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| 07.09.2008 |
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The Latest on Happenings at Farnborough
FIL Offers Free Shuttle Bus Service Farnborough International Limited (FIL) announced that it will provide a free shuttle bus service for exhibitors and trade visitors travelling in to next week’s air show from the three principal local railway...
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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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| 07.01.2008 |
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Managing Change
I was talking with an owner of a mid-size avionics shop recently and he was telling me how much his business has changed. Products have changed. Customers have changed. His whole way of doing business has changed. Oh, for the "good old" days... That...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Gentlemen, Start Your Engines
By David Schober, A&P, IA, DAR Reciprocating engine manufacturers have been slow to incorporate new technology ignition systems. There are a few electronic systems available, and the only TC’d engines with electronic ignition are the TCM Continental...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Mark Burns: Steady at the Helm
AM: Larry Flynn leaves big shoes to fill. How will you live up to his legacy? Burns: It’s a big challenge. I am fortunate to have worked really closely with Larry for a long time. For 14 years we have had daily interaction. I know a great deal about...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Q&A with Lyn Freeman
Lyn Freeman, Founder, Build A Plane AM: What is your background Lyn? LF: My dad had a Piper Clipper when I was a kid, so I’ve always been involved in aviation in some form or another. I flew charter for a while, taught flying and flew bush planes into...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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NASA’s ASRS Protects Mechanics, Too
Since 1976 the Aviation Safety Reporting System (ASRS), a voluntary program that encourages reports from aviation personnel including mechanics, has received hundreds of thousands of submissions. The ASRS receives the reports, processes and analyzes them, and...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Economics
I’d like to comment on David Schober’s article, "The Economics of Aviation MX for GA" ( Aviation Maintenance, May 2008). There are many customers willing to pay first-rate labor charges for first-rate maintenance; there are far...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Intelligence
Jet Aviation Increases Maintenance Network Jet Aviation has signed a letter of intent with Kemp Development to open an MRO facility for Midcoast Aviation at the Ogden-Hinckley Airport in Utah. Midcoast is a subsidiary of Jet Aviation, which will operate a...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Briefs
HondaJet European Service Honda Aircraft Company of Greensboro, N.C. is planning to establish a network of three new service centers across Europe for support and sales of the HondaJet. Each of the facilities will be built as stand-alone centers under...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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About People
Gulfstream has appointed Mark Burns to succeed Larry Flynn as president of its Product Support organization. Flynn, who started working for Gulfstream in 1995, will be promoted to senior VP of marketing and sales, replacing Raynor Reavis, who is retiring...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Calendar
July 2008 14 – 20 Farnborough Intl Airshow, Farnborough, England. +44 (0) 1252-532800, www.farnborough.com 28 – August 3 EAA AirVenture, Oshkosh, Wis. 920-426-4800, www.airventure.org August 2008 5 – 14 Safety Management Systems and Aviation...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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Aircraft Maintenance Tools
Oil Eater Cleans Up Parts, Lowers Replacement Costs Skokie, Ill.-based Kafko Intl’s Oil Eater is a 45-gallon, water-based parts washer that reduces the need for disposal services as well as costs for new parts. The unit’s industrial-grade HDPE...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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RFID Use in Tracking Parts
The use of radio-frequency identification (RFID) tags for highly precise tracking in supply chains is crossing over from the consumer world to emerge as a mainstream technology in the aviation maintenance sector. Propelled by new mandates at major retailers...
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| 07.01.2008 |
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License to Learn
Back when I finally received my A&P certificate, I was told by the examiner, "Congratulations. You now have a license to learn." Little did I realize how prophetic those words would be. Since then, I have found that the A&P certificate is...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Military: Rebirth of a C-17
Allan T. Duffin is a freelance writer, television producer and veteran of the U.S. Air Force. As a maintenance squadron commander, he deployed to Southwest Asia for Operations Iraqi Freedom and Enduring Freedom and received the Bronze Star for outstanding...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Military: Supporting the Military Maintainers
Helping soldiers keep battlefield tools up to date and ready for combat is the primary function of contract field service representatives. Battlefield logistics today are seriously challenged by the fact that while combat weapons have become highly...
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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Commercial: Growth and Transition at Turkish Technic
Now an independent company, this MRO plans to double its capacity, taking full advantage of a favorable geographic location. We sent our editor at large, Dave Jensen, to Turkey to learn about their plans for growth. Asked how his company can successfully...
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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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| 06.01.2008 |
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Aviation Maintenance: Editor’s Notebook
How Long for the Boom? As you no doubt quickly learned after entering the aviation arena, our industry is cyclical. There are boom times and slow times. I have seen this cycle play out numerous times in the past 30 years. Catastrophic events like Sept. 11...
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