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| 05.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
Just by the title, many of you have an idea of what I am talking about. The phone call I am referring to is the one that you get after an aircraft has crashed. A subject that no one likes to talk about, but we...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
To remain competitive in today’s around-the-clock, Internet-connected global economy, MRO centers are increasingly compelled to "rationalize" their work, by lowering overhead, outsourcing tasks and...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Klein Tools Expands Line of Lightweight Lockback Pocket Knives Klein Tools has added six new lightweight lockback pocket knives to its line of knives. Compact and durable, these new lockback knives fit...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Tool Crib
Olympus NDT, Inc. Nortec 500 Series Portable Eddy Current Flaw Detectors If you are looking for a portable, affordable, and state-of-the-art eddy current flaw detector, Nortec is the name. Olympus NDT Inc. has...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Aviation Today
When it comes to dumb statements, one of my all-time favorites comes courtesy of Ken Olson, founder of Digital Equipment Corp., the once-pioneering computer company that has since been subsumed by...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Industry Insights
Ergo is the first part of the word "ergonomic" or human factors (HF). HF is an umbrella term for several areas of research that include human performance, technology, design, and human-computer...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Change Agent
The Seattle-Tacoma International Airport (SEA) is the 16th busiest passenger airport in the U.S., serving almost 30 million passengers a year and moving more than 346,000 metric tons of air cargo annually...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
No, the headline above is not a commentary on my after-hours behavior. I’m writing this month about the latest challenges in the aircraft restraint market. Ask anyone who manages an aviation repair or...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
Many know me as a blunt, tell-it-like-it-is kind of guy. First and always a mechanic, and proud to be the first NTSB Board Member with an A&P. I care very deeply about aircraft maintenance and the...
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| 04.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Jeff Guzzetti has been the Office of Aviation Safety’s deputy director for regional operations for more than four years. He is charged with managing and all ten NTSB regional offices for aviation safety, and...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
San Joaquin Helicopters is an FAA-certified repair station in Delano, Calif. that offers services for contracted helicopter maintenance. In 2005, Steve Randalls, director of maintenance and Larry Bynum...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
Some folks bristle when columnists hurl prognostications from Mount Olympus, but making predictions is a time-honored staple of magazine journalism, and who am I to part with tradition? So, here goes. I’ll...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
In the article "Ghost Ship" (see AM December 2006, page 36) it was discussed how paperwork could make an aircraft a ghost ship. After receiving an overwhelming response to that article, I wanted to...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Honeywell Aerospace has a consumables solutions business segment that serves all major OEMs, airlines, MROs, flight service centers and distributors, supplying consumable hardware products and services. This...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Stahlwille Fast Ratch Stahlwille Tools announces the Fast Ratch 240 series wrenches. Applications targeted are AN fittings and B nuts on fuel supply lines, hydraulics, oxygen lines, as well as hex nuts and...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Aviation Today: Cyberspace, The Final Frontier
A famous Canadian thinker once said: "The medium is the message." (No, not William Shatner — I’m referring to Marshall McLuhan.) The late Professor McLuhan, a communications theorist, meant that...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Change Agent: Clark Stewart, CEO, Butler National
Butler National is based in Olathe, Kansas and its Aerospace division includes custom aircraft PMA solutions, aircraft and aircraft parts certification services, the manufacture of switching equipment for...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Weight. It’s a constant struggle! No, not your weight, aircraft weight. Each piece of equipment added, each piece of debris or trash fallen under the seat or floorboard adds to the overall weight and balance of an aircraft. Weighing aircraft is a...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Aviation Today
We’re all conditioned by mass culture to get information from a glowing screen, whether it’s a television, movie or computer. The visionary publisher Allen Neuharth, founder of USA Today, had this fact in mind when he insisted that the vending...
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