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September 1, 2005
Hardware - Intevia Intelligent Fasteners Save Time, But Will It Lock Out MROs?
Software-controlled intelligent fasteners: that's what Textron Fastening Systems (TFS) has achieved with its new Intevia latching system. Using a powered, radio-controlled microprocessor electrically connected to a piece of shape memory alloy in a wire form...
September 1, 2005
Sandia Labs and the Science of Non-Destructive Inspection
If Missouri's motto is "Show Me," then New Mexico, or at least Albuquerque and the areas around the FAA Airworthiness Assurance NDI Validation Center at Sandia National Laboratories (AANC), should have the motto, "Prove It To Me,"...
September 1, 2005
Workplace - Help Finding Help
You can't hardly pick up an aviation magazine or visit an industry website without reading about the ongoing cutbacks and layoffs that are plaguing the major airlines' maintenance operations. Thousands of highly qualified maintenance technicians are...
June 1, 2005
Military
Bell Helicopter Builds Training Relationship Along with V-22 Bell Helicopter is expanding its Amarillo, Texas base by adding new facilities worth $50 million. Approximately $25 million will go towards the US101 presidential helicopter project. "We'll...
April 1, 2005
A Step above A&P Mechanic
A Step above A&P Mechanic Many of us have been pushing over the years for some type of advanced recognition from the FAA for A&P mechanics who have training and/or qualifications above that required for the basic ratings. The FAA developed the AMT...
April 1, 2005
Military
NADEP Safety Officer Corrects Incorrect Fix What do you do when you discover that the approved fix for a dangerous airframe problem will actually cause more damage than good? Well, if you are Cris Sonnichsen, a sheet metal mechanic at Naval Air Depot (NADEP)...
March 1, 2005
NDT
Honeywell Sensors to Detect Composite Failures Honeywell Automation and Control Solutions (ACS) is currently working on a new type of sensor system that can provide non-destructive inspection information to maintenance personnel regarding the health of an...
March 1, 2005
PAMA Aviation Maintenance Olympics
PAMA Olympics Overview People often ask what are the PAMA Aviation Maintenance Olympics all about? Simply, they are an opportunity for any current PAMA member technician to show off his or her skills and experience in a variety of competitive events built...
February 1, 2005
Jessica Pittman, F-15C staff sergeant.
Staff Sergeant Jessica Pittman Into the Wild Blue Yonder Meet Jessica Pittman. The 24-year-old staff sergeant is a dedicated crew chief on the F-15C Eagle fighter jet for the United States Air Force. With our nation at war, there are so many unsung heroes who...
February 1, 2005
Military
Skills Shortages Keep Contractors Busy Military and commercial operators are faced with the problem practically every day: they have a maintenance or support project that requires highly skilled maintenance technicians, but the scope of the work can't justify...
February 1, 2005
Peening Proves Promising Process
You'll never look at metal the same after attending shot peening training classes at an Electronics Incorporated seminar. Shot peening is one of those techniques that we've all heard about but about which few of us know much beyond the fact that it involves...
October 1, 2004
Harrier Pulse Line Reduces Downtime
RAF Harrier repair and maintenance turnaround times are being reduced by up to 75 percent and cost savings of 25 percent achieved through the introduction of a new program called Pulse Line. Established at RAF Cottesmore, Rutland, U.K., an MRO...
October 1, 2004
Certification and Training of NDT Personnel
Certification and Training of NDT Personnel The training, certification, and documentation of aviation maintenance personnel has been a longstanding concern of the industry. Airframe and Powerplant Mechanics, avionics technicians, and certificated...
September 1, 2004
Bogus Parts Broker Gets Jail
Tempio Pausania, Italy--Enzo Fregonese, 75 year old owner of Panavia-tion, an aircraft spare parts broker company located in Rome, Italy on February 26th was sentenced by the District Court of Tempio Pausania in Sardegna to serve a 15-month jail sentence for...
July 1, 2004
The Aviation Maintenance Annual Salary Survey
Co-Sponsored by PAMA By Kathleen Kocks Last year aircraft maintenance professionals gained good ground in terms of compensation. This year they gave some of it back. There is no pleasant way to report this: According to Aviation Maintenance's 2004...
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