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02.26.2007		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...
02.01.2007		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...
02.01.2007		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...
10.01.2006		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...
10.01.2006		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...
10.01.2006		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...
10.01.2006		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...
09.01.2006		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...
08.01.2006		Surge Damage Aircraft turbine engine operators are familiar with compressor surge, also frequently called compressor stall. The phenomenon is of special concern when it involves engines with axial flow compressors, which may be equipped with up to 1,000 compressor blades...
07.01.2006		Superior Uses MQ1 To visit Superior Air Parts, which supplies PMA piston engine parts and which makes the Vantage and XP engines, is to be struck by the lack of paperwork at the employee workstations and the relatively clean desks of managers at the Dallas, Texas firm. A big...
07.01.2006		Tool Calibration Every mechanic knows that his or her tools need to be properly calibrated, but what some don't always understand is precisely why? The reason--the precise importance of calibration, to be exact-- is that improperly calibrated tools and measurement devices...
05.01.2006		Aircraft Flight Control Cable Systems - Maintenance Work with Zero Tolerance for Error Maintenance work on flight control systems involving inspection, measurement, replacement and/or adjusting flexible cables is challenging in the least due to the physical and skill difficulties involved, besides the grave safety consequence of any errors...
04.01.2006		Fly-by-Wire Control Testing With its weight savings, reliability and potential to reduce flight crew workload, digital fly-by-wire control systems are entering more and more new aircraft. Dassault soon will begin delivering the first fly-by-wire (FBW) business jet, the Falcon 7X. Boeing...
03.01.2006		Wiring Inspections Proposed to Assure Safety of Transport Aircraft It may be the most lengthy regulatory proposal in recent memory, although its impact is far less certain than the number of pages suggests. Nevertheless, because it deals with aircraft wiring, the proposal has...
02.01.2006		HUMS: Health And Usage Monitoring Systems Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS), initially developed for the larger twin-engine helicopters flown to offshore rigs in the North Sea, are becoming more affordable, more capable and more commonplace in the rotorcraft industry. These systems, which...
12.01.2005		CRM Solutions Serve Maintenance Providers The people who run aircraft maintenance businesses are increasingly aware that communication with customers is a critical part of delivering services. To meet this need, some maintenance companies have adopted a tool that's familiar in many other industries...
11.01.2005		E-Logbooks: Saving Precious Data The logbooks of any aircraft stuck in the paths of the devastating hurricanes that recently swamped the Gulf Coast in September may be ruined. And while the condition of logbooks pales in comparison to the tragic loss of life and property, logbooks do rank...
10.01.2005		BRAWNY COMPUTERS Built for the Hangar Like them or not, computers are becoming as much of a part of toolboxes as wrenches and sockets. And like most tools, there are many kinds of computers, namely those that have failed and those that will fail. “Statistics show that there’s a 35...
10.01.2005		TECHNOLOGY DRIVES   Tele-Maintenance Developments Technology is finally winging its way into aviation, leading to many new applications that are leveraging modern computer systems to help manufacturers and maintenance service providers better serve their customers and...
08.01.2005		Software Putting Parts in the "StockMarket" Having a hard time finding certain parts? California-based Component Control, which produces Quantum Control enterprise resource planning (ERP) software for aviation applications, has a solution to the parts-search...
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