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April 1, 2009
Amazing AvProNet
Back in our October issue last year I wrote about our new networking site called the Aviation Professionals Network (see "The New Networking," Aviation Maintenance , October 2008...
April 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
FAA, Southwest Settle on $7.5-Million Fine for Maintenance Lapses Dallas, Texas-based Southwest Airlines has reached a $7.5-million settlement with the Federal Aviation Administration over maintenance concerns...
April 1, 2009
Calendar
April 2009 15 – 17 Maintenance Management Conference, New Orleans, La. 202-783-9000, www.nbaa.org 19 – 21 ATEC 2009 Conference, Orlando, Fla. ATEC, 717-540-7121 or visit www.atec-amt.org 21 – 23 Aviation...
March 1, 2009
Editor’s Notebook: Crushing Barriers
Recently I saw an interesting clip on YouTube. It is a short video produced by NASA astronaut Andrew Thomas. The video shows a young engineer attempting to bring her ideas about a redesign of...
March 1, 2009
Reader Feedback
A Navigation Lesson In the spring of 1945 I was a cadet in the Advanced Flying Training program at Steward Field in Newburg, N.Y. Part of the course, near the end, was a long-range, daytime navigational...
March 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
HBS Adds Paint Facility to Chester Maintenance Center Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has opened a 25,000-square-foot paint facility at its Hawarden Airport (CEG) aircraft maintenance center near Chester...
March 1, 2009
About People
Dassault has promoted Jean Kayanakis to vice president of Falcon worldwide spares. He was formerly director of eastern hemisphere sales. Kayanakis replaces Frank Youngkin , who was promoted to vice president...
March 1, 2009
Intelligence: Briefs
Bombardier Expands Network In addition to making improvements at two existing locations, Bombardier Aerospace has bolstered its worldwide service network by adding a line maintenance facility (LMF) at Jetflite...
March 1, 2009
Calendar
March 2009 23 – 24 Human Factors in Aviation Maintenance, Phase I, Morristown, N.J. Grey Owl Aviation Consultants, 204-848-7353 or visit www.greyowl.com 26 – 28 Aeronautical Repair Station Association...
March 1, 2009
Part 21 Proposal Divides PMA Community
Industry awaits final rule, with revisions. For more than a decade the FAA has wanted to rewrite chunks of Part 21 on the certification procedures for products and parts. A major goal, according to the Oct...
March 1, 2009
Shooting for The Sharper Image
Normally, the phrase "Image is everything" is a somewhat derogatory comment on our social mores. But in today’s world of remote visual inspections, it means the next major step in borescope technology... that and greater portability. Borescope manufacturers are achieving greater imagery in their products in two separate ways,...
March 1, 2009
What’s on the Horizon at Lycoming Engines
I love piston airplane engines and looking back through my logbook gives me a chance to remember all the types I’ve been fortunate to fly behind. I’ve flown with Pratt & Whitneys, "Shaky Jakes," Continentals, Lycomings, and, my personal favorite and most memorable, the Rolls-Royce Merlin....
March 1, 2009
Maintenance Tools
Misting System Aims to Reduce Bird Strikes Bird-B-Gone, which designs and manufacturers various bird control products, is offering its new bird misting system as part of an overall strategy to deter the...
March 1, 2009
Wesley Bowen, 60-Year Aircraft Mechanic
According to FAA records, Wesley R. Bowen received his engine rating in May 1946 and airframe rating in March 1947. He was granted inspection authorization (IA) in Oct. 1957. Bowen is a recipient of FAA's Charles Taylor Master Mechanic award...
February 1, 2009
Maintenance News
HBS Opens Regional Service Center in Mesa Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has opened a $14-million aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix – Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Arizona. The Hawker Beechcraft Services...
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