About us

Helicopter & aircraft parts, sourced and shipped with full traceability

Blackbird Aviation (Blackbird BBA Trade LLC) is an aviation parts supplier serving maintenance centers (MROs), operators and workshops worldwide. We stock and source parts for helicopters and general/business aviation aircraft, with a strong focus on Airbus Helicopters (H125/AS350, H130/EC130, AS355, H155/AS365), Bell and Beechcraft King Air.

Our story

Marcus Graciotti, founder of Blackbird Aviation, FAA and ANAC ATP pilot, in the cockpit
Marcus Graciotti, founder – FAA & ANAC ATP, airplane and helicopter

Blackbird Aviation was founded in 2024, but aviation has been our family's work for a generation. Our founder, Marcus Graciotti, is the son of an aircraft mechanic and the youngest of four brothers who all became pilots.

Marcus has been flying professionally since 2001 and holds Airline Transport Pilot (ATP) licenses for both airplanes and helicopters, issued by the FAA (USA) and ANAC (Brazil). Besides the aircraft in the timeline below, he has flown the Robinson R22 and R44, H135, AS365, H145 and EC155 helicopters, and Cessna singles, the Piper Seneca and the King Air on the fixed-wing side.

Marcus Graciotti next to an Airbus AS365 Dauphin helicopter on a rooftop helipad — Airbus AS365 Dauphin

Airbus EC155 helicopter hovering over a helipad — Airbus EC155

Marcus Graciotti on the ramp next to a Piper Seneca twin — Piper Seneca

25 years in the cockpit

2001–2007 – Executive helicopter pilot on the Bell 206 JetRanger and LongRanger.
2007–2009 – Helicopter pilot on the Airbus H125 (AS350).
2009–2019 – Captain and flight instructor on the Agusta A109E Power and Bell 407 for a private operator.

Agusta A109E Power in flight
A109 in the hangar during heavy maintenance
2019–2022 – Chief pilot of a corporate flight department: captain on the Bell 429 GlobalRanger and first officer on the Embraer Praetor / Legacy 500.

Embraer Legacy 500
Legacy 500 flight deck
2022–2023 – Bell 429 pilot in air-taxi operations.
2023–today – International ferry pilot: more than a dozen helicopter and aircraft deliveries, from factory acceptance to final delivery in Brazil – including Bell 429s from Bell's factories in Piney Flats, Tennessee, and Mirabel, Québec – flown across North, Central and South America in rain, snow, fog and icing conditions.
2024 – Founded Blackbird Aviation.

Ferry flights: from the Bell factory to Brazil

Since 2023 Marcus has flown new helicopters and aircraft from the factory to their operators in Brazil – more than a dozen deliveries, including Bell 429s from Bell's plants in Mirabel, Québec and Piney Flats, Tennessee. A typical US-to-Brazil ferry takes about 50 flight hours, 22 landings and seven days: it starts in the hangar with factory acceptance and ends thousands of miles south, after snow in Canada, the islands of the Caribbean and the rainforest of South America.

Bell Textron helicopter factory in Mirabel, Quebec, in winter, start of a ferry flight to Brazil — Bell factory in Mirabel, Québec

Brazilian-registered Bell 429 being prepared for its ferry flight in the Bell hangar in Mirabel, Quebec — A Bell 429 being prepared for its ferry flight to Brazil

New Bell 429 helicopter in a Bell delivery center before acceptance — New Bell 429 at the delivery center

Bell 429 helicopter in the hangar before delivery — In the hangar before departure

Snow-covered farmland seen from a helicopter on a winter ferry flight — First leg: snow and low ceilings

Approach over Maho Beach into Sint Maarten

The same arrival, filmed from Maho Beach by a friend

Turquoise flats and islands seen from a helicopter on the island route of a ferry flight — Turquoise flats on the island route south

Two-ship Bell 429 ferry over the rainforest

Helicopter glass cockpit at dusk during a flight — Glass cockpit at dusk

Marcus Graciotti in a helicopter cockpit at sunset — Sunset from the right seat

Bell 429WLG helicopter arriving in Brazil at Macapa, Amapa, at the end of a ferry flight from the United States — Arriving in Brazil at Macapá – photo by the fuel crew

Those years in the cockpit taught him two things that define how Blackbird works. First, a part is only as good as its paperwork: as a pilot, he has trusted his own life to the traceability of every component on the aircraft he flew. Second, an aircraft on the ground helps no one: he knows what an AOG means for an operator, a crew and the people waiting to fly.

Pre-flight inspection of a Bell 429 main rotor hub in Georgetown, Guyana, during a ferry flight to Brazil — Pre-flight check of the Bell 429 main rotor in Georgetown, Guyana

Close-up of a date-marked elastomeric bearing in a Bell 429 main rotor, Georgetown, Guyana — Every bearing date-marked, every major part stamped with its part and serial number

Twin-engine aircraft with engine removed during maintenance in a hangar — On the hangar floor: where airworthiness starts

That is why every part we sell is traced to its source certificate, every lot is documented, and nothing leaves our hands that we wouldn't install on an aircraft our own family flies – and why we work to get the right part, with the right documents, to our customers as fast as possible. From rotor bearings for the H125 and Bell 407 to parts for Cessna, Piper, King Air and business jets, our catalog grows out of the aircraft we know from the cockpit.

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Stock in two locations

Margate, Florida – United States
Cotia, São Paulo – Brazil

Each product page shows where the part ships from and how many units are available. Prices are EXW (Ex Works, Incoterms® 2020) at the shipping location, and freight is quoted on request.

How we handle every part

Manufacturer's release with every part – FAA Form 8130-3, EASA Form 1 or the manufacturer's certificate of conformity, exactly as received from the source. Never altered, annotated or re-issued.
Lot traceability on every shipment – every order also ships with a Blackbird Certificate of Conformance and lot-split record linking your part to its source certificate, the receipt it arrived under and every quantity released from that lot.
Identified and stored under control – each part is labeled with its part number, lot and certificate reference and kept at a tracked bin location.
Records on file – receipt and lot-split records are retained and available for review on request.

What we do

Parts in stock – hardware, seals and bearings, rotor and transmission, engine, electrical and avionics, landing gear, consumables.
FAA-PMA alternatives – for many OEM part numbers we also offer FAA-approved PMA parts, with the FAA approval record on the product page.
Sourcing for hard-to-find parts – through a network of trusted suppliers we locate components with limited availability, including urgent AOG needs.
Brazil supply – we support aviation maintenance in Brazil, including import of parts for workshops and operators.

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Can't find a part number? Use the Request a Quote button on any product page or contact us with the part number, condition and quantity. Our team replies quickly with availability, lead time and price.

We are committed to long-term partnerships, reliable solutions and agile service to keep aircraft flying safely.