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02.01.2008		Editor’s Notebook: The Coming Revolution We asked Jim McKenna, editor of our sister publication Rotor & Wing, to give us his perspectives on the coming changes in helicopter maintenance. Here are his thoughts. — Ed. A revolution is brewing. Driven by a confluence of factors, it is picking...
02.01.2008		HUMS Ascension "Helicopters are really a bunch of parts flying in relatively close formation; all rotating around a different axis. Things work well until one of the parts breaks formation." - Anon Helicopter operators are HUMS-ing a happy tune as advancements in...
08.01.2007		Back Shop: Change Agent Jerry Airola is president, founder and CEO of Silver State Helicopters. He has more than 17 years of law enforcement experience and 20 years of executive management experience. His law enforcement career included working as a police officer in California in...
06.01.2007		Reader Feedback: A&P Helicopter Rating In response to the very fine article by Brian Finnegan (see AM Feb. 2007, p. 40) in the February 2007 issue of AM magazine, I would like to give the author my full support and add a few thoughts of my own. As an Airworthiness Inspector who has been the holder...
02.01.2007		Intelligence: News IAC Wins Contract, Award Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) recently won a contract to supply 72 IAC 1209 Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) for the U. S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company was also recently named to M2M Magazine’s...
02.01.2007		General Aviation: Keystone and Sikorsky: A Dutch Treat On December 15, 2005, helicopter giant Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. acquired Keystone Ranger Holdings, a privately owned U.S. company specializing in rotorcraft completions and MRO. Calling it "a great strategic fit," Sikorsky allowed its new acquisition...
02.01.2007		Back Shop Industry Insights: Rotorcraft Technician Certification The importance of ensuring the airworthiness of helicopters cannot be overstated. Their ubiquitous presence in our daily lives lends a familiarity that we often take for granted. Frequently, the indispensable aspects of life are the things we take most for...
11.01.2006		Helicopter Parts: Playing Their Role Last year, the helicopter industry essentially committed itself to reducing the accident rate by 80 percent over the next 10 years. Major emphasis will be placed on operational aspects, the primary cause of most accidents-stop flying into inadvertent IMC...
10.01.2006		HUMS by David Jensen Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) for helicopters amass plenty of data. Now efforts are being made to put that information to better use. Like divers salvaging the contents of sunken ships, the manufacturers of health and usage...
10.01.2006		HUMS Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) for helicopters amass plenty of data. Now efforts are being made to put that information to better use. Like divers salvaging the contents of sunken ships, the manufacturers of health and usage monitoring systems...
10.01.2006		Calendar NOVEMBER 2006 13-15 Gorham Techonologies Presents Approved Repairs for Commercial Aviation. San Diego, California. 207-892-5445; www.gorhamtech.com 14-17 Aviation Safety Management, Scandinavian Aviation. Johannesburg, South Africa. Phone: +47 91 18 41 82...
09.01.2006		About People DiagnoSYS Systems has named Jim Duich director of sales, transportation and telecommunications. He is tasked with spearheading sales growth of its electronic tester in the transportation sector. Jack Hess was appointed OEM sales manager for Avidyne...
05.01.2006		Aftermarket Outlook Out of the Crisis of Costs, Opportunity The problem with predicting the size of the aftermarket industry is that it depends heavily on the price of fuel. Crank up the price of fuel and the aviation industry takes a dive, and with that plummet goes the...
05.01.2006		Briefs IS-BAO for Dassault Falcon Dassault Falcon's Teterboro flight operations department recently achieved International Standard for Business Aviation Operations (IS-BAO) registration. New Qantas Parts Center Qantas opened a $55 million material and logistics...
02.01.2006		HUMS: Health And Usage Monitoring Systems Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), initially developed for the larger twin-engine helicopters flown to offshore rigs in the North Sea, are becoming more affordable, more capable and more commonplace in the rotorcraft industry. These systems, which...
01.01.2006		About People Shane Eddy has been appointed vice president of customer support and services and deputy chief service officer for Bell Helicopter Textron. He has been with Bell since 1994. Stevens Aviation has promoted Rich Morgan to director, modifications and completions...
01.01.2006		News Vantage Engine Receives Production Certificate More than a year and a half after awarding a type certificate to Superior Air Parts for its 360-cubic inch Vantage piston engine, the FAA has finally signed off on the engine's production certificate. The Vantage...
09.01.2005		Hardware - Intevia Intelligent Fasteners Save Time, But Will It Lock Out MROs? Software-controlled intelligent fasteners: that's what Textron Fastening Systems (TFS) has achieved with its new Intevia latching system. Using a powered, radio-controlled microprocessor electrically connected to a piece of shape memory alloy in a wire form...
09.01.2005		Sandia Labs and the Science of Non-Destructive Inspection If Missouri's motto is "Show Me," then New Mexico, or at least Albuquerque and the areas around the FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center at Sandia National Laboratories (AANC), should have the motto, "Prove It To Me,"...
09.01.2005		Workplace - Help Finding Help   You can't hardly pick up an aviation magazine or visit an industry website without reading about the ongoing cutbacks and layoffs that are plaguing the major airlines' maintenance operations. Thousands of highly qualified maintenance technicians are...
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