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Wednesday, July 1, 2009
The 'Mendoza Line' for MROs
The "Mendoza Line" for MROs Those of us who love baseball use an expression called "The Mendoza Line," a reference to when a player’s batting average falls below.200. If a hitter’s... [read more]
June 1, 2009
Reader Feedback
Focusing on Mechanics Thank you for mentioning www.faasafety.gov (see Go FAASTeam Go, Aviation Maintenance , Feb. 2009, page 6). Recently, I’ve been taking recurrent training to maintain my Inspection...
April 1, 2009
Rays of Hope Amid the Gloom
While I was glad-handing at February’s Heli-Expo 2009 in Anaheim, the incessant need for helicopters to undergo intensive maintenance emerged as a major topic of discussion at the...
March 1, 2009
Intelligence: News
HBS Adds Paint Facility to Chester Maintenance Center Hawker Beechcraft Services (HBS) has opened a 25,000-square-foot paint facility at its Hawarden Airport (CEG) aircraft maintenance center near Chester...
February 1, 2009
Maintenance News
HBS Opens Regional Service Center in Mesa Hawker Beechcraft Corp. has opened a $14-million aircraft maintenance facility at Phoenix – Mesa Gateway Airport (IWA) in Arizona. The Hawker Beechcraft Services...
November 1, 2008
Maintenance Tools
Shaft Alignment System Features Graphical Interface Mölndal, Sweden-based Elos Fixturlaser has introduced a shaft alignment system for maintenance uses. Fixturlaser GO comes with all basic shaft alignment...
February 1, 2008
Editor’s Notebook: The Coming Revolution
We asked Jim McKenna, editor of our sister publication Rotor & Wing, to give us his perspectives on the coming changes in helicopter maintenance. Here are his thoughts. — Ed. A revolution is brewing...
February 1, 2008
HUMS Ascension
"Helicopters are really a bunch of parts flying in relatively close formation; all rotating around a different axis. Things work well until one of the parts breaks formation." - Anon Helicopter...
August 1, 2007
Back Shop: Change Agent
Jerry Airola is president, founder and CEO of Silver State Helicopters. He has more than 17 years of law enforcement experience and 20 years of executive management experience. His law enforcement career...
June 1, 2007
Reader Feedback: A&P Helicopter Rating
In response to the very fine article by Brian Finnegan (see AM Feb. 2007, p. 40) in the February 2007 issue of AM magazine, I would like to give the author my full support and add a few thoughts of my own. As...
February 1, 2007
Intelligence: News
IAC Wins Contract, Award Intelligent Automation Corporation (IAC) recently won a contract to supply 72 IAC 1209 Health and Usage Monitoring Systems (HUMS) for the U. S. Army AH-64 Apache helicopters. The...
February 1, 2007
General Aviation: Keystone and Sikorsky: A Dutch Treat
On December 15, 2005, helicopter giant Sikorsky Aircraft Corp. acquired Keystone Ranger Holdings, a privately owned U.S. company specializing in rotorcraft completions and MRO. Calling it "a great...
February 1, 2007
Back Shop Industry Insights: Rotorcraft Technician Certification
The importance of ensuring the airworthiness of helicopters cannot be overstated. Their ubiquitous presence in our daily lives lends a familiarity that we often take for granted. Frequently, the indispensable...
November 1, 2006
Helicopter Parts: Playing Their Role
Last year, the helicopter industry essentially committed itself to reducing
the accident rate by 80 percent over the next 10 years....
October 1, 2006
HUMS
by David Jensen Health and usage monitoring systems (HUMS) for helicopters amass plenty of data. Now efforts are being made to put that information to better use. Like divers salvaging the contents of sunken ships, the manufacturers of health and usage...
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