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Do You Carry Your Maintenance Manuals Onboard the Aircraft?
The AskBob Blog
07.12.10 | 2:07 PM

Respecting the aircraft mechanic and shedding the grease monkey image

It took me about 1/2 a second to click on the link when I received an email notification that the Examiner.com had a new article titled "Respecting the aircraft mechanic and shedding the greas

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Raising the Bar
05.22.10 | 7:15 AM

MRO Capabilities Define Your Niche

 Greetings from the world of aviation MRO contracting!

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MechanicSupport.com
04.17.10 | 4:03 PM

Can you use a torque wrench to inspect a bolt for proper torque?

 What happens when you tighten a bolt? The bolt is pulled longer, “stretched”, and being springy it wants to return to its original length by pulling the joint together.

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Savvy Maintenance
11.23.09 | 10:26 PM

Turbos, oil temp, and overboosting

The owner of a Florida-based 1977 Bonanza V35B with a turbonormalized TCM IO-520-BA engine contacted me with concerns about fuel flow. He described a recent instructional flight involving a takeoff on a "coolish day" that showed 31" MP, 2700 RPM, and 31 GPH fuel flow.

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As the Wrench Turns
08.31.10 | 3:14 PM

Reconstructing TWA 800

In the end, more than one million pieces of the destroyed Boeing 747-131 that took off from JFK the night of July 17, 1996 as TWA 800 were collected and painstakingly pieced together. While

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