1. Air Data Test Set On Wheels Manufacturer: DAC International Applications: Reduced vertical separation minimum-compliant three- or four-channel air data test set with multiport isolation capabilities as designed to test static, pitot and angle-of-attack functions.

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Washington Contractor Conundrum Everything old is new again, though sometimes going back to the future requires a mandate. The FAA is hard at work on a rule aimed at making contract maintenance easier to perform and oversee. At the draft rule's core are two requirements—that airlines keep lists of all their third-party maintenance providers, and that the providers follow instructions provided to them by the carrier—including everything that has been on the books for four-plus decades.

How BA Engineering quickly integrated BMI's 25 narrowbodies.

Deferring maintenance happens, but it adds up over time

FAA issued an airworthiness directive requiring modifications

Carrier wants to determine requirements to retrofit A320s

Those who understand aircraft operations know there is at least one more: maintenance downtime.