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| 08.01.2006 |
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TAT Industries Rebranded as Sabena Technics
Brussels-based Sabena Technics is giving its name to TAT Industries, the French company that took it over one year ago. Unveiled in June, the new logo is very close to that of TAT Industries. The 2,400-employee maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) firm is...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Puttin’ on the Paint
One of the most labor-intensive elements of hand work MRO technicians must do is applying exterior primer paint, topcoat, livery details and clear protective coating on aircraft. Complete jobs may entail new paint or scuff and repainting the entire aircraft...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Portable Sprayer by Preval The Preval Spray Gun is a versatile spray applicator that lets you spray just about anything. This portable tool can spray all kinds of liquid solutions. Paint, lacquer, solvents, stains, oil, cleaners, disinfectants. The size makes...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Mustang Magic
Citation Mustang Designed for Simplified Maintenance The maintenance philosophy is to replace moving parts with moving electrons. For MROs, the term "new and improved aircraft" is synonymous with "more complicated, requires new tools, and is...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Rolls-Royce Engine Support
Heavy Metal Hardball More manufacturers, like engine-maker Rolls-Royce, are getting engaged in continuous support and maintenance of their products after the original sale. Britain doesn't have many leading edge technology businesses these days and many of...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Protect Your Hearing! Bilsom has upgraded the Viking Series earmuffs with a technology called Air Flow Control (AFC). AFC delivers attenuation across all frequencies without increasing earcup size or weight. These earmuffs can be worn numerous ways, including...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Product Guide
Rain Away is a new glass treatment designed to fill the pores on glass or plastic surfaces with water repelling polymer. Rain Away makes water bead up and roll off windshields and windscreens and can make scraping off ice or frost easier as well. Rain Away is...
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| 04.10.2006 |
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If There's Smoke, There's Fire, But It's Hard to Tell How Much
When it comes to initial signs of in-flight fire and smoke, the more pilots know and the sooner they know it, the better, experts on the subject tell Air Safety Week. But one thing that could help is a new smoke/fumes/fire (SFF) checklist that groups like the...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Precision Torquing by Docutorq Applying torque is accomplished regularly in the maintenance world and is critical to many procedures. Correctly applied torque can mean the difference between safe and unsafe operations. The Docutorq System by CDI Torque...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
New Color Choices for Waterloo Tool Boxes Waterloo Industries has introduced an expanded line of colors for its tool storage lines, TRAXX and PROMAX. Waterloo is offering three color choices, Baltic Sea Black, Crimson Red, and Iron Blue. TRAXX units are...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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Vending Machines for Tools and Parts
Few problems can cause an MRO more grief--and more potential long-term damage--than poorly controlled parts inventories. If management doesn't know who is using what parts when, and who may be walking out with such merchandise, then the tasks of cost control...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Smoother Wings with the Granitize Process Granitize, a manufacturer of car-care, boat, and recreational vehicle cleaning and maintenance products since 1930, offers a growing line of aircraft cleaners and has obtained Boeing approval of its Xzilon 3 Aircraft...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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Why ISO?
ISO certification is becoming more popular in the aviation community. ISO stands for International Organization for Standardization and is a non-governmental organization comprised of the national standards bodies of 149 countries from all regions of the...
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| 01.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Clean Those Pesky Rivet Holes When refurbishing parts containing metal rivets that have been removed, there may be rust or other residue on the metal surface surrounding the hole. The area around that hole may be difficult to clean and prepare prior to...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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20-Year Rolls-Royce Forecast Sees 48,000 Engines
Rolls-Royce released its business aviation forecast at the NBAA Convention November 9, predicting deliveries of 23,000 new jets during the next 20 years. Those jets will be powered by 48,000 engines valued at $61 billion. From 2005 through 2014, Rolls-Royce...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Avionics, Etc.
Meetings for the Sake of Meetings There is something weird going on in airlines where various departments are physically isolated and communication suffers. Everybody keeps track of each other with hundreds of meetings. Everybody tries very hard to tackle the...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Honeywell Sees Bright Business Aviation Future
Honeywell's annual forecast predicts deliveries of about 9,900 new business jets from 2005 through 2015 worth $156 billion. Honeywell released the results of its 19th business aviation forecast (the 14th publicly released Business Aviation Outlook) on...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Keep Track Of Those Tools
Every mechanic has awakened in the night to this nightmare: you've just buttoned up a beautiful aircraft after extensive work under tight time constraints and you are watching it taxi out for the first flight after the work. Just then you glance into...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Maintenance on the Fire Front
"Il est bon?" ("Is it fine?") a concerned TAT Industries maintenance technician asks the Canadair CL-415 firefighter pilot as he deplanes. The answer is "oui," and the technician, reassured on the repair she had performed a...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Mexico Destination for Aero OEMs
Two major aviation companies--Bombardier and the SAFRAN Group's Messier Services--announced plans to build facilities in Mexico. Bombardier announced in late October that it will spend about $200 million during the next seven years to build a factory in...
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