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| 11.01.2006 |
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Changing of the Guard
On October 2, Ron Chapman retired from the Cessna Aircraft Company after 37
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Gulfstream Throws Down the Gauntlet
The operating maintenance philosophy is that good service helps to sell new airplanes. There are enormous pressures on the aviation maintenance industry. They include the finite supply of trained maintainers, the growing complexity of aircraft, and the need...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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American M&E: Working Together Toward Profits
The best way to cut maintenance costs is to outsource, right? That's not the American way. The airline's Maintenance & Engineering wants as much maintenance in house as financially feasible, and that opinion comes from both management and labor. Some...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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B787 Promises To Be Easier to Maintain
Boeing engineers have looked at every component with an eye to accessibility, ease of maintenance, and extended intervals between scheduled maintenance. Here is our look at what they accomplished. You've got to love us for more than our body" might be...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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CIRRUS: Serious about Maintenance Training
On June 6, 2006 Cirrus airplane owners, pilots, and others landed in Duluth, Minnesota, the hometown and headquarters of Cirrus Design Corporation. The 175 Cirrus planes that landed there came for what the Cirrus Owners and Pilots Association (COPA) dubbed...
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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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| 05.01.2006 |
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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...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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Coming Soon: The Innovative Airbus A380
Airbus Promises easy maintenance on innovative A380 super jumbo INNOVATIVE WEIGHT-SAVING DESIGN FEATURES WILL ENABLE THIS GIGANTIC AIRCRAFT TO FLY. BUT HOW WILL THESE FEATURES IMPACT THE MAINTAINABILITY OF THE AIRBUS A380? Airbus is promising the...
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| 03.01.2006 |
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Dassault takes a fresh look at MX on new Falcon bizjet
Fly-by-wire controls and virtual maintenance are the catchphrases in the industry. Dassault Falcon Jet is leading the way in both areas with its Falcon 7X business jet, scheduled to enter service late this year. Learn how Dassault has made maintaining this...
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| 02.01.2006 |
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ST Aerospace: Balancing A Global Reach With Consistent Quality And Service
If you could hear the sound of steady progress toward global presence for maintenance, repair, and overhaul (MRO) services by Singapore Technologies Aerospace Ltd., it might well be the hum of a just overhauled CFM56-3 engine. Or the hum in the front office...
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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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| 11.01.2005 |
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The Aviation Maintenance Executive Roundtable: The Independents’ View
On July 12, 2005 Aviation Maintenance publisher Dan Comiskey, editor Matt Thurber, and nine executives from independent business aviation maintenance companies met to discuss important issues affecting the aircraft maintenance industry. Topics ranged from the...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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AVIATION MAINTENANCE EXECUTIVE ROUNDTABLE CONFERENCE July 12, 2005 Verizon Place Hotel and Conference Center, D/FW Airport, Texas Glen Brown, Stevens Aviation Gary Driggers, Midcoast Aviation Mark Karls, Savannah Air Center Mark Matthes, Duncan Aviation Tom...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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TECHNOLOGY DRIVES
Tele-Maintenance Developments Technology is finally winging its way into aviation, leading to many new applications that are leveraging modern computer systems to help manufacturers and maintenance service providers better serve their customers and...
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| 09.01.2005 |
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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,"...
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| 08.01.2005 |
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Entry Into Eclipse
The airplane is made of conventional aluminum. The engines are small robust turbofans. And the controls are as standard as they come; cables, pulleys, and pushrods, no fly-by-wire. But dig a little deeper, and there is much more to Eclipse Aviation's Eclipse...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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Aftermarket Outlook
The good news is that flying activity is up by almost every measure. Worldwide airline traffic is already at or near pre-2001 recession levels. Business jet sales are recovering strongly. Military activity continues unabated. Helicopters remain a growing...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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MTU Awakens
"MTU has been a sleeping giant," said Bernd Kessler, president and CEO MTU Commercial Maintenance. "We are in the process of waking up." MTU is one of the world's largest independent turbine engine service companies. The Munich...
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| 06.01.2005 |
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Views from the Hangar
We asked companies to discuss their views of the maintenance marketplace: Walter Rittenhouse, senior vice president technical services, Banyan Air Service (turbine aircraft maintenance, avionics, modification services): "Our maintenance workload has...
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| 05.01.2005 |
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Composites in the Sky with Dreamliner
Boeing's next-generation, mid-range workhorse airliner--the 787--will feature more non-metals than ever before in the primary structure of a 200-plus passenger airplane, 50 percent by weight, in fact, but the deputy chief mechanic's mantra to maintenance...
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