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Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Heritage Aviation Installs Nation's First On-Site Wind Turbine
In a first for the renewables and aviation industries, Heritage Aviation, the new General Aviation Facility at the Burlington International Airport, has installed a wind turbine on-site at their new facility. It is a Northwind 100, a 100kW wind turbine manufactured by Northern Power of Barre VT. Heritage... [read more]
August 1, 2009
Industry Leader Profiles
In this special Industry Leader Profiles section, Aviation Maintenance highlights leading suppliers of products and services to the worldwide aerospace...
August 1, 2009
Editor’s Notebook: Winds of Change
It is my understanding that this magazine began, in its current form, in the early ‘80s. It had existed as another entity, Aircraft Equipment Maintenance , for some time before that. Over the years, there...
August 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
The worldwide economic downturn put a cloud over this biennial exposition, but it didn’t totally dampen spirits. Editor-at-Large David Jensen’s coverage from...
August 1, 2009
About People
PAS Technologies has promoted Donald Spriggs to chief technology officer. Spriggs, who joined Kansas City, Mo.-based PAS Technologies in 2006, most recently served as vice president of product development...
August 1, 2009
Human Factors: Beyond the "Dirty Dozen"
About 80 percent of maintenance mistakes involve human factors (HF), according to the Federal Aviation Administration. The maintenance world has unique HF issues that are more severe and longer lasting than...
August 1, 2009
Passion for Precision: Composite Repair Training
Gaining an educated eye for damage control in laminate structure has a better chance with practical training. The historic fly-in of more composite intensive aircraft has already begun, from Bombardier’s...
August 1, 2009
Bolts: Shear and Tension, not Torque
Common sense practices for avoiding unneeded wear and tear on fasteners that keep everything together. Bolts are bolts. Anti-seize goes on...
August 1, 2009
Thank Congress
A recent article in AM (See Congress: Enough is Enough, July 2009) details a clash between the U.S. and the European Union over the pending FAA Reauthorization Bill. Among other issues, one sticking...
August 1, 2009
Calendar
August 2009 17 – 21 Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance, Los Angeles, Calif. USC Viterbi School of Engineering, 310-342-1345 or visit www.viterbi.usc.edu September 2009 14 – 18 Aviation Safety Management Course, Stockholm, Sweden...
August 1, 2009
Feedback
Howie’s House I was most impressed to read Howie Fuller’s “House” article. As usual, it was right on the money and fits in with the Aircraft Engineers International [newsletter] on developments in Europe. I was at the EASA/FAA...
July 1, 2009
Editor’s Notebook
As we went to press for this issue, the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) announced it is ending its affiliation with the Society of Automotive Engineers (SAE). PAMA affiliated...
July 1, 2009
Reader Feedback
Is Retesting Enough? I found that the idea of retesting mechanics that attained their license without the full certification process of the licensing requirements goes deeper than the top side of the FAA...
July 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
HBC, FlightSafety Team Up for Mx Training Wichita, Kan.-based Hawker Beechcraft Corp. (HBC) is partnering with FlightSafety International to provide the MxPro maintenance training program. The program, which...
July 1, 2009
About People
Chromalloy has promoted Martin George to general manager of its turbine engine repair and overhaul facility in San Diego. A certified Six Sigma Black Belt, he has served as acting GM since January, and prior...
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