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| 08.01.2008 |
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Tracking Down Maintenance Tracking Software
It doesn’t take Sherlock Holmes to find a good maintenance tracking software, just some good research. Here we have done the sleuthing for you and have looked at a variety of levels of software ranging from airline-worthy to small shop ready to software...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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The Danger Zone: Ramp and Hangar Safety
For all its glamour, aviation is a dangerous business. Pilots and mechanics are well aware of the risks and are highly trained to manage them. But the same can not be said for many of the ground support workers in aviation ramps and hangars. The lack of a...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Technology Focus: DSSP Parts Analysis in 3D
A 3D modeling technique, digital shape sampling and processing (DSSP), improves analysis of aircraft parts and assemblies. This technique may ultimately help airplanes return to flight much sooner. Maintenance, repair and overhaul (MRO) has long been part of...
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| 05.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Technology Focus: Green Engines
Spurred by environmental regulations and ever rising fuel costs, jet engine manufacturers are developing products that reduce emissions and noise pollution. Researchers in Europe and America are focusing on next-generation concepts such as open rotor and...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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The Science of Aging Aircraft
Airplanes, like humans, deteriorate physically during their long lives. Accumulating stresses make it important to have regular checkups and, as the years go by, more frequent visits to specialists. Like geriatric medicine, aircraft aging science has become...
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| 04.01.2008 |
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Software Tools
Suppliers discuss the improved efficiency, visibility and connectivity possible through comprehensive and modular software systems. In Greek mythology, a king named Sisyphus must forever roll a boulder up a steep hill. In some sense, the volume of data...
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| 03.06.2008 |
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USAF SCOUT Program Adapts RFID to Small Suppliers
Radio frequency identification (RFID) technology is a well-accepted means of improving the efficiency of manufacturing operations. Data embedded in RFID “tags” attached to items that are shipped to a customer can be “read”...
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| 12.01.2007 |
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Could One Cool Tool Put an A&P in Every Pilot’s Pocket? Almost.
Electronic flight bags (EFBs) may be on the verge of making a more effective business case for fleet wide adoption. Plus a new logging feature offers a proactive, real-time link between flight and maintenance operations. You don’t expect to find a...
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| 11.01.2007 |
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Technology Focus: Unmanned Vehicle Maintenance
Unmanned aircraft systems (UAS) are a growing factor in the aviation community, spurred by the military but looking to expand into the civilian commercial market. What are the maintenance requirements for this new genre of aircraft and what skills should be...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Technology Focus: Built to Rule Short-Haul Routes
Pratt & Whitney’s PW6000 engine design has focused on reducing maintenance and acquisition costs since day one. From wrench jockeys to numbers crunchers, this powerplant will make their day. Handling the high-cycle rigors of short-route flights in...
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| 05.01.2007 |
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Technology Focus: Remote Visual Inspection: A Look at Current Technology
During the past three years, there has been an increase of technology within the Remote Visual Inspection (RVI) community. This advance in technology has given the mechanic the ability to fly IFR, with complete accuracy. We no longer have to "scud...
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| 03.01.2007 |
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Technology Focus: Satellite Weather in the Cockpit
In 2006, the FAA presented a workshop for the National Center for Atmospheric Research, informing participants that weather is more than twice as likely to cause general aviation fatalities than any other factor and is also the largest cause of general...
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| 02.26.2007 |
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At The Leading Edge Of Aviation
The Need To Be Tactically Tactile The expression "show 'em a clean set of heels" is often used by runners, when seeking to leave the competition behind. In aviation, without a clean set of wings, you're just not in the race. Many of the medium size...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Intelligence: News
IAC Wins Contract, Award Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) recently won a contract to supply 72 IAC 1209 Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) for the U. S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters. The company was also recently named to M2M Magazine’s...
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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 a medium affects individuals and society...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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HUMS
by David Jensen Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) for helicopters amass plenty of data. Now efforts are being made to put that information to better use. Like divers salvaging the contents of sunken ships, the manufacturers of health and usage...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Engine Oil Analysis: Used to Trigger Maintenance Action
Jet-Care specializes in the analysis of engine oil, hydraulic fluid, and fuel to alert operators to unusual amounts of contaminants. Just as medical doctors use blood analysis to fathom the workings of the human body, modern technologists employ quantitative...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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HUMS
Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) for helicopters amass plenty of data. Now efforts are being made to put that information to better use. Like divers salvaging the contents of sunken ships, the manufacturers of health and usage monitoring systems...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Understanding Piston Engine Overhauls
A review of the basics of piston engine overhauls and how to get the most out of your engine. There comes a time in the life of every piston aircraft when its engines must be overhauled. There's no exception to this rule. Based on their TBO (Time Between...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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Engine Oil Analysis: Used to Trigger Maintenance Action
Jet-Care specializes in the analysis of engine oil, hydraulic fluid, and fuel to alert operators to unusual amounts of contaminants. Just as medical doctors use blood analysis to fathom the workings of the human body, modern technologists employ quantitative...
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