July/August 2022

WinAir
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Maintenance IT

MRO Package Tracks and Manages Aircraft Maintenance and Inventory Control

Aug. 11, 2022
When MROs implement WinAir's MRO package, they are often migrating from very old software, manual spreadsheets or a blackboard/whiteboard covered in sticky notes. The latest trend...
Neal Reagor
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Neal Reagor, M.B.A, Commercial Director, Embraer Aircraft Maintenance Services

Aug. 11, 2022
Neal Reagor said there isn’t one specific experience that led him into aviation, but he attributes his career to a love of aviation and military history. “My fascination has always...
Michael Costello
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Mike Costello, North American Sales, USA Borescopes

Aug. 11, 2022
Mike Costello’s start in the aviation field began with going to air shows as a child. “I was growing up, my dad liked to take me to all the air shows. I was just always fascinated...
Nathan Hewitt
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Nathan Hewitt, Manager on Duty, Envoy Air

Aug. 11, 2022
Nathan Hewitt started his career in aviation when he was 19 years old. Originally planning to pursue a career in information technology, he instead was bit by the aviation bug...

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Andrew Kutcher
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Andrew Kutcher, Back-Up Chief Inspector, StandardAero Ltd., Winnipeg, MB, Canada

Aug. 11, 2022
Andrew Kutcher joined StandardAero’s Winnipeg team in 2009 as a technician within the facility’s CF34 Destack Team. The company helped put Kutcher through college for the Gas ...
Gareth Lawson
Gareth Lawson
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Gareth Lawson, Flight Mechanic, 10 Tanker Air Carrier

Aug. 11, 2022
Aviation is something Gareth Lawson has been around most his life. “My whole family is kind of in aviation. I have two cousins that are pilots and my uncle is a pilot as well....
Emersen Cislo
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Emersen H. Cislo, Aircraft Mechanic II, Life Flight Network LLC

Aug. 11, 2022
Emersen Cislo has a hand in saving lives in his work with Life Flight Network. He is on call 24 hours a day for seven days on, seven off, serving three aircraft that are utilized...
Nathan Allen Rich
Nathan Allen Rich
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Nathan Allen Rich, Director of Maintenance, Exec Aero, LLC.

Aug. 11, 2022
Nathan Rich was once a farmer in central Wisconsin, after spending his early childhood in Gloucester, Massachusetts. “I vividly remember stopping my tractor in the middle of nowhere...
John M. Hardin
John M. Hardin
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: John M. Hardin A&P, IA, Gold Seal, MCFI, Chief Mechanic and Chief Instructor, Terrell Aviation

Aug. 11, 2022
As chief flight instructor and head mechanic of the family-owned and operated FBO Terrell Aviation, John Hardin said he is often at the airport seven days a week. Hardin’s parents...
Michael Goudreau
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Michael Goudreau, A&P Mechanic, Piedmont Airlines

Aug. 11, 2022
Prior to joining Piedmont Airlines, Michael Goudreau spent five years in the Marine Corps, working on F-18s as a structures and hydraulics mechanic.“Fundamentally, it was anything...
Clayton Long
Clayton Long
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Clayton Long, Aircraft MX Mechanic, Technical Operations for Southwest Airlines

Aug. 11, 2022
When he was growing up, Clayton Long was always interested in aviation – and with good cause – as it is in his blood.
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Travis L. Reed, Quality Control Inspector, West Star Aviation

Aug. 11, 2022
Travis Reed has a passion for customer service. He shows commitment to his job and the aviation community. As a quality control inspector for West Star Aviation and specifically...
James Alexander McPherson
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: James Alexander McPherson, Program Manager, Fleet and Deployment Services, General Atomics Aeronautical Systems, Inc.

Aug. 11, 2022
As the company-owned Fleet Sustainment Program Manager for General Atomics Aeronautical Systems – the OEM for the MQ-9 Reaper, MQ-9B SkyGuardian, MQ-1 Predator and MQ-1C Gray ...
Uzair Shahid
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Uzair Shahid, Sr. Aircraft Maintenance Technician, FedEx Express

Aug. 11, 2022
Uzair Shahid was born and raised in Pakistan. He started his aviation career as an apprentice with Pakistan International Airlines (PIA) at age 21. His passion for aviation came...
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals Award Winners

Aug. 11, 2022
Congratulations to this year’s winners of the AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals Awards!
Mark Delta Wygant Jr.
Mark Delta Wygant Jr.
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Mark Delta Wygant Jr., Sr. Director of Sales & Client Solutions, STS Aviation Group

