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ARTICLE – Long-time maintenance professionals [...]

The owner, Pilot in Command, and the Director of Maintenance all share equally in the safe operation of an [...]

Psst! Hey buddy . . . are you using the revised 8130-3? If not, here’s your chance to come [...]

The post-war years brought an eager young player into the business – the builder of PMA parts. Predictably, unpleasantries [...]

Helicopter tail rotors …or why the helicopter doesn’t chase its tail – Part 3 Ready for the tail end [...]

So what is a PMA part anyway? What is a bogus part? How did PMA become an industry? Why [...]

Well, I see you are here again for our continuing discussion on why helicopters, unlike my dog Roxy, don’t [...]

Welcome once again my faithful students. Hope all has been severe clear and blue skies since last we met. [...]

Welcome back to another session of Helicopter CK. I will assume you are reading this because you enjoyed the [...]

Identifying Errors in the Workplace and Getting to Know The Dirty Dozen Say what? — OK, I know [...]

I know that you regular students are familiar with CK, but for you newbies, CK (or Cocktail Knowledge) is [...]

Welcome back to our second session on aviation terms. And since I know I wore you out with a [...]

It looks like we will be continuing our interrupted Martin Mars story in another session. I am sure when [...]