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| 12.01.2006 |
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Industry Insights
A Ghost Ship is an aircraft that flies around, but does not really exist. On paper that is. I heard this term years ago while talking with an older mechanic. He told me tales of smuggling, black market, and stolen aircraft. I came across a situation with a...
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| 12.01.2006 |
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Change Agent
Principal Engineer and Scientist, Materials and Processing Engineering,
Nonmetallics and Composites, B-1B Structure and Flight Sciences,
Integrated Defense Systems, The Boeing Company...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Special Report: Cleaning Products
Flitz Polish for Bizjet Maintainers Flitz Metal Polish is a concentrated cream used to clean, polish, deoxidize, and protect most metal surfaces, including stainless steel, aluminum, anodized aluminum, brass, copper, sterling silver, chrome, nickel, bronze...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Aviation Today: From Gutenberg to Google
Don't you hate it when a company makes cosmetic changes to a moribund product and then tries to palm it off as "new and improved"?...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Change Agent
Michael J. Hoke, Owner and President Abaris Training Resources, Inc. Mike Hoke has worked in production and repair of composite aircraft since the 1960's, and became president of Reno, Nevada-based Abaris Training Resources, Inc. in 1990 after a close...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Industry Insights
Industry Insights A Win Win Strategy By Dr. Gary Eiff Twenty years of applied research projects and consulting activities with various types of aviation companies has convinced me that aviation organizations are more alike than different when it comes to...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
BOSCH'S NEW DIGITAL HEAT GUN Bosch Power Tools has a new Heat Gun Kit (model 1944LCDK) with digital programming capability and LCD display. The new Bosch heat gun can be utilized for a broad range of applications. The 13 AMP Bosch 1944LCDK Heat Gun provides...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Gerry Goguen, Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Dassault Falcon
Gerry Goguen, senior vice president, customer service for Dassault Falcon, continues his discussion with Aviation Maintenance about the components that make up Falcon's comprehensive service philosophy. Here he talks about new products, operator...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Who Leads Our Maintenance Industry?
Clark Gordon A few days back I had a good heart to heart with my congressman. We were at the same eating establishment and I took the opportunity to discuss the upcoming Aviation Maintenance Technician Day resolution on the House floor, as well as my...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Change Agent
Gerry Goguen, Senior Vice President, Customer Service, Dassault Falcon Dassault Falcon is a world leader in customer support for their operators, many of whom are fiercely loyal. Senior vice president, customer service, Gerry Goguen talks to Aviation...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Tool Crib
Personal Battery Caddy Makes Battery Supply More Visible, Accessible Recently, IL plastics maker Rick Foreman found himself fumbling for batteries while piloting his small plane. That's when he realized there was a need for a new product--one he could produce...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Avionics, Etc.
Soldering On Regardless The Restriction of Hazardous Substances Directive (RoHS) As of July 1 any European Union (EU) electronics technician reaching for his solder better come up grasping the lead-free variety -- or he'll be breaking the law. RoHS seeks to...
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| 08.01.2006 |
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Industry Insights
My Way or the IA There's a scene in the movie JAWS where the three main characters: Quint, Brody, and Hooper, are discussing their various scars, turning the friendly conversation into a competition. FAA inspectors are like that; we try to outdo one another...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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August Henningsen, CEO, Lufthansa Technik AG
AM: How big is your operation? Henningsen: We have about 1,000 aircraft worldwide under contract, with at least one of the "T" products applicable, for engines, components and such. AM: What is the biggest pressure on maintenance right now...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Fruitless Endless Loops
When the engine builders of CFM opted for the next generation of Full Authority Digital Engine Control, FADEC-II, they were incorporating the very latest state-of-the-art smart pressure transducers, the LG1237. Nine of these live in that second generation...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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Keeping Water Out
Water and electrons don't mix, and usually do so to the detriment of electrical systems, as recounted by the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) regarding water leaking in through the doorways of certain regional jets (see AM, May 2006, p. 42). I am...
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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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Avionics Etc.
Running the Relay Obstacle Race Flightcrews Dealing With the Electrically Bizarre By John Sampson Some aircraft systems are electrically actuated, a few are pneumatic, but most flight-controls and ancillary services are hydraulically moved. However, the...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Change Agent
Since assuming the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) spot at Landmark Aviation, Roger Wolfe has overseen the successful integration of Landmark's three formerly stand-alone companies--Garrett Aviation, Piedmont-Hawthorne, and Associated Air Center. The company...
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| 06.01.2006 |
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Industry Insights
Sheet Music By Steve Carbone A good friend of mine plays guitar by ear; he's one of those guys who plays any song just by listening to it once. I hate those guys! I've been playing for 35 years, but still need my sheet music. I have the same handicap working...
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