Aug. 11, 2022
Mark Wygant started in aviation 10 years ago. Today, he’s part of STS Aviation Group’s staffing arm.“In general, the aviation industry’s had a labor shortage for at least the ...
Marissa Estebanez
Marissa Estebanez
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Marissa Estebanez, Aircraft Maintenance Technician, South Carolina Avionics Services

Aug. 11, 2022
Marissa Estebanez’s interest in aviation was sparked when she was 14. A member of her school’s robotics program at the time, a representative from the Pittsburgh Institute of ...
Matthew Lewis
Matthew Lewis
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Matthew Lewis, Engine Technical Advisor, Jet Support Services

Aug. 11, 2022
Matthew Lewis pinpoints his eventual career in aviation beginning when he was a kid helping his dad repair their car.“He had an older car that was constantly breaking down. One...
Jeffrey W. Turner
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Jeffrey W. Turner, Director of Avionics, Jet East - Dallas

Aug. 11, 2022
Jeffery Turner was unsure of what he wanted to do with his career post-high school. When the Pittsburgh Institute of Aeronautics came to give a presentation at his school, Turner...
Brandon Feagan
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Brandon Feagan, Avionics and Maintenance Technician, SkyWorld Aviation Inc.

Aug. 11, 2022
Brandon Feagan said he just kind of fell into aviation. No one in his family had worked in it before, and his working life started out with a position in his father’s machine ...
Veronica Leacock-Borchardt
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Veronica Leacock-Borchardt, Assistant Manager for Aircraft Inspection Outside Vendors, United Airlines

Aug. 11, 2022
At age 20, Veronica Leacock-Borchardt earned her Associate in Aircraft Maintenance from the Instituto Superior de Formación Profesional Aeronáutica in Panama. She also earned ...
Devan C. Fronk
Devan C. Fronk
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Devan C. Fronk, Lead Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Sky Quest, LLC

Aug. 11, 2022
Devan Fronk said he is following in the footsteps of his father, who has been an aircraft mechanic his entire life. “When I was younger, we went up to visit my dad at work. I ...
Joe Matz
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Joe Matz, Vice President, Director of Maintenance & AMT, Vintage Wings Inc. & Classic Jet Center

Aug. 11, 2022
Joe Matz is both the vice president and director of maintenance for Vintage Wings Inc. and an AMT with Classic Jet Center. “I’ve been at Classic for around seven years. We do ...
Gregory Tarascio
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Gregory Tarascio, Director of Maintenance, Ventura Air Services, Inc.

Aug. 11, 2022
Gregory Tarascio grew up second generation in a flight school family business – Ventura Air Services. “I started coming with my dad here when I was about 8 years old. Started ...
Spirit Airlines
Kirk Jacobs
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Kirk Jacobs, Regional Maintenance Manager, Spirit Airlines

Aug. 11, 2022
“The dynamic environment that aviation provides gives excitement and variety to each day,” said Kirk Jacobs, who early on had a technical and mechanical skillset. Driven by a ...
Southeast Avionics
Jeremy J. Hill
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Jeremy J. Hill, Owner & Lead Technician, Southeast Avionics LLC

Aug. 11, 2022
Jeremy Hill's aviation career began in the Marines. For a little over three of his five years with the Marines, he worked on the V-8B Harrier II. Coming out of the service, Hill...
Jake Stauffer
Jake Stauffer
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Jake Stauffer, Shop Foreman, Skytech Inc.

Aug. 11, 2022
Jake Stauffer grew up in a family of mechanics. His grandfather, Glenn, worked on cars, and instilled the passion in Stauffer’s father, Daniel, who in turn taught it to him. Stauffer...
Leonel A. Turcios
Leonel A. Turcios
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Leonel A. Turcios, Avionics Manager, Million Air

Aug. 11, 2022
Leonel Turcios finds reward in solving the complex, and sometimes confounding, problems of his field. “What I enjoy most about my job is the fact that whenever you figure something...
Stanley Rhodes
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Stanley Rhodes, Lead Avionics Technician, AVEX Aviation

Aug. 11, 2022
Stanley Rhodes is a lead avionics technician for AVEX Aviation in Broomfield, Colorado. His story is perhaps best described as one of hard work, determination and old-fashioned...
Alisa Lockwood
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Alisa Lockwood, Aircraft Maintenance Technician, Delta Air Lines

Aug. 11, 2022
A lifelong fascination with aircraft and machines inspired Alisa Lockwood to begin studying in 2017. She truly enjoys her work as an aircraft maintenance technician for Delta ...
Kasey Dixon
Kasey Dixon
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Kasey Dixon, Human Performance Engineer, Lockheed Martin Aeronautics

Aug. 11, 2022
Kasey Dixon started her career in the Army, where she was an aircraft mechanic specializing in armament and avionics systems on the AH-64D Apache Longbow helicopter. Her experiences...
Mitch Lutze-Morris
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Mitch Lutze-Morris, Chief Inspector and Quality Manager, Blackhawk Aerospace Technologies, Inc.

