A zero-time MU-2,
specified by you.
Not a refresh. A completely refurbished aircraft built to a defined minimum standard — then finished to your specification in avionics, instruments, paint and interior.
What every Platinum Series aircraft includes
This is the floor, not the brochure. Every aircraft in the programme meets all of it before any of your choices are applied.
Engines
Overhauled or freshly refurbished by a Honeywell service centre.
Engine components & propellers
Overhauled by Carolina Turbine Support.
Windows, windshields, de-ice boots
New throughout.
Landing gear & brakes
Overhauled.
Flight controls
Overhauled.
Fuel system
Overhauled.
Air conditioning & pressurisation
Overhauled.
Electrical systems
Overhauled.
Avionics & instrumentation
New, to your specification.
Paint & interior
New, to your specification, applied to a minimum series standard.
Inspections
Fresh 100 hour / 1 year and 200 hour / 2 year periodic and special inspections, 500 hour, 600 hour / 3 year periodic, 1200 hour, 1800 hour and 2400 hour inspections.
Carolina Turbine Support, an FAA Part 145 repair station working exclusively on MU-2s, is on the same field. The overhaul work is not subcontracted across three states — it happens where the aircraft is.
How a Platinum Series aircraft is built
Six stages. The specification is agreed first, so there are no decisions made under time pressure with the aircraft already apart.
- 01
Specification
Avionics, paint, interior, propellers and equipment agreed before anything is opened up. The minimum standard is fixed; everything above it is yours.
- 02
Airframe & systems
Landing gear, brakes, flight controls, fuel, air conditioning, pressurisation and electrical systems overhauled. New windows, windshields and de-ice boots.
- 03
Engines & propellers
Engines overhauled or freshly refurbished by a Honeywell service centre; components and propellers overhauled by Carolina Turbine Support on the same field.
- 04
Avionics & instrumentation
New panel built to the agreed specification, installed in-house.
- 05
Paint & interior
Exterior scheme and cabin materials completed to your specification.
- 06
Inspection & handover
Full periodic and special inspection cycle completed fresh, then handover.
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A completed Platinum Series MU-2. Real photography of a real delivered aircraft — not a rendering, and not a configuration we cannot build.
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What a Platinum Series aircraft is worth
1979 Mitsubishi MU-2B-40 Solitaire
N70PE · S/N 416SA
$1,650,000
Sold — off market
N70PE, a Platinum Series Elite Solitaire, is the highest-value aircraft in Air 1st’s published sales record at $1,650,000 — against a fleet where a standard airframe of the same model and era sells between $299,000 and $895,000.
That gap is the programme. A Platinum Series build is not a cosmetic exercise; it changes what the aircraft is worth and what it is like to own.
Start with a conversation, not a configurator.
Every Platinum Series aircraft begins with what you actually need the aeroplane to do. Tell us that, and we will tell you what it takes.