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Feb
28
2025
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It would be interesting to know how many of you have heard of or know someone who has been awarded The Charles Taylor Master Mechanic Award…or maybe have earned one yourself. The Federal Aviation Administration presents this award to honor a very elite group of aviation mechanics. To qualify for consideration requires at least 50 years of documented work experience in aviation maintenance, to hold an Airframe and Powerplant Certificate or Repairman Certificate in good standing and to demonstrate professionalism and dedication to aviation safety. The award is named for Charles Taylor who was the first aviation mechanic. He collaborated with the Wright brothers and played a pivotal role in developing the engine for their first powered flight.
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Maintenance Minute
Mark Tyler
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Maintenance Minute
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Jan
23
2025
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Professional industry certifications play an important role in ensuring safe and efficient operations of complex systems and technologies. The world’s largest association representing the drone and uncrewed systems industries, AUVSI, has worked with experts to create a Trusted Operator™ certification to ensure that drone pilot training conforms to industry standards and supports trust and acceptance of the use of uncrewed aircraft systems (UAS) around the world.
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Uncrewed
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Jan
23
2025
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You’re getting out of the military and you’ve put the finishing touches on your resume that highlights all of your experience and accomplishments, but is it really ready for civil operators? One of the major hurdles for the military-to-civilian transitioners is to write a resume in the language of civil employers. Here are a few tips for preparing your resume for use in the civilian world.
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Mil2Civ
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Jan
23
2025
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In November, Amsterdam buzzed with excitement as EUROPEAN ROTORS 2024 brought together the brightest minds and top innovators in the vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) industry. Co-owned by EASA and the European Helicopter Association (EHA) and powered by Vertical Aviation International (VAI), this premier European VTOL Show and Safety Conference was a thrilling event for rotorcraft professionals, enthusiasts, and industry pioneers alike.
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Safety First
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Safety First
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Jan
23
2025
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If we’ve ever met in person my accent will probably make it evident that I grew up in the deep south. Most families in my hometown worked either in the cotton mill, paper mill or the marble quarry. My family was cotton mill people, so I became a cotton mill person at the age of sixteen. Looking back on it, I am incredibly grateful for that experience. People that worked in the cotton mill and, I’m sure, the other industries, developed a strong work ethic and a deep respect for one another. One of things I noticed as a young man working in the mill was that when someone retired after forty or fifty years of working, they received a special gift to commemorate the day. For the men that retired that gift was almost always a fishing rod and reel. After witnessing this many times, I though…is this what I have to look forward to, working fifty years and getting a Zebco? I have come to realize that a rod and reel would be the perfect gift and hopefully one day I will get mine.
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Maintenance Minute
Mark Tyler
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Maintenance Minute
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Dec
23
2024
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A few weeks ago, a longtime friend and fellow flight instructor reached out to me regarding a regulatory issue surrounding logging night vision goggles (NVG) and night flight time consecutively. Many in the NVG industry, including FAA staff, believe they are to be logged independently. However, this is not correct. It is indeed permissible to log NVG and night flight time consecutively, but don’t take my word for it. Please follow this link and scroll down the pages to Section #29. You’ll find the answer around the third paragraph of that section: [https://www.federalregister.gov/documents/2009/08/21/E9-19353/pilot-flight-instructor-and-pilot-school-certification]
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My 2 Cents Worth
Randy Rowles
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My Two Cents Worth
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Dec
23
2024
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Any regulatory change takes time, and this certainly applies to the Federal Aviation Regulations we live by. While frustration looms as the regulatory change process unfolds because of the time it takes, we must remember that it is an unfolding process and at least be thankful that the process allows and considers input. It’s also worth remembering that at the end of the day, everyone isn’t going to be made happy with the changes. Such is life!
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Matt Johnson
Rotorcraft Checkride
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Rotorcraft Checkride
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Dec
23
2024
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In late September 2024, Hurricane Helene was beginning to churn and stir in the Gulf of Mexico. Helene made landfall in the Big Bend region near Perry, Florida, as a powerful Category 4 hurricane with 140 mph winds and 15-foot storm surge. Over the next couple of days, she made her way through Florida, Georgia, South Carolina and into the mountains of western North Carolina (WNC) where extensive rains caused massive flooding.
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Maintenance Minute
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Maintenance Minute
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Nov
18
2024
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It never ceases to amaze me how humanity will step up and do what’s right when urgent need arises. Once again, this was the case in late September 2024 when Hurricane Helene rolled in to the mountains of western North Carolina via Florida, Georgia, and South Carolina. Helene brought torrential rainfall which caused massive flooding and landslides that decimated highways, bridges, homes, and entire towns leaving death and destruction in her path. In short order, civilian helicopter owners and pilots had their machines on site delivering supplies and rescuing people. At one time during the first couple of weeks of rescue I was following over thirty helicopters on Flight Radar online. The unpaid team of civilians and veterans assembled, organized, and began a targeted action for rescue including flight plans and communication that would ensure everyone’s safety.
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Maintenance Minute
Mark Tyler
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Maintenance Minute
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Nov
18
2024
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Questions: How to incentivize installation of systems and equipment having safety benefits in the current fleet? How to create a positive dynamic to enhance safety? Are there successful initiatives in other industries that could inspire the rotorcraft community?
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Safety First