Jan/Feb 2006

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Publisher's Sign-Off

Jan. 26, 2006
The IA renewal season has begun in earnest, and as can be expected, the annual discussion of why we need to do this every year? And as usual, we face the challenge of getting ...
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Product News

Jan. 26, 2006
Tungsten Line Weldcraft, a manufacturer of GTAW (TIG) welding torches and accessories, offers an extensive line of tungsten for use on a variety of TIG welding applications. ...
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Cabin Communications

Generations in the Workplace

Jan. 26, 2006
Have you noticed that communicating with your teenagers is vastly different than communicating with your parents? In addition to working with individuals who all have their own...
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Why the Difference? Rates Paid vs. Rates Charged

Jan. 26, 2006
My company pays me $20 per hour as a technician, yet they charge customers $70 for each hour that I work. Why? If involved in a conversation concerning this topic, this article...
Business & General Aviation

Constitutional Law 101

Jan. 26, 2006
You might think that decisions of the Supreme Court involving condemnation are beyond your concern. Ordinarily, we would care less about such things. However, nothing could be...

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Achieving the Impossible

Jan. 26, 2006
Bill O’Brien talks about what keeps us from the goal of universal professional recognition. The definition of professional contains three major parts: education, recognition, ...
Turbine Engine Maintenance

Maintenance Records

Jan. 26, 2006
An inspection program for a large or multi-turbine powered airplane or turbine-powered rotorcraft will generally consist of the following types of inspections: look-phase inspections...
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Avionics

AFCS Problems

Jan. 26, 2006
A phrase familiar to software people goes like this: Garbage in equals garbage out abbreviated as GIGO. This means that if the input data or the software itself was bad (i.e.,...
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Aircraft Airframe & Accessories

Now What? Vibration Analysis

Jan. 26, 2006
The vibration spectrum survey can bring quite a bit of seemingly unrelated data into an organized format that you can use as a valuable troubleshooting tool.
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Turbine Engine Maintenance

Turbine Engine Maintenance

Jan. 26, 2006
So why go back to basics? It boils down to a big problem in maintenance — complacency. Webster’s dictionary defines complacency as satisfaction accompanied by unawareness of actual...
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Piston Engine Maintenance

Magnetos: Installation Tips

Jan. 26, 2006
Magnetos have been around since the early 1900s and have been refined for the last 100 years to give us the reliability we have come to expect from aircraft magnetos. As maintenance...
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Aircraft

Editor's Viewpoint

Jan. 26, 2006
We chose Noel Wilton as this year’s winner. The photo taken by Gerald Paul New of Noel crouched down inspecting a model airplane was a great shot. Joe Escobar also claims it’s...
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Danger! Stay Away : Avionics Challenges in Rotary Wing Aircraft

Jan. 26, 2006
Manufacturers and outfitters of rotary wing aircraft face many unique challenges when it comes to selecting and installing avionics. Helicopters, like their fixed wing counterparts...