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Briefs
Charlotte Diamond Award FAA has given a Diamond Award for maintenance training excellence to US Airways’ line maintenance hub in Charlotte, N.C. The recognition marks the 10th consecutive year the facility...
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Tech Toolbox Keeps Pace in Composite Repair
Long viewed as a black art, composite repair is adding more science to boost a mechanic’s confidence. On any given day, thousands of aircraft repairs occur involving composite components, utilized in various...
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A Bit of the Irish ‘Lean’
Shannon Aerospace is hardly alone in its goal to eliminate waste in aircraft maintenance. But it may well have taken the quest to a new level....
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Outsourcing Trends: Commercial Aviation PBL?
Performance-based logistics aims to drive down costs while increasing efficienty. Can airlines find a way to use this military concept to save money? Performance-based logistics (PBL), the outsourcing approach...
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Creating an Atmosphere for Business and Leisure
U.S. carriers improve cabins with seating upgrades, in-flight connectivity and entertainment options. From seating to in-flight entertainment (IFE), domestic carriers have begun to keep pace with the current...
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Increasing the Bottom Line by Managing MRO Execution
MRO operations are looking for solutions that let them dramatically improve schedules and throughput performances in short time. By implementing execution management systems, both public and private aviation...
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The R is Silent
Being a New Yorker by birth, I am intrigued by the way others speak. Just within a few miles of my old neighborhood one can encounter a cornucopia of dialects. I also defer to my adopted city...
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Editor’s Notebook
The New Networking I first learned about social networking sites from my daughter, back when she was in high school, about five or six years ago. When she was a sophomore, these sites became "the thing to...
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Banning the Independents
The letter about being frustrated and unhappy by Bjorn Rafnar ( AM , August/September 2008) is all too close to home. What is happening is that the independent FAA-licensed mechanic...
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Calendar
October 2008 6 – 8 NBAA 2008 Annual Meeting & Convention, Orlando, Fla. 202-783-9000, www.nbaa.org 14 – 16 Modification and Replacement Parts Association (MARPA) Conference, Las Vegas, Nev...
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Spotting News You Can't Use
Pass me the aspirin — I just got my 10th unsolicited press release of the day and it’s not even noon yet. I tend to get inundated with releases all year long, but the sudden surge in their generation is...
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Q&A with Peeter Kivestu, Teradata
What does Teradata do and what is enterprise data warehousing? Kivestu: Teradata provices integrated, optimized and extensible technology for a single
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| 10.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Tools
Latchways Wingrip Fall Protection System: Harnessing the science of safety. Working atop aircraft is dangerous due to the slippery, sloped nature of the surfaces. The Latchways Wingrip fall protection system is...
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The Mysteries of Wheels and Brakes... Revealed
Good maintenance practices and preventive care on wheels and brakes seem to be one of those neglected tasks. David Schober gives a refresher course on the inspection of wheels and brakes. As early as 1933, the...
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Aviation Maintenance Roundtable: Defining Excellent Customer Service
What constitutes excellent customer service in the business aviation maintenance arena? Aviation Maintenance invited users of these services to share their insights about their experiences, both positive and...
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Intelligence: Briefs
Cessna Expands Coverage: Wichita, Kan.-based Cessna is planning to offer around-the-clock service for aircraft on ground (AOG) situations and unplanned maintenance at its European Citation Service Center at Le...
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George Miller, President, Ship it AOG
AM: Tell us about your background. George Miller: My passion for aviation started at a young age on Long Island, N.Y. on the approach path to JFK Airport. I went to...
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Alaska’s Challenges: 19 New Hangars, All Heated, All Bi-Fold Doors
Moving up from Lubbock, Texas in 1957, Dan Hollingsworth was only five years old when his parents decided to start a new life in Alaska. His dad had been stationed in Alaska when in the Army, and liked it so...
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Elliott Aviation: The Complete Package
Founded by Herb Elliott in 1936 as Elliott Flying Services and operated for more than 50 years with his wife, Arlene, Elliott Aviation...
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There’s Nothing "Mickey Mouse" about Cessna’s Orlando Citation Service Center
It’s hard to believe that in the nearly 40 years since the first Cessna Citation took to the skies, the brand has grown from the punch line of "near jet" jokes to a global fleet of over 5,100 aircraft. Today, the Citation family ranges from the Mustang very light jet up to the Citation X — the fastest production airplane you can fly without collecting a government paycheck — so there’s a Citation for practically every type of customer....
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