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| 07.01.2009 |
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The 'Mendoza Line' for MROs
The "Mendoza Line" for MROs Those of us who love baseball use an expression called "The Mendoza Line," a reference to when a player’s batting average falls below.200. If a hitter’s...
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| 06.01.2009 |
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Reader Feedback
Focusing on Mechanics Thank you for mentioning www.faasafety.gov (see Go FAASTeam Go, Aviation Maintenance , Feb. 2009, page 6). Recently, I’ve been taking recurrent training to maintain my Inspection...
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| 04.01.2009 |
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Rays of Hope Amid the Gloom
While I was glad-handing at February’s Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim, the incessant need for helicopters to undergo intensive maintenance emerged as a major topic of discussion at the...
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| 03.01.2009 |
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Intelligence: News
HBS Adds Paint Facility to Chester Maintenance Center Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has opened a 25,000-square-foot paint facility at its Hawarden Airport (CEG) aircraft maintenance center near Chester...
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| 02.01.2009 |
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Maintenance News
HBS Opens Regional Service Center in Mesa Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has opened a $14-million aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix – Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Arizona. The Hawker Beechcraft Services...
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| 11.01.2008 |
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Maintenance Tools
Shaft Alignment System Features Graphical Interface Mölndal, Sweden-based Elos Fixturlaser has introduced a shaft alignment system for maintenance uses. Fixturlaser GO comes with all basic shaft alignment...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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Editor’s Notebook: The Coming Revolution
We asked Jim McKenna, editor of our sister publication Rotor & Wing, to give us his perspectives on the coming changes in helicopter maintenance. Here are his thoughts. — Ed. A revolution is brewing...
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| 02.01.2008 |
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HUMS Ascension
"Helicopters are really a bunch of parts flying in relatively close formation; all rotating around a different axis. Things work well until one of the parts breaks formation." - Anon Helicopter...
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| 08.01.2007 |
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Back Shop: Change Agent
Jerry Airola is president, founder and CEO of Silver State Helicopters. He has more than 17 years of law enforcement experience and 20 years of executive management experience. His law enforcement career...
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| 06.01.2007 |
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Reader Feedback: A&P Helicopter Rating
In response to the very fine article by Brian Finnegan (see AM Feb. 2007, p. 40) in the February 2007 issue of AM magazine, I would like to give the author my full support and add a few thoughts of my own. As...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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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...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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General Aviation: Keystone and Sikorsky: A Dutch Treat
On December 15, 2005, helicopter giant Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. acquired Keystone Ranger Holdings, a privately owned U.S. company specializing in rotorcraft completions and MRO. Calling it "a great...
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| 02.01.2007 |
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Back Shop Industry Insights: Rotorcraft Technician Certification
The importance of ensuring the airworthiness of helicopters cannot be overstated. Their ubiquitous presence in our daily lives lends a familiarity that we often take for granted. Frequently, the indispensable...
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| 11.01.2006 |
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Helicopter Parts: Playing Their Role
Last year, the helicopter industry essentially committed itself to reducing
the accident rate by 80 percent over the next 10 years....
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| 10.01.2006 |
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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...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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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...
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| 10.01.2006 |
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Calendar
NOVEMBER 2006 13-15 Gorham Techonologies Presents Approved Repairs for Commercial Aviation. San Diego, California. 207-892-5445; www.gorhamtech.com 14-17 Aviation Safety Management, Scandinavian Aviation. Johannesburg, South Africa. Phone: +47 91 18 41 82...
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| 09.01.2006 |
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About People
DiagnoSYS Systems has named Jim Duich director of sales, transportation and telecommunications. He is tasked with spearheading sales growth of its electronic tester in the transportation sector. Jack Hess was appointed OEM sales manager for Avidyne...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Aftermarket Outlook
Out of the Crisis of Costs, Opportunity The problem with predicting the size of the aftermarket industry is that it depends heavily on the price of fuel. Crank up the price of fuel and the aviation industry takes a dive, and with that plummet goes the...
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| 05.01.2006 |
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Briefs
IS-BAO for Dassault Falcon Dassault Falcon's Teterboro flight operations department recently achieved International Standard for Business Aviation Operations (IS-BAO) registration. New Qantas Parts Center Qantas opened a $55 million material and logistics...
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