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July 1, 2009
Calendar
July 2009 11 – 14 Aviation Suppliers Association 2009 Conference, Orlando, Fla. ASA, 202-347-6899 or visit www.aviationsuppliers.org August 2009 17 – 21 Safety Management for Aviation Maintenance, Los...
July 1, 2009
Racecars with Wings: Maintenance on the Red Bull Circuit
Custom airframe and engine mods, 75-hour overhauls, weight savings adjustments and fuel-injected engines. Welcome to the world of Red Bull maintenance. Maintenance is part of every aircraft’s lifespan, from...
July 1, 2009
Maintaining Cessna’s New SkyCatcher
By designing ease of maintenance into the SkyCatcher, Cessna is taking strides to ensure its new light sport aircraft (LSA) will make flying more affordable. When Cessna Chairman, President & CEO Jack...
July 1, 2009
Dassault Beefs Up Spare Parts Distribution
Dassault continues spares initiatives in an effort to satisfy customers worldwide. European contributing editor, Thierry Dubois, learned about their initiatives firsthand during a visit to Dassault’s...
July 1, 2009
Understanding MSG-3
Hearing the acronym MSG might make some think of the preservative in some take-out food. But in the maintenance world, MSG-3 is the root of all inspection schedules in a process starting before an aircraft...
July 1, 2009
Maintenance Tools
Reference Pressure Recorder Measures Various Parameters Crystal Engineering Corp. has introduced nVision, a reference-grade field pressure calibrator that measures and records current, temperature and voltage...
July 1, 2009
The 'Mendoza Line' for MROs
The "Mendoza Line" for MROs Those of us who love baseball use an expression called "The Mendoza Line," a reference to when a player’s batting average falls below.200. If a hitter’s...
July 1, 2009
Congress: Enough is Enough!
Congress: Enough is Enough! Few elected officials understand how to run a business or that laws being passed will turn into directives (namely regulations). Fewer still comprehend that there are usually laws...
July 1, 2009
Bill Brown, President, Global Customer Service and Support, Hawker Beechcraft Corp.
Bill Brown, President, Global Customer Service and Support, Hawker Beechcraft Corp. AM: The economic downturn has reduced new aircraft sales. How has it affected Hawker Beechcraft’s support business? Brown...
June 1, 2009
Simply Maintenance
"Make everything as simple as possible, but not simpler," Albert Einstein said. Einstein was quoted many times professing his appreciation of simplicity. On the cover of the...
June 1, 2009
Reader Feedback
Focusing on Mechanics Thank you for mentioning www.faasafety.gov (see Go FAASTeam Go, Aviation Maintenance , Feb. 2009, page 6). Recently, I’ve been taking recurrent training to maintain my Inspection...
June 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
Pratt & Whitney, Southwest Host EcoPower Demo: In an April 21 demonstration at Dallas Love Field (DAL), representatives from Southwest Airlines and Pratt & Whitney explained how EcoPower engine wash is...
June 1, 2009
About People
Danny Martinez , former American Airlines vice president of line maintenance, is the new VP and general manager for AAR Aircraft Services at Indianapolis Intl Airport (IND). He takes over from Stan Mayer , who...
June 1, 2009
Intelligence: Briefs
Airlines Pick Timco Greensboro, N.C.-based Timco Aviation Services has received separate contracts from Air Canada and United Airlines. Under the pact with Air Canada, Timco will supply on-call line...
June 1, 2009
Calendar
June 2009 15 – 21 International Paris Air Show, Le Bourget, Paris, France. +33 (0) 82-646-5265, www.paris-air-show.com July 2009 11 – 14 Aviation Suppliers Association 2009 Conference, Orlando, Fla. ASA...
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