On April 25, Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) Senior Vice President Gary Fortner, vice president of Quality Control & Engineering at Fortner Engineering in Glendale, CA, testified before the House Transportation & Infrastructure Committee’s Aviation Subcommittee about the excellent work repair stations across the country and around the world are doing to ensure aviation safety.
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04/25/2012 - 09:38
Teledyne Microelectronic Technologies, a business unit of Teledyne Technologies Incorporated, announces it has expanded the Parts Manufacturing Approval (PMA) for its ALPHABEAM® LED Aircraft Landing/Taxi lights to include Hawker Beechcraft King Air models, and several Bellanca model aircraft.
04/25/2012 - 09:21
Sherwin-Williams Aerospace is providing its collection of videos online via its own YouTube channel. Now airline manufacturers, maintenance repair and painting crews can see firsthand how easy the painting and repair process can be with a number of step-by-step instructional videos for many types of general, commercial and military aircraft.
The main link to these informational videos is available to download on YouTube at:
www.youtube.com/user/swaerospace1
04/25/2012 - 09:07
Members of the Aircraft Electronics Association (AEA) recently elected representatives to its board of directors during a membership-wide vote. Six incumbents were re-elected to represent the United States, and one new board member, Tim Shaw of Rocky Mountain Aircraft, was elected to represent Canada; one of three international regions, along with Europe and the South Pacific, represented on the board pursuant to AEA bylaws.
04/25/2012 - 08:59
Gama Engineering Ltd announces that it has achieved EASA Part 21G manufacturing approval. This adds to Gama’s existing EASA Part 21J Design and Part 21M Continued Airworthiness Management Services accreditations, enabling customers to utilize these services all from one EASA approved supplier and one location, Fairoaks Airport, UK.
The formation of Gama Engineering Ltd in late 2011 at Fairoaks Airport, near London Heathrow, joined together the combined talents and expertise of both Lees Avionics and Mann Aviation Group Engineering (MAGE).
04/25/2012 - 08:47
Elliott Aviation announces the promotion of Adam Doyle to Interior Shop Assistant Manager. Doyle was previously the Soft Goods Team Leader and brings 12 years of experience to the position.
04/18/2012 - 16:19
The Aeronautical Repair Station Association (ARSA) announces that a federal court has blocked a National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) mandate that would require most employers to post workplace notices informing employees of their collective bargaining rights under the National Labor Relations Act (NLRA).
On April 17, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit granted an emergency injunction prohibiting the rule from going into effect on April 30, as was previously scheduled.
04/10/2012 - 13:16
La Jolla, CA – Blue Sky Network (BSN), a global provider of satellite tracking and communication solutions for aviation, land, and marine, announces its partnership with S4A (Solutions For Aviation), a supplier of aviation equipment and services located in El Puerto de Santa María (Cádiz), Spain. This new partnership in Europe will enable S4A to resell Blue Sky Network’s family of aviation products based on two-way messaging, voice, and Iridium-based satellite tracking technology.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Aircraft owners often come back from NBAA or AOPA with bright-eyed excitement. Who can blame them? Sharply-dressed aviation spokesmodels follow them around to show off the latest in state-of-the-art aircraft technology. Owners are inundated with multi-million dollar displays, free Haagen-Dazs ice cream and an unending list of invitations to top-shelf cocktail parties. It’s almost too much to resist.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Conklin & de Decker announces its Helicopter Maintenance Management Seminar — Essential Tools for Your New Maintenance Manager’s Role, will be held June 4-6, 2012 in Irving, TX. This three-day seminar will provide helicopter maintenance managers the necessary tools needed to master their challenging position.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Premier Aircraft Service, a division of Premier Aircraft Sales, Inc., announces that the Part 145 maintenance facility has been awarded exclusive rights to sell and install Mooney air conditioning systems on all Mooney M20R aircraft including the Acclaim, Ovation and Bravo models.
The new M20R vapor cycle air conditioning system weighs only 66 pounds and is engineered to be installed within the aerodynamic confines of the Mooney M20R-series airframes. The system features highly reliable dual evaporators and provides up to 14,000 BTU per hour of cooling.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
The importance of learning how to manage your boss can’t be overemphasized. In today’s busy aviation industry, subordinates are becoming increasingly more responsible for maintaining a good working relationship with their boss. Ultimately, how well you manage your boss will have more direct bearing on your promotion, your current working conditions and your future career moves than on your education and expertise.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Know Thy Aircraft
The realtors’ axiom “Location! Location! Location!” is the iconic slogan of the number one priority in selecting and purchasing property. How often do those who identify themselves as aviation maintenance professionals follow a like priority in maintaining aircraft at their organizations, such as “Know your aircraft!”? “Knowing” the aircraft means more than just having the maintenance manual reference open for any roaming FAA safety inspectors lurking about.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
As the DOM for a 135 operator, how many times has one of your aircraft flown overseas and had “unscheduled” maintenance required or a discrepancy not discovered prior to departure to a destination? I’m sure you’re counting quite a bit and thinking, Gulfstream or Bombardier, or even Dassault Falcon service centers took care of the discrepancies in France, England, Germany, etc. You assured the return to service was correct and even gave the service center a one-time RII approval.
Scenario 1:
04/01/2012 - 12:00
This is the second portion of a two-part article on aviation industry standards. The first article discussed the need for standards and how they emerge. This portion will cover one of the most widely-used international industry standards: the ATA spec family of aviation standards (and ATA Spec 2000 in particular). There are many more industry standards, but from an aftermarket point of view, ATA Spec 2000 is one of the key means of transacting aircraft parts-related business. This is why I chose to explore this particular set of standards further.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
The time is coming when we shall find the means of transportation by bird-like flights as safe and satisfactory as transportation by steamship or locomotive and with still greater speed. This is not to be accomplished by racing or doing circus tricks in the air at aviation meets. - Harriet Quimby, Leslie’s Illustrated Weekly, 1911
04/01/2012 - 12:00
Is your company stuck in the 19th or early-20th century “find me a victim” scenario? Did you drink the Kool Aid and get sucked into the “no fault, gather around the camp fire, pound a drum and chant” syndrome? Did you eventually snap out of your delusion only to revert to finding victims? “Spare the rod, spoil the child,” is still valid but it has to done judiciously. Punishment for the sake of punishing is sadistic and counterproductive.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
By Thomas G. Dolan
With the advancements in technology of today’s aircraft, avionics knowledge is a necessity in most aircraft maintenance career fields. Brad J. Primm, executive vice president of aircraft technical support for Million Air at Houston’s Hobby Airport in Texas, recalls that when he got his start in what was to become a full-blown career in avionics, he didn’t know what the word meant.
04/01/2012 - 12:00
How willing would someone be to obey an order that conflicts with his or her personal conscience? That’s what Yale University psychologist Stanley Milgram set out to understand in his controversial psychological experiment in 1961.