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History in the Making

March 1, 2000
The clock radio on my dresser snapped to life right in the middle of a late night deejay’s nasal introduction of the next country and western tune. Ignoring the plaintive wail...
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Save on Maintenance Costs

March 1, 2000
Save on Maintenance Costs By Bill de Decker March 2000 Bill de Decker is a Partner with Conklin & de Decker Associates, publishers of aircraft operating cost databases. MxManager...
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Repair Stations Threatened

March 1, 2000
Repair Stations Threatened Part 145 recommendations may shut you By Stephen P. Prentice March 2000 Stephen P. Prentice is an attorney whose practice involves FAA-NTSB issues....
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Scheduled Maintenance Tasks

March 1, 2000
Scheduled Maintenance Tasks Working through the development process with the Maintenance Steering Group By Jack Hessburg March 2000 Jack Hessburg has over 40 years experience...
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Manufacturing Regulations & Distributors

March 1, 2000
Manufacturing Regulators& Distributors By Jason Dickstein March 2000 Recently, a question was posed to the Airline Suppliers Association (ASA) from a distributor that works closely...

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Pitot-Static Systems

March 1, 2000
Pitot-Static Systems Basic for flight By Jim Sparks March 2000 Air is one of the basics needed to support life. In fact for most of us, it is also the basis for our profession...
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Preventive Maintenance for Thrust Reversers

March 1, 2000
Preventive Maintenance for Thrust Reversers By Michael M. DiMauro March 2000 Rugged and reliable, few mechanics consider thrust reversers as a threat to the aircraft's safety...
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Fly-by-wire Primer

March 1, 2000
Fly-by-wire Primer Edited From Airbus FAST publication March 2000 From the early days of aviation until the times of the Stratocruiser and Super Guppy, flying an airplane was...
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Honeywell's GTCP36-100 APU

March 1, 2000
Honeywell's GTCP36-100 APU Quit throwing parts at it! By John Casey March 2000 Are you one of those mechanics that start throwing parts at the auxiliary power unit (APU) when...
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Managing Safety

March 1, 2000
Managing Safety The role of human factors By Jacqueline Booth-Bourdeau March 2000 Jacqueline Booth-Bourdeau is a Technical Officer with Transport Canada's Aircraft Maintenance...
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Adversity

March 1, 2000
Adversity It's all in the approach By Richard Komarniski March 2000 Richard Komarniski is President of Grey Owl Aviation Consultants. He has worked as an Aircraft Maintenance...
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The 100 Percent Rule

March 1, 2000
Which rule is the one that if only one percent of the mechanics broke it, the result would be the complete failure of the aviation maintenance industry?
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Good Practices in Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection

March 1, 2000
Good Practices in Fluorescent Penetrant Inspection By Fred Workley March 2000 Fred Workley is the president of Workley Aircraft and Maintenance Inc. in Manassas, VA. He is on...
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All About Aircraft Oil :For Piston Engines

March 1, 2000
All About Aircraft Oil For Piston Engines By Stephen M. Sunseri, ExxonMobil March 2000 A great deal is published in aviation magazines about "best maintenance practices." And...