FAA Certification Accelerating on Time to Second Half of This
Year 2005
Sino Swearingen Aircraft Corp. (SSAC) has told ANN that two
major milestones in the form of TIAs (Type Inspection
Authorization) were recently received.
Progress Includes Receipt Of Engines For Second FAA Conforming
Test Aircraft
Eclipse Aviation Corporation, manufacturer of the revolutionary
Eclipse 500 very light jet (VLJ), today announced a series of
manufacturing milestones that demonstrate the company's continued
progress toward certification in 2006.
5th Annual PAMA Maintenance Competition Underway at Aviation
Industry Week
By ANN Senior Correspondent Kevin "Hognose" O'Brien
It's an Olympiad that promises no steroid scandals, no scowling
security men, and no bizarre decisions from the French judge. Just
like in those other events that the Greeks cooked up millennia ago,
the Professional Aviation Maintenance Association (PAMA) will bring
the best of the best together to compete in a variety of tests of
skill, intellect and precision, but you might not have heard the
names of these events.
If you make mechanics do something awkward for long enough, one
of them's going to turn into an inventor and solve the whole
problem. That's what happened when "Hollywood" Perin finally got
tired of the grief involved in adjusting cable tension on the
Boeing 737s he works on for a major airline.
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