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| 06.01.2004 |
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Steve Mlujeak: World class mechanic and cyclist.
A Man on a Mission When he's not fixing helicopters or flying deployments, Steve Mlujeak is training for a spot on the 2004 U.S. Olympic Cycling Team. If he secures a position, he will be the first-ever military cyclist to represent the U.S. in the Olympics...
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| 05.01.2004 |
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Ken George
Experimental Aircraft Expert Ken George spent most of his aviation career in the defense industry where he got to do what many mechanics only dream of: work on experimental and prototype aircraft. His experience working on military aircraft reads like...
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| 05.01.2004 |
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From The Trenches
Montreal Jet Center has appointed John Moyn to the position of vice-president, sales and marketing. Moyn, who was most recently with Innotech Aviation, will be based in Wilmington, Delaware. Craig Corey has been named director of marketing, engines for...
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| 04.01.2004 |
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Neal Ropp: Perfection On Demand
Aviation is a field that demands perfection," declared Neal Ropp. "With changing technology and the increasing cost of parts and overhead, it becomes an ever-growing challenge to contain costs for the customer and keep the aircraft safe for...
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| 04.01.2004 |
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Safety Advocate Jerome Lederer Dies
Jerome Lederer, an aviation pioneer, died Friday, February 6, 2004. He was 101. His aviation background included overseeing the maintenance of U. S. Postal Service airmail aircraft in the 1920s. Charles Lindberg had Lederer inspect the Spirit of St...
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| 04.01.2004 |
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From The Trenches
GAMA has announced the promotions of Walter Derosier and Ron Swanda to key positions. Derosier stepped up to the position of vice president, engineering and maintenance.He has been with GAMA for seven years, serves on numerous FAA rulemaking committees, and...
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| 03.01.2004 |
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Peg Billson: Honeywell's Landing Lady
Chance is a funny thing: just when you think you have your direction all set, it steps right in and changes everything. Often for the better. The first time chance entered Peg Billson's life was when she was six or seven and her uncle took her for her...
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| 03.01.2004 |
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From the Trenches
Exostar has appointed William Angeloni as chief executive officer and Kevin Lowdermilk as chief financial officer. Angeloni most recently co-led Tenzing Consulting and is a graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy and the Kellogg School at Northwestern University...
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| 02.01.2004 |
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Ross MacArthur: The Customer-Service Connection
If anyone wonders if there's not a direct relationship between customer service and aviation maintenance, they need to meet Ross MacArthur. MacArthur is a systems engineer in the Dallas,Texas-based Maintenance and Engineering Department for Southwest...
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| 02.01.2004 |
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From the Trenches
Former Aircraft Technical Publishers northeast regional sales manager Dale Forton decided to go into business for himself and purchased parts distributor Aeroworks. Before buying Aeroworks, Forton was director of product support for Northern Air in Grand...
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| 01.01.2004 |
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Jackson Wins 2003 Time Out For Safety Award
Derek Jackson, an inspector at Stevens Aviation's Donaldson Center facility in Greenville, South Carolina, is the winner of the Aviation Maintenance 2003 Time Out For Safety Award. Jackson was nominated for his excellent inspection of a military Beech...
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| 12.01.2003 |
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From the Trenches
Bill Brown, Atlantic Coast Airlines’s new senior vice president of maintenance has added a former Midwest Airlines colleague, Lillian A. Dukes, to his team. Dukes was director of aircraft technical support at Midwest Airlines and worked with Brown when...
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| 11.01.2003 |
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From The Trenches
Jim Soleo is Savannah Air Center’s new general manager, responsible for day-to-day operations and completions and maintenance activities. Soleo has previously worked at Baker Electronics, Decrane Aircraft Furniture, Bombardier Tucson and Montreal...
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| 10.01.2003 |
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The Quintessential Kerchenfaut
Brilliance is an intense brightness, a sharp gleam of reflection from a brighter source. In the confines of an enormous hangar, an unmistakable artisan draws no attention to himself save by reputation alone. Workmanship performed over the course of decades...
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| 09.01.2003 |
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Marianne Bakker: Silent Stores Fighter
A&P mechanics, engineers, and technicians do excellent work, but there is another group of people doing great work who are sometimes forgotten because they are not in the front line of maintenance. Many of them provide the logistics support. They control...
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| 09.01.2003 |
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Carolyn Grace’s Stellar Spitfire
The legacy of one of World War II’s most famous fighters is kept alive by owner and pilot Carolyn Grace and a dedicated group of enthusiasts. Carolyn Grace has been flying a Spitfire, notably at airshows, for more than 10 years. She took over from her...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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Andy Salter: Restoration Specialist
As curious tourists file through the hangars and storage rooms at Fantasy of Flight in Polk City, Florida they can often be overheard marveling at the pristine condition of the dozens of aircraft on display. Billed as the greatest private aircraft...
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| 08.01.2003 |
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From the Trenches
In January, Triumph Group purchased Boeing’s Spokane Fabrication Operation. On April 2, MaryLou Thomas, former director of operations of the Boeing facility, was named president of the new company, now named Triumph Composite Systems. A certified lean...
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| 07.01.2003 |
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Sean Brown: No More Car-Wash Blues
Somebody once said that working at a car wash produced "low-down, mind-numbing, working-at-the-car-wash blues." Ask Sean Brown at General Dynamics Aviation Services in West Palm Beach, Florida about that and he'll also tell you that nailing...
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| 06.01.2003 |
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From The Trenches
Frontier Airlines maintenance training director Tom Hendershot has been named the Aviation Maintenance Technician of the Year. Hendershot’s multi-faceted contributions to the aviation maintenance industry include mentoring all of Frontier...
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