CONTENTS: MAY 2016
C O V E R S T O R Y
MILITARY
24 DREAM BIG
An Irishman came to the U.S., joined the Navy
and built his career in aircraf maintenance
through hard work and education. And he's
not done yet.
By Benét Wilson
F E A T U R E S
AIRLINE
8 ADVANCEMENTS IN
TURBINE ENGINE OILS
By Ronald Donner
BUSINESS AVIATION
14 GE'S ADVANCED
TURBOPROP IS THE SUM
OF ITS PARTS — AND THEN
SOME
By Jerome Greer Chandler
COMMERCIAL MRO
18 EFFICIENT PROCESS AND
RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
ARE CRITICAL TO EFFECTIVE
MRO
By Kevin Deal
GENER AL AVIATION
30 THE ROTAX®
WORLD OF
TRAINING
By Marino Boric
PROFESSIONALISM
36 LITTLE RED
HEN AND TEAMWORK
By Bob Hobbi
FROM THE FA A
38 NEW SMS CALLS FOR
TRUSTED HUMAN FACTORS
SOURCES
By Dr. Bill Johnson
PROFESSIONALISM
41 CHARLES E. TAYLOR:
MY STORY
ATEC INSIGHT
42 THE VOICE OF AVIATION
MAINTENANCE EDUCATION
By Ryan Goertzen
C O L U M N S
6 EDITOR'S VIEWPOINT
Attend Industry
Tradeshows
By Ronald Donner
4 4 GAMA INSIGHT
Powering the Piston
Fleet with a New Kind
of Fuel
By Pete Bunce
45 INSUR ANCE INSIGHT
What is a Broker of
Record (BOR) Letter?
By Steve Bruss
50 ARSA INSIGHT
Never Stop Learning
By Sarah MacLeod
D E P A R T M E N T S
46 INDUSTRY NEWS:
AMC RESULTS
49 ADVERTISERS' INDE X
49 CL A SSIFIED
ADVERTISING
COVER: PETTY OFFICER 1st Class Nathaniel Stuart,
aviation ordnance man, crew chief for the U.S. Navy
flight demonstration squadron, the Blue Angels, waits
for a signal from his pilot at the Guardians of Freedom
Air Show in 2011.
U.S. NAV Y PHOTO BY PETTY OFFICER 2ND CLASS JEN BLAKE
LEFT: MAKING LAST MINUTE preparations at the
Communications Cart prior to an aerial demonstration
in 2015.
DECLAN HARTNEY
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