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Parts Counterfeiting
Regarding the article "New Technology Could Protect Against Parts Counterfeiting, (see Jan. 2009 Aviation Maintenance , page 8), this is a good idea, but would not be viable for all...
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About People
Ameco Beijing has nominated Klaus Reymer as executive director of quality management and named Hans-Josef Weilbaecher deputy executive director of personnel administration. Previously technical director...
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Intelligence: Briefs
Chromalloy’s New Office Sequa Corp. subsidiary Chromalloy has established a new office in Burlington, Mass. that will function as a point of contact with FAA’s Engine and Propeller Certification...
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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...
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Emerging MRO Markets
Even with the global economic slowdown, several areas are growing at almost exponential speed. These areas include India, China and the Middle East. What remains to be seen is if these areas will put on their...
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Abu Dhabi: Cultivating the MRO Market
A new airline, a recently rebranded MRO and a major airport expansion program all add up in an effort to make the largest of the United Arab Emirates a preeminent aerospace hub. When Etihad Airways announced...
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Rays of Hope Amid the Gloom
While I was glad-handing at February’s Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim, the incessant need for helicopters to undergo intensive maintenance emerged as a major topic of discussion at the...
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How to Make SMS Work Better for Everyone
ICAO, the International Civil Aviation Organization, a group that provides aviation safety standards, requested its participating nations to require safety management system (SMS) of its "service providers" by the first of this year...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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,...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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....
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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...
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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...
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