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  A380 APU Mount Update

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 10:49 AM on Apr 30, 2012

  EASA issued a proposed airworthiness directive for Airbus A380s that would require operators to replace the auxiliary power unit (APU) suspension system.  This was promp... Read More >>

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  Teardown Report #41: Tablets in Action

  Posted by KristinMajcher 9:20 AM on Apr 27, 2012

  Good afternoon Teardown Report readers! Thanks for joining me to get your weekly fix of the latest and greatest in creative MRO technologies. As you can see, Aviation Week has a br... Read More >>

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  767, A310 ADs Effective May 31

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 8:51 AM on Apr 26, 2012

  The FAA issued a few airworthiness directives this morning, including 2012-08-14 for Boeing 767 due to cracks in the upper wing skin at a fastener hole. Cracks at this fastener hol... Read More >>

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  Air New Zealand's New All Blacks Livery

  Posted by KristinMajcher 7:49 AM on Apr 26, 2012

   Photo Credit: Air New Zealand/Geoff Osborne PPG created this new All Blacks livery for Air New Zealand with green paint. If you read carefully, this statement has probably ... Read More >>

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  Helo Support En Espana

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 7:49 AM on Apr 26, 2012

  This picture caught my attention: it would make a love magazine cover shot! It's a photo of a helicopter operated by TAF Helicopters, which is one of the biggest rotorcraft opera... Read More >>

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  Do Repair Stations Need Improved Oversight?

  Posted by KristinMajcher 7:03 AM on Apr 26, 2012

  The oversight of repair stations and the FAA ban on them were two different topics of note at yesterday’s U.S. House Transportation & Infrastructure Aviation Subcommittee... Read More >>

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  TWU Supports Proposed U.S. Airways Merger

  Posted by KristinMajcher 6:45 PM on Apr 20, 2012

  The Transport Workers International Union of America, AFL-CIO (TWU), is supporting U.S. Airways’ proposal to buy AMR and merge with American Airlines. That is, if it&rsq... Read More >>

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  Teardown Report #40: Millennials and Social Media

  Posted by KristinMajcher 2:46 PM on Apr 20, 2012

  Hi readers, Welcome to this week’s installment of The Teardown Report! Today I’d like to share some interesting statistics released yesterday about millennials’... Read More >>

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  AAR Could Expand To Duluth

  Posted by Lee Ann Tegtmeier 2:17 PM on Apr 19, 2012

  AAR signed a letter of intent to lease 152,000 sq. ft. of the former Northwest Airlines hangar in Duluth, Minn., The facility is 188,000 sq. ft. and at full capacity could acc... Read More >>

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  [Updated] AFRA Posts Best Practices for Aircraft Recycling

  Posted by KristinMajcher 1:50 PM on Apr 19, 2012

   Update: Martin Todd of AFRA gave us some new information about what the new part of the BMP guide is all about. He says that the new guide is about recycling aircraft materia... Read More >>

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