March 2002

Breathe Easy: Developing a respirator program

March 1, 2002

Breathe Easy Developing a respirator programBy Colleen Malloy Even breathing can be dangerous when you're working in the hangar. Your health depends on a properly chosen and maintained...

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Inflight Fires

March 1, 2002

Inflight Fires Technicians, be on the lookout for potential fire dangers By Stephen P. Prentice Happy New Year . . . or so the saying goes. Every time New Year's rolls around ...

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Manage Equipment Assets

March 1, 2002

Manage Equipment Assets Focus on records, availability, and cost of operation By Bill de Decker Aircraft, like apartment buildings, construction machinery, and other equipment...

FBOs & Tenants

Octane 101: Autogas vs. avgas

March 1, 2002

Autogas vs. avgasBy John Szymanski More and more pilots are obtaining STCs for their aircraft to use autogas. Why? Because autogas is less expensive and the FAA has found no statistical...

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Opposition to Autogas

March 1, 2002

Opposition to Autogas The autogas debate is nearly 20 years old and there is still plenty of fuel for the fire. With over 50,000 STCs on the market autogas is definitely in for...

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Engines & Components

Troubleshooting: Taking a look at the PT6A-27 engine

March 1, 2002

Troubleshooting Taking a look at the PT6A-27 engineBy Ma HuiWhen troubleshooting you have to look at a situation from every angle. How do you find the most efficient method to...

Painting

Aircraft De-painting: Variety of products available to remove paint from your aircraft

March 1, 2002

Variety of products available to remove paint form your aircraftBy Joe Escobar It's a fact of aviation life. At some point in time, an aircraft is going to require a new paint...

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Maximize Performance: Component maintenance manuals help eliminate downtime

March 1, 2002

Larry Bates removes a properly packaged fuel control.Maximize PerformanceComponent maintenance manuals help eliminate downtimeBy Eric Blickley Strict maintenance of the engine...

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Gravity Wins: Electronic landing tools

March 1, 2002

GravityWins Electronic landing toolsBy Jim Sparks Gravity overcomes lift in every successful landing, and those of us involved in aviation do our best to make sure it is a photo...

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Signing My Life Away

Bill O'Brien

March 1, 2002

The power behind the certificate

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Logbook Research Part 2

March 1, 2002

Logbook Research It's not just an AD search any more. Part 2 of 2 By Joe HertzlerThis is the second in a two-part series on the process of evaluating the maintenance records of...

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Keep a Healthy Workplace

March 1, 2002

Keep a Healthy Workplace Injury and illness prevention By Fred Workley Have you done everything that you can to prevent injuries and illness in your workplace for 2002? If you...

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Rethinking Basic Training

March 1, 2002

Rethinking Basic Training NBAA guidelines for maintenance training By Lonnie Williams For most aircraft technicians, a typical workday can be anything but predictable. Whether...