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Flight crews and maintenance personnel need to come together and discuss how and when to properly service the oil, creating a means to log the addition of oil and discussing the responsibilities of ground personnel service when the aircraft is away from home.
Corrosion on the top and bottom wing-to-winglet splice plate is still a common issue. Although awareness has improved among customers, it's a good time for a reminder.
Rigging of the Thrust Reverser system on CL-600 series aircraft can be tedious and time consuming especially if you start off on the wrong foot.
Garmin released mandatory Service Bulletin No.: 24064 Rev A on September 19, 2024, to address important updates to the flight deck software installed in Beechcraft King Air models. This SB must be complied with at the next maintenance interval or annual inspection, no later than March 31, 2025.
Intermittent flag warnings on the altimeter can be a nuisance. You never know when they are going to show up, and you're not always sure what they are about. But one thing is for certain, flag warnings should not be ignored.
Upgrading your aircraft with a new Universal FMS will help take your aircraft into the 21st century operationally and protect its value.
Don't bury the Modsums and RILs in your logbooks. You will need them during future Challenger airframe maintenance.
Interchanging these two words in the world of tool calibration only leads to more confusion.
While substitution or bench checking the suspect servo is the best solution, there are, in many cases, some simple in-aircraft measurements that may aid in the troubleshooting.
After ten years of servicing the Avidyne EX-500 & EX-600 Series MFDs, we have identified the three most common squawks.
Beginning in April, the exchange price of the VG14A Honeywell SPEX will drop by half.
It only takes one device on a cross-country trip to create an ugly Wi-Fi bill.
Shipping plugs on the replacement units do not conform to an in-service brake unit.
This SDB requires a magnetic particle inspection on the main rotor spindle of the Enstrom F-28A, F-28C, F-28F, 280, 280C, 280F and 280FX model helicopter.
A Deformed pre-cooler was causing the bleed air from bleed air manifold to be exhausted overboard.