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| 12.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib Editors' Choice
Tools and equipment are the fuel that allow aviation maintenance technicians to do their jobs efficiently and to a high level of quality. This year, manufacturers of maintenance products have been busy coming up with innovations that are sure to find their...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Avionics, Etc.
Cockpit Door and Something More After September 11, 2001, there was a mandate for reinforced cockpit doors. So commercial operators started installing doors. Just like with other projects, the first year is the year of discovering if the design is good. But...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Change Agent
Honeywell's Adrian Paull In the 10 months since Rob Gillette took over as CEO of Honeywell, massive change has roiled the company and a large reorganization is underway. Where there used to be, in the customer and product support areas, multiple...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Industry Insights
Hold Your Breath! We have learned to forget the lessons our parents hammered into us regarding common sense: "Don't run with scissors!" "Your face is going to freeze that way!" "Get that out of your nose!" My favorite was when...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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SDRs and Mx Alerts
Canadair CL-600: A repair station technician investigating an intermittent circuit breaker fault for this aircraft's upper anti-collision light wrote: "[I] discovered the L/H elevator control cable had torn through the wiring conduit in the vertical...
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| 11.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
STICK IT Won't Let Go When Peter Burgher was building his Aventura amphibious airplane, he grew frustrated while trying to work under the instrument panel, trying to manipulate nuts and washers with one hand without being able to see. Burgher tried all the...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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Mauricio Rivera - Skydiving Mechanic
If you had asked Mauricio Rivera where he saw himself in 10 years when he first began the A&P mechanic course at San Antonio’s Hallmark Institute of Technology in Texas, his answer would have included a wish to be working on airliners or as a...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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SDRS/MX ALERTS
Boeing 737: While climbing through 23,000 feet, the crew experienced a rapid depressurization and loss of cabin pressure. Oxygen masks were donned by the flight crew. The crew manually closed the outflow valve, however, the aircraft would not pressurize. The...
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| 10.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
Airwolf Delivers Long-Lasting Wet Vacuum Pump Airwolf’s wet vacuum pumps use oil-mist lubrication from the engine crankcase, strong pump vanes, and computer-assisted machining and milling to ensure reliability. Airwolf Filter recently completed...
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| 09.01.2005 |
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Bitten By The Aerospace Bug
For every aircraft that takes off and lands, there are not only aviation professionals that perform the maintenance work on that aircraft, but there are also vendors and suppliers behind the scenes who provide the equipment, materials, and services to support...
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| 09.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
Be Cool with Big Ass Fans Building 1244 at NASA's Langley Research Center is a large facility housing a docking simulator once used to teach astronauts of the Gemini Project how to dock the lunar module. Cutting-edge technology still happens on the floor of...
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| 08.01.2005 |
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On the flightline with Joe Banyai of American Airlines.
Among the cadre of support personnel that are busy performing the many tasks necessary to make any airline flight happen is Joe Banyai, aircraft maintenance and overhaul support technician for American Airlines. Banyai entered the aviation maintenance field...
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| 05.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
3M Seals Interiors from Dirty Techs Mechanics spend a lot of time cleaning up after their work, especially in aircraft interiors where a stray fingerprint or grease stain can leave a customer with a bad impression of the entire job. The engineers are 3M...
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| 04.01.2005 |
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Chuck Straight - Straight Shootin’
After 53 years in aviation maintenance, Chuck Straight can tell you a thing or two about jet engines. This industry veteran received the Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award at the Aviall Symposium in West Palm Beach, Florida on March 2, 2005. He seems to be...
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| 04.01.2005 |
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Safety News
Safety Harness Users Beware Personnel who routinely use safety harnesses may feel that they are doing all the right things and therefore have nothing to worry about while using them. But managers and the technicians they oversee should be alert to a...
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| 04.01.2005 |
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SDRs and MXAlerts
CESSNA 172S: A 100-hour inspection revealed four (of six) cracked bolt holes in the propeller spinner bulkhead (P/N 0552231-1). The mechanic suspects current propeller bolt torque values induce too much stress for the through-holes as bulkhead metal is formed...
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| 04.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
CompuCrib Automates Parts Storage ShelfPlus Automated Storage Concepts has combined CompuCrib automated parts storage with CribMaster software. This combination achieves efficiency, security, and accuracy in MRO parts management. There is no need to wait for...
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| 02.01.2005 |
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Tool Crib
New Video Demystifies 100-hour/Annual Inspection Aircraft Technical Book Company and Westwood College of Aviation Technology have jointly produced a DVD-R video titled 100 Hour/Annual Inspection Powerplant. The program runs about 50 minutes and takes the...
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| 11.01.2004 |
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Tool Crib
Eurocopter Offers Smart Rotor-Tuning Tool Eurocopter is now offering a new tool called Steadycontrol, a maintenance tool that optimizes the tuning of rotors and anti-vibration systems. Steadycontrol is available on the manufacturer's entire range of products...
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| 10.01.2004 |
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Tool Crib
An ELT Evaluator, the Hanley Smith Bushout, and potable water with Advanced Hyperfine's APT-A2 purifier. Easy Bushing Removal Hanley Smith has developed a simple tool for extracting bushings, sleeves, and liners without damaging housings and the bushing...
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