Contents
December 2009/January 2010 :: vol 28 issue 10
EDITORIAL
Editor in Chief Ian Parker,
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Features
Editor at Large Dave Jensen,
37 | Rapco: The dogged PMA
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12 | LHT Lands at Malpensa manufacturer
European Contributing Editor Thierry Dubois,
The company now has 75 bases around the Rapco means ‘Replacement Aircraft Parts
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Contributing Editor Brian Finnegan,
world with the opening of LTMIL. Aerospace Company’. It is not a hip-hop record label,
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photojournalist Mark Wagner attended the but it’s music to many operator’s ears for
ceremony. cost savings finds James Careless.
ADVERTISING/BUSINESS
Publisher/Owner Adrian Broadbent,
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abroadbent@aerospace-media.com
14 | Wencor to leverage ODA 39 | Giants of MRO
Sales Director (USA) Daniel Brindley, Ian Parker interviews senior Wencor
Ian Parker lists the main players in heavy
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executives to find out about their recent metal maintenance, compares it with GA
Sales Director (International – Non USA)
ODA clearance and their views on the PMA MRO and reveals figures and latest news.
Jina Lawrence,
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business.
43 | MRO profiles
DESIGN/PRODUCTION
18 | Fokker moves to other
Production Manager Henry Lindesay-Bethune,
aircraft
production@aerospace-media.com 62 | MEALL times
Ian Parker talks to Fokker Services about its
(maintenance errors and lessons learned)
SUBSCRIPTIONS
ambitions to service other aircraft and its
http://www.omeda.com/amga recent success with Boeing.
or Email:
aem@omeda.com 64 | Upcoming military contracts
CLIENT SERVICES
20 | Avantext Tech Pubs
Administration Maria Hernanz Reyes,
Company president Kurt Schoenkopf
maria@asi-mag.com discusses the management of maintenance
Departments
information
LIST RENTAL
4 | Editor’s Notebook
Statistics Jen Felling,
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j.felling@statlistics.com 22 | West look East
Intelligence
Thierry Dubois reports from the Dubai
REPRINTS
Airshow where several partnerships were
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People
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announced involving Western companies
and a number from the Middle East and 63 | Tool Crib
surrounding countries.
Marketplace
26 | Epic time for business aircraft
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Ad Index
Honeywell’s Primus Epic Upgrade advances
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Classifieds
Dassault with EASy II and Gulfstream with
PlaneView Foxtrot reveals Brian Finnegan.
32 | Choosing software
Managers may find themselves having to
choose maintenance software. Gerry Merar
considers some of the do’s and don’ts in
getting the best results.
34 | CertiPath assures identity
High level identity management is
increasingly important for maintenance staff
to have access where needed. Ian Parker
details CertiPath’s system.
Cover: Main picture – Lufthansa Technik’s base opening at Malpensa.
Aerospace Media is a trading arm of ASI Publications Ltd Inset center - company CEO, August Wilhelm Henningsen at the opening (photos: Mark Wagner).
Inset right: Snap-On’s low profile wrench and sockets.
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