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| 11.01.2006 |
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A New Era Begins
I think the common thread through my experience is strong customer focus. That
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Changing of the Guard
On October 2, Ron Chapman retired from the Cessna Aircraft Company after 37
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| 10.25.2006 |
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Briefs
Eclipse Receives FAA Part 145 Certifcation Eclipse Aviation received 14 CFR Part 145 Repair Station Certification just days after receiving FAA Type Certification for its very light jet. The factory-owned service center's repair manual was reviewed by the FAA...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Gulfstream Throws Down the Gauntlet
The operating maintenance philosophy is that good service helps to sell new airplanes. There are enormous pressures on the aviation maintenance industry. They include the finite supply of trained maintainers, the growing complexity of aircraft, and the need...
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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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UK MRO Operator Harrods: Benefits from Up-Market Service
The high costs of maintenance equipment, tools and engineering training concern UK-based MRO Harrods Aviation, which in recent times has seen $20,000 going towards Gulfstream jet tooling and another $52,000 toward Embraer series tooling alone, together with...
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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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Reader Feedback
Cable Blocking Having worked as an A & E in the rigging crew on a major airline back in the 50s and 60s, we were involved on major and minor overhauls on aircraft such as DC-4s, DC-6s, and DC-7s. On a major overhaul, nearly all the cables were replaced...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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TOOL CRIB SPECIAL REPORT: Composite Tooling
Name of the Game: Right Selection of Rapid Repair Tooling Formglas CNC Patterns Division's Kevin MacMillan, manager of business development, believes the most commonly misunderstood aspects of rapid composite repair tooling are tool system selection...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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UK MRO Operator Harrods: Benefits from Up-Market Service
The high costs of maintenance equipment, tools and engineering training concern UK-based MRO Harrods Aviation, which in recent times has seen $20,000 going towards Gulfstream jet tooling and another $52,000 toward Embraer series tooling alone, together with...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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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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| 08.01.2006 |
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Mx Safety
The TWA Flight 800 disaster in many respects reflects a failure of maintenance, and the National Transportation Safety Board (NTSB) issued a press release as the 10th anniversary of the crash approached. The NTSB remains disappointed that fuel tank inerting...
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| 07.01.2006 |
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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...
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| 04.01.2006 |
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Reader Feedback
Punching Bag I get the feeling that the editor thinks some erroneous aircraft maintenance is the result of over worked maintenance personal (see Editor's Notebook, February 2006, page 6). He may be right in some cases, but more often than not their workload...
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| 01.01.2006 |
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2006 Repair Center Directory
Alphabetical index of listed companies...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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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...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Eclipse Reveals 3rd Service Center
Eclipse Aviation will open seven factory-owned service centers to try to achieve the goal of having a maintenance facility within 1.5 flying hours of any Model 500 customer location in the U.S. The state of New York provided a $1.5 million grant to the...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Keep Track Of Those Tools
Every mechanic has awakened in the night to this nightmare: you've just buttoned up a beautiful aircraft after extensive work under tight time constraints and you are watching it taxi out for the first flight after the work. Just then you glance into...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Maintenance on the Fire Front
"Il est bon?" ("Is it fine?") a concerned TAT Industries maintenance technician asks the Canadair CL-415 firefighter pilot as he deplanes. The answer is "oui," and the technician, reassured on the repair she had performed a...
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| 12.01.2005 |
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Tulsa's MRO Duo
The Aerospace Alliance of Tulsa, Oklahoma boasts nearly 300 members. Among them are Lufthansa Technik Composite Tulsa (see sidebar on page 50) and BizJet, which was purchased by Lufthansa Technik in 2000. Both companies are well embedded in this land of oil...
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