Aug. 11, 2022
Mitch Lutze-Morris got into aviation on a whim, he said, having never seen nor flown on an airplane, outside of one time skydiving, before. “I was working as a bank teller for...
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Trade Associations & Events

Anyone Fits

Aug. 11, 2022
ARSA has supported AMT Magazine’s “40 Under 40” Awards since its inception, not just since I was presented with the award in 2015). The world will depend on young professionals...
Paris M. Krula, Capt/GS-12, USAF
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Paris M. Krula, Capt/GS-12, USAF

Aug. 11, 2022
U.S. Air Force Captain/GS-12 Paris M. Krula is the director of operations for the 714th Aircraft Maintenance Squadron (Reserve), and was recently selected to “dual hat” for the...
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: MSgt. Roscoe D. Tamondong, Production Superintendent, 305 Maintenance Squadron, United States Air Force

Aug. 11, 2022
U.S. Air Force Master Sergeant Roscoe Tamondong is a production superintendent with the 305 Maintenance Squadron at Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. He is part of...
Patrick Reed
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Patrick Reed, Flight Technician, Equus Capital

Aug. 11, 2022
A high school tennis coach introduced Patrick Reed to aviation. When Reed said he didn’t know what he wanted to do after high school, his coach told him he was going to be an ...
Alyssa Marie Sullivan
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Alyssa Marie Sullivan, Operations Manager, Balloonacy Ltd. and Parts Authority

Aug. 11, 2022
Alyssa Sullivan began her career in aviation, likely, as soon as was possible, helping her father in the family business of maintenance and repair of hot air balloons when she...
David G. Miller
David G. Miller
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: David G. Miller, Assistant Shop Lead, Aerostar

Aug. 11, 2022
David Miller said he’s always been technical and mechanically minded. “My love for applied physics and my job allow me to further my knowledge. My father introduced me to aviation...
Bradley Krahn
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Bradley Krahn, Mechanic, Piedmont Airlines

Aug. 11, 2022
Bradley Krahn bounced around a number of industries during the beginnings of his career. Then 10 years ago, Krahn found himself hooked by aviation. “About 10 years ago, my brother...
Miguel Cruz
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Miguel Cruz, Project Manager, AAR

Aug. 11, 2022
Miguel Cruz has been at AAR since 2014. He started as a support technician with little experience, but quickly rose through the ranks.“I worked my way up from support tech, utility...
Bryan Helm
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2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Bryan Helm, Director of Maintenance, Ball Ventures

Aug. 11, 2022
Bryan Helm initially wanted to be a helicopter pilot. “I always wanted to fly helicopters, but the cost of flying helicopter was so outrageous, so I needed something to help pay...
Michael Petrossian
Michael Petrossian
Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Michael Petrossian, Director of Maintenance, R&L Carriers & Loyal Jet LLC

Aug. 11, 2022
Michael Petrossian was raised immersed in aviation. His father owned a small maintenance shop in Fort Lauderdale and, as a child, Petrossian would spend an exceptional amount ...
Sun Valley Aviation
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Maintenance Providers

2022 AMT 40 Under 40 Maintenance Professionals: Rolando Rodriguez, Director of Maintenance, Sun Valley Aviation

Aug. 11, 2022
Rolando Rodriguez is the director of maintenance for Sun Valley Aviation, a fixed-based operator in Harlingen, Texas. He graduated from the Texas State Technical College Aviation...
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Maintenance IT

The Way We’ve Always Done It

Aug. 11, 2022
Newton’s 1st Law of Thermodynamics says that an object at rest stays at rest, and an object in motion stays in motion unless acted upon by an outside force. And so, it is with...
Airbus
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Engines & Components

Airbus and CFM International Launch Flight Test Demonstrator for Advanced Open Fan Architecture

July 26, 2022
Airbus and CFM International, a 50/50 joint company between GE and Safran Aircraft Engines, are collaborating to flight test CFM’s cutting-edge open fan engine architecture. The...
Horizon Aircraft
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Business & General Aviation

Horizon Aircraft Successfully Completes AFWERX HSVTOL Challenge Phase 1

July 26, 2022
Horizon Aircraft Inc., an innovative leader in hybrid electric vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aerial vehicles, has successfully completed Phase 1 of the AFWERX High Speed...
Embraer
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Commercial/Airline

