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| 03.01.2009 |
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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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| 03.01.2009 |
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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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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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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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| 02.01.2009 |
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Re-Engineering USAF Avionics Maintenance: Lean Challenges
The U.S. Air Force has publicized its new approach to heavy maintenance through the High Velocity Maintenance (HVM) program. Experts at Warner Robins Air Logistics Center (ALC) aim to apply Lean principles...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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West Star Aviation
West Star Aviation is coming off an "exceptional" year in 2008 and continues to expand its network of service locations, as well as improve existing facilities by updating its lobbies and adding customer offices, despite an economic picture that is trending downward....
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Maintenance Tools
Wheel Probes Highlight Ultrasonic Sensor Line UK-based Sonatest Ltd. has launched a line of ultrasonic NDT sensors that includes its Wheelphobe series. Three models comprise the series — the single element...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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The Chattering Class Gets Nervous
I recently ran into one of my counterparts at an aviation industry gathering, and his remarks to me were profoundly disturbing (well, what passes for profound among publishing's...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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RESPECT
Generally speaking, income is simply a measure of your value to society. The more you are valued, the more you make. Our society is somewhat myopic at times and values more highly the people who have...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Brian Finnegan, AME director, professional certification for PAMA/SAE Institute
AM: Please provide us with an overview and update on the PAMA/SAE Certification Program for maintenance technicians. Finnegan: Our vision is to be the third-party, neutral forum in which advanced aviation maintenance technician standards of competence are developed and monitored over time....
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| 01.01.2009 |
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The Indispensible
Empire builder Warren Buffett is as unpretentious as they come. The Omaha, NE native embodies the mid-western mentality of hard work and low-key profile in spite of his billions in wealth. Dare I say it, he...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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Maintenance News
Deutsche Lufthansa Berlin-Stiftung has started repair work as part of its project to restore a Lockheed L-1649A Super Star. A total of 44 aircraft were...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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About People
Gulfstream has promoted Jerry Fish to manager of its NetJets program. He will oversee maintenance services on G200, G450/400 and GV/G550 aircraft. Fish, who has worked as a Gulfstream mechanic and inspector...
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| 01.01.2009 |
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New Technology Could Protect Against Parts Counterfeiting
Several years ago, the FAA estimated that unapproved parts played a role in 174 U.S. aircraft crashes or less serious accidents between May...
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