

This summer Malta International Airport (MIA) purchased the AMS CAT1 Fuselage Lifting System (FLS) to enhance their aircraft recovery capability. Our CAT1 FLS provides the capability to lift either the nose or the rear of the aircraft fuselage, and was...

Posted September 2015

AMS familiarisation session for BA

In Spring 2015 AMS provided an equipment demonstration and familiarisation exercise for British Airways staff responsible for maintaining and using AMS equipment in the event of an aircraft incident. This included a review of the largest airbag system ever produced...

Posted May 2015

AMS assist in B737 recovery

AMS were recently involved in the recovery of a Boeing 737 which had suffered a main landing gear failure. AMS equipment was used exclusively during the process, including airbags to raise the wing and support the aircraft, prior to using...

Posted April 2014

British Airways are first customers for AMS 50 tonne turntable

British Airways recently became the first customers to take ownership of the new AMS 50 tonne turntable. The revolutionary curved profile and buffer interface allows aircraft to sit within the bed of the turntable, reducing the point load applied to...

Posted July 2013

AMS training endorsed by Air New Zealand Technical Operations team

When AMS opened its new Recovery Equipment Training Facility in the UK we wondered how it would be received. And now we know… as we have received an extremely positive testimonial from Air New Zealand’s Technical Operations team. Ian Gower,...

Posted May 2013