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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
Lab Tests Provide Insights Into Degradation of Phosphate Ester Hydraulic Fluids
Exploring why hydraulic fluids can degrade and comparing the stability of different commercially available types. In conjunction with ExxonMobil’s September 2008 introduction of a new hydraulic fluid called...
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
What's in the Bag?
Predictions tend to be the pastime of fools. As Wilbur Wright admitted in 1908: "I confess that in 1901, I said to my brother Orville that man would not fly for 50 years. Ever since...
March 1, 2009
Human Factors Ladder Still Needs to Extend Higher
We have certainly come a long way in human factors training for aircraft maintenance technicians. I have had the opportunity to work with organizations around the world teaching and helping to develop customized human factors programs....
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
Go FAASTeam Go
The FAA Safety Team or FAASTeam is a group devoted to reducing aircraft accidents by promoting a cultural change in the aviation community toward a higher level of safety. This group is doing great things to...
February 1, 2009
Reader Feedback
Your article, The Indespensible (see Aviation Maintenance , January 2009, page 4), was on the money. Unfortunately, there are those who can only find fault. Why do we elect them? In my experience...
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...
February 1, 2009
About People
Steve Grewing is the new director of maintenance for Executive Beechcraft’s facility at Kansas City Downtown Airport (MKC). He formerly worked as a service team manager for General Dynamics Aviation in...
February 1, 2009
Intelligence: Briefs
Design Review Complete Honeywell and Pratt & Whitney joint venture, Advanced Turbine Engine Co., has finished a preliminary design review (PDR) for the U.S. Army Aviation Applied Technology Directorate’s...
February 1, 2009
Calendar
February 2009 22 – 24 HAI Heli-Expo 2009, Anaheim, Calif. HAI, 703-683-4646 or visit www.heliexpo.com 26 – 28 Intl Women in Aviation 20th annual Conference, Atlanta, Ga. WAI, 937-839-4647 or visit...
February 1, 2009
UAE’s Growing Helicopter Maintenance Centers
Middle East destination is quickly developing into a hub for helicopter repairs and services for corporate, VIP and military operators. With the discovery of oil in the Arabian Peninsula in the late 1950s and...
February 1, 2009
Tools of the Trade
Tools run the gamut from our own brains to manuals, and from hardware to software. A&P David Schober tried out a number of offerings sent by numerous tool manufacturers. Here is what he learned....
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