Dansk Fly Elektronik (= “Danish Avionics”), abbreviated DFE, was established by Søren K. Jakobsen in 1986. Before that Søren had taken an aprenticeship as a radio mechanic at Avia from 1963 though 1967, and worked as a technician at the company until 1974. After that he continued as manager at the department in Roskilde.

 

For a time, however, he had had the wish to establish his own business. So he did. April 1^st 1986 he established a company, and in 1987 he bought a hangar (Hangarvej G11) in Roskilde Airport – the hangar that is still the home of DFE. Since then the company has served many customers avionic wise.

 

DFE is an EASA Part 145 approved maintenance facility for service and installation of avionics. They have the following ratings: C 2 Auto Flight, C 3 Comms and Nav, C 5 Electrical Power, and C 13 Instruments. In addition, they hold a Design Organisation Approval (DOA) according to part 21, no. EASA.21J.275. Their main markets are Denmark and Sweden.