E195-E2 Makes Debut Touchdown at London City Airport

July 26, 2022
E195-E2 to be certified for London City operations end of 2022.
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Education & Training

WAI Launches 8th Annual Girls in Aviation Day

Chapters and corporate members to host events worldwide.
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Defense

Textron Aviation Defense Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine Achieves Military Type Certification from USAF

July 26, 2022
Textron Aviation Defense announced the Beechcraft AT-6E Wolverine has achieved Military Type Certification (MTC) from the United States Air Force, paving the way for continued...
EAA
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Trade Associations & Events

Experimental Aircraft Association Mourns Loss of Tom Poberezny, Former President and Chairman

July 26, 2022
Tom Poberezny, the retired president and chairman of the Experimental Aircraft Association, is being mourned by the EAA and aviation communities after his death early Monday (...
Honda
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Honda Aircraft Co. Expands Customer Service as HondaJet Fleet Grows

July 25, 2022
Honda Aircraft Company announced the addition of four new full-service Authorized Service Centers (ASC) in the United States and global regions, expanding the HondaJet service...
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Aircraft

Boeing Forecasts Demand for 2.1 Million New Commercial Aviation Personnel and Enhanced Training

July 25, 2022
New Pilot and Technician Outlook (PTO) shows a 3.4% growth from 2021 for forecasted regions.
Embraer/Collins
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Aircraft

Embraer and Collins Aerospace Demonstrate Advanced Ice Protection System Utilizing MEA Technology

July 22, 2022
Embraer and Collins Aerospace are collaborating on the development and testing of an innovative carbon nanotube electro thermal heating technology (CNT) for ice protection systems...
Boeing
The 737-10, the largest member of the 737 MAX family, will provide operators with more capacity, greater fuel efficiency and the best per-seat economics of any single-aisle airplane.
Commercial/Airline

Delta Air Lines to Modernize Single-Aisle Fleet with Up to 130 Boeing 737 MAX Jets

July 22, 2022
Boeing single-aisle family provides fuel efficiency, additional flexibility, improved sustainability.
Lufthansa Technik AG
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MRO

Lufthansa Technik Aero Alzey: 30 Years of Support for the CF34 Engine

July 21, 2022
Lufthansa Technik AG now counts 30 years of experience in the maintenance, repair and overhaul of CF34 engines - a type that mainly powers regional and business aircraft.
Airbus
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Commercial/Airline

Airbus, Airlines To Explore Direct Air Carbon Capture Technology

July 19, 2022
Airbus and a number of major airlines have signed letters of intent to explore opportunities for a future supply of carbon removal credits from direct air carbon capture technology...
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Maintenance IT

Sensus Rostering

July 18, 2022
Sensus Rostering is a long-term schedule planning system. The first method is designed to showcase the demand of the staff for a specific period and the qualifications you will...
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Engines & Components

GE Unveils Brand Names for Three Planned Future Public Companies

Following these planned spin-offs, GE will be an aviation-focused company called GE Aerospace.
Cirrus
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Paints & Coatings

Cirrus Aircraft Expands Duluth Paint and Finish Facility to Meet Growing Demand

July 15, 2022
The new Paint and Finish Facility expansion adds 16,000 sq. ft. to the existing center, yielding a 35% increase in aircraft spray capacity. The entire Duluth Paint and Finish ...
Duncan Aviation
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MRO

Duncan Aviation Sets Up Shop at Nashville International Airport

July 15, 2022
Duncan Aviation is excited to announce it received FAA authorization to expand its Satellite network with an additional workaway station in Nashville, Tennessee.
Vertical Aerospace
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Business & General Aviation

Vertical Aerospace Secures Pre-Delivery Payment Commitment From American Airlines

July 15, 2022
Vertical Aerospace, a global aerospace and technology company that is pioneering zero-emissions aviation, has confirmed delivery slots and the commitment of associated pre-delivery...
Air bp
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Fueling Equipment & Accessories

Airfield Automation safe2go App

July 14, 2022
The Airfield Automation safe2go app on a handheld device in fueling vehicles consolidates data on airport fueling operations, verifies fueling requirements and captures an acknowledging...
Quiet Technology Aerospace
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Engines & Components

Quiet Technology Aerospace Delivers 300th Inlet Cowl Upgrade with Carbon Fiber Inner Barrel

The QTA inlet upgrade permanently solves a recurring and expensive fleet wide problem with the aircrafts’ Honeywell HTF7000 engines that are plagued with the issue of inlet cowl...