A digital record keeping system for aircraft records has huge advantages over the paper method we’ve been using for over a century. Some of these advantages include:They can be...
I’ve just returned from my first day at EAA AirVenture as I pen this. Out of all the events I attend for AMT, AirVenture is probably the best at showcasing the unique appeal and...
Serviceable part inventory has tripled, and sales have increased by more than 2,000% since 2019, when Chelsea Pearse began managing Duncan Aviation’s Engine Parts Reclamation ...
Aashish Grover is the senior technical operations lead at Archer Aviation, which plans to bring electric aircraft taxis to the market in 2025. Initially, Grover worked...
After leaving the military in 2016, Austin Newby was unsure of what to do. His stepfather, Richard Rawling, began taking Newby with him to work on his planes. Here, he fell in...
Aaron Simmons is the face of the shop at Gibson Aviation Services LLC. As the lead aircraft technician and shop manager, there are few aircraft (or pilots) that Simmons doesn’...
Ever since she took her first flight on an airplane, Chrishanna Frayser has known she wanted to work in the aviation industry. She thought for the longest time that her only options...
A year after Dylan Trochim joined Duncan Aviation’s Textron team in Provo, Utah, as lead technician, the team increased the work it performed by 96% and its ELR (effective labor...
Jacob Davis is a lifelong aviation enthusiast. He started small: building and flying model airplanes at age 12 and continued in International Miniature Aerobatic Club (IMAC) competition...
Bradley Campbell is a welder – certified by the American Welding Society as a Certified Welding Inspector in 2015 – and launched into the career path straight out of high school...
Before joining the world of aviation, Jonathon Parnell was working on an ambulance. Looking for a career change in 2016, he applied to Certified Aviation Services. “I'd had some...
Daniel Douglas always knew aviation was the field for him ever since he was 2 years old, stumbling across a stack of old air show programs his father had. “It was in high school...
Gregory Ruby is a senior inspector with Kalitta Air, which has long been a part of his life. His father also works for the company. Ruby joined Kalitta Air on his 18th birthday...
Patrick Peterson has been an automotive mechanic, a diesel mechanic and a service tech. He ran his own business rebuilding snowplow hydraulics for five years. But none of it seemed...
AJ Silva is committed to both the preservation of aviation history and the continued safety of modern aircraft. He spent much of his childhood at Carson City Airport in Nevada...
As the Falcon Lead Maintenance Tech for West Star Aviation, Derek Kilberg leads a crew that sees a plane from start to finish after it comes in the door. “We do anything from ...
Ciarán Argue, who has EASA and FAA aircraft maintenance licenses, has experience and knowledge in commercial aircraft across the world. His training began in Shannon, Ireland,...
Aviation is in Jonathan Edmonds’ blood. He’s fourth generation in the industry, starting back with his great grandfather. Edmonds' father, David, worked in maintenance roles around...
A helicopter mechanic and ambassador for the industry, Faith Ortega got her mechanical start as a kid , helping her father, an auto mechanic, around his shop. Knowing she wanted...
Josh Rawlins is not only personally helping the next generation become AMTs, he’s leading initiatives to create new schools and opportunities.Rawlins is the chief operating officer...
Benjamin Cohen caught the aviation bug as a kid, thinking originally that he would one day be a pilot. A trip to the local A&P school while in high school changed his mind. “Once...
Alexsander Garcia began working in aviation in 2007, following in the footsteps of his father, himself a 43-year veteran of the industry. Garcia worked various jobs during his...
Chris Hurtado is passing down knowledge. He works two jobs in aviation maintenance, performing line maintenance with UPS, but at FEAM he was brought in to help train the staff...
Congratulations to this year’s class of AMT’s 40 Under 40 award winners. They represent the industry’s best and come from all around the world and world of aviation.
Douglas Speight is one of the senior mechanics at Wiggins Airways. He has 10 years of experience with the company and has been an inspector for the past five. “I like to consider...
Learning is what Eric Van Oeveren enjoys most about his career. “Some days you're learning to work on different systems. We're a Part 135 charter operator, so every once in a ...
For most of his life, John Shearer was interested in aviation. Growing up near Grand Forks Air Force Base, he caught the aviation bug during one of their air shows. After high...
Megan Bringham attended the Aviation Institute of Maintenance in Irving, California, and got her A&P at age 30. She then went to work for Thrust Flight in Addison, Texas, and ...
SSgt. Joshua D. Hensley describes himself as a fourth-generation active-duty Army brat who went blue. Hensley’s family never pushed him to join the military. In fact, it was quite...
After graduating from LSU, Steven Rider took an apprenticeship in the industry and found his niche and he would eventually receive his Master of Aeronautical Science from Embry...
