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| 10.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
Jack Northrop. Leroy Grumman. Donald Douglas. Glenn Martin. Howard Hughes. There was a time when the logos of aviation firms boasted a single last name. These individuals were visionaries, typically engineers...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
There is an active, yet unspoken, conspiracy against airline and charter safety in America. This conspiracy involves pilots, air carrier management and the FAA inspector corps. In the safety audit business...
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| 10.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Patrick J. Sweeney II, CEO, ODIN Technologies Patrick J. Sweeney II is president and CEO of ODIN Technologies, Inc. and the author of "RFID for Dummies." He founded ODIN in 2002 by recruiting the...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
"Greed is good." During the go-go 1980s, the infamous financier Ivan Boesky imparted that inspirational homily in a speech to college kids. Boesky’s sentiment (echoed by his cinematic alter ego...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
AM: How did you start Global Jet Services? McHenry : Back in 1992, I was getting frustrated with working for an aircraft manufacturer. They were a typical large company with the politics and bureaucracy that...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
Personal, subjective approaches to affect safety emphasize addressing self-preservation, professional pride and concern for public and other workers’ well-being. Another approach could be instilling a...
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| 09.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Stainless Steel Abrasives Kit A new kit that includes three types of specialty abrasive wheels for grinding, blending and cutting stainless steel using a right angle grinder is being introduced by Rex-Cut...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
It’s time to face the music: global warming is no myth. The earth’s climate is getting hotter because of human activity and all industries will experience upheaval, especially air transportation...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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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...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
They say the works of William Shakespeare are immortal. That may be true, but then, so are yours. As long as someone owns or operates an aircraft that you’ve maintained, your log entries, complete with...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Bondhus Introduces 8-In-1 Screwdriver Bondhus, through its German marketing partner FELO, have produced a line of FELO brand multi-bit screwdrivers. The handle magnetically holds eight different bits easily...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Tool Crib
Tdata Introduces iTrax Developed for the aviation professional, iTrax tracks inventory items including serialized and life-limited consumables. With the iTrax system, the condition of serialized parts can be...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Aviation Today
Proper aviation maintenance is measured in more than just dollars and cents — it’s also measured in human lives. That was the overriding message of a new podcast posted onto Aviation Today , titled...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Industry Insights
*Mahatma – A great soul, a person...
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| 07.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
John Reyes and Marc Summers created a Web site where aircraft technicians can find answers, blog or just meet other mechanics. AircraftMechanix.com was developed less than a year ago and has already quadrupled...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Tool Crib
3M’s Clean Sanding Discs 3M has a new sanding disc for composite surface refinishing. The new disc has a unique surface configuration. It is designed to mimic naturally occurring patterns found in phenomena...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Aviation Today
Seattle is famous for three things: self-consciously hip musicians attired like lumberjacks; a citizenry infatuated with overpriced gourmet coffee; and, most importantly for our purposes, aircraft...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Industry Insights
If you work for a 14 CFR 135 or 121 operator, you probably have seen the Minimum Equipment List(s) governing the equipment with which your aircraft are allowed to fly inoperative. Your Minimum Equipment List...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Commercial Edition: Change Agent
Rob Moore is the senior manager ARINC Engineering Services and is in charge of ARINC’s new modification and maintenance facility in Oklahoma City, Okla. He began his career as a Navy maintenance technician...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Bombardier renews their customer service efforts and appoints James Hoblyn to help lead the charge. Mr. Hoblyn shares his outlook with Aviation Maintenance. AM: What does Bombardier mean by "customer